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Lisa Saiman is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a research focus within the field of Medicine. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research centers on a range of topics related to respiratory and infectious diseases, with notable emphasis on:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Nosocomial Infections in ICU
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Lisa Saiman has published extensively in certain venues including:

  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Philip Zachariah
  • Karen P. Acker
  • Lyn Finelli
  • Luis Alba
  • Alexandra Hill-Ricciuti

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Lisa Saiman include:

  • "Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Disease Severity in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Children's Hospital in New York City, New York" (2020) published in JAMA Pediatrics
  • "Outcomes of Neonates Born to Mothers With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection at a Large Medical Center in New York City" (2020) published in JAMA Pediatrics
  • "Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Hospitalized Adults, 2017-2020" (2021) published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update" (2023) published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • "A review of newborn outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) published in Seminars in Perinatology

Best Publications

  • Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update

    Deverick J. Anderson;Kelly Podgorny;Sandra I. Berríos-Torres;Dale W. Bratzler

  • Azithromycin in patients with cystic fibrosis chronically infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a randomized controlled trial.

    Lisa Saiman;Bruce C. Marshall;Bruce C. Marshall;Nicole Mayer-Hamblett;Jane L. Burns

  • Risk Factors for Candidal Bloodstream Infections in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients: The NEMIS Prospective Multicenter Study

    Henry M. Blumberg;Henry M. Blumberg;William R. Jarvis;J. Michael Soucie;Jack E. Edwards

  • Risk factors for candidemia in neonatal intensive care unit patients

    L Saiman;E Ludington;M Pfaller;S Rangel-Frausto

  • National Epidemiology of Mycoses Survey (NEMIS): Variations in Rates of Bloodstream Infections Due to Candida Species in Seven Surgical Intensive Care Units and Six Neonatal Intensive Care Units

    Rangel-Frausto Ms;Wiblin T;Blumberg Hm;Saiman L

  • Defective acidification of intracellular organelles in cystic fibrosis

    J Barasch;B Kiss;A Prince;L Saiman

  • US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and European Cystic Fibrosis Society consensus recommendations for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in individuals with cystic fibrosis

    R. Andres Floto;R. Andres Floto;Kenneth N. Olivier;Lisa Saiman;Charles L. Daley

  • Hospital Transmission of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Postpartum Women

    Lisa Saiman;Mary O Keefe;Philip L. Graham;Fann Wu

  • Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Disease Severity in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Children's Hospital in New York City, New York.

    Philip Zachariah;Philip Zachariah;Candace L. Johnson;Candace L. Johnson;Katia C. Halabi;Danielle Ahn

  • INFECTION CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS: MICROBIOLOGY, IMPORTANT PATHOGENS, AND INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES TO PREVENT PATIENT-TO-PATIENT TRANSMISSION

    Lisa Saiman;Jane Siegel

  • Risk factors for Candida species colonization of neonatal intensive care unit patients

    L. Saiman;E. Ludington;J. D. Dawson;Jan E Patterson

  • Infection Control in Cystic Fibrosis

    Lisa Saiman;Jane Siegel

  • Infection Prevention and Control Guideline for Cystic Fibrosis: 2013 Update

    Lisa Saiman;Lisa Saiman;Jane D. Siegel;John J. LiPuma;Rebekah F. Brown

  • Effect of azithromycin on pulmonary function in patients with cystic fibrosis uninfected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a randomized controlled trial.

    Lisa Saiman;Michael Anstead;Nicole Mayer-Hamblett;Larry C. Lands

  • Time for a neonatal–specific consensus definition for sepsis

    James L. Wynn;Hector R. Wong;Hector R. Wong;Thomas P. Shanley;Matthew J. Bizzarro

  • Statewide NICU Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates Decline After Bundles and Checklists

    Joseph Schulman;Joseph Schulman;Rachel Stricof;Timothy P. Stevens;Michael Horgan

  • Endemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Marc Foca;Kathleen Jakob;Susan Whittier;Phyllis Della Latta

  • Pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.

    Sujatha Rajan;Lisa Saiman

  • Respiratory microbiology of patients with cystic fibrosis in the United States, 1995 to 2005

    Samiya Razvi;Samiya Razvi;Lynne Quittell;Lynne Quittell;Ase Sewall;Hebe Quinton

  • Infection control recommendations for patients with cystic fibrosis: microbiology, important pathogens, and infection control practices to prevent patient-to-patient transmission.

    Lisa Saiman;Jane Siegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Elaine Larson
Elaine Larson Columbia University
Phyllis Della-Latta
Phyllis Della-Latta Columbia University Medical Center
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Theoklis E. Zaoutis Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jane L. Burns
Jane L. Burns University of Washington
Jeffrey M. Perlman
Jeffrey M. Perlman Cornell University
William R. Jarvis
William R. Jarvis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Philip LaRussa
Philip LaRussa Columbia University
Alice Prince
Alice Prince Columbia University
Stephen G. Jenkins
Stephen G. Jenkins Cornell University
Felix Ratjen
Felix Ratjen University of Toronto

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