Lawrence L. Livornese Jr.
CURRICULUM VITAE
LAWRENCE LOUIS LIVORNESE JR., M.D.
PERSONAL
Date of Birth:
March 28, 1959, Brooklyn, NY
Married:
Marilyn Howarth, M.D.
Children:
Three
Address: Home:
238 Maplehill Road
Gladwyne, PA 19035
Office:
Suite 164 Lankenau Medical Building East
Wynnewood, PA 19096
610-896-0210 Fax 610-896-5101
EDUCATION:
College
Lafayette College, Easton, PA 1977-1981
Degree:
B.A. Chemistry with Honors
Concentration: Computer Science
Graduate School
Rutgers University Graduate School of Chemistry 1981-1982
Field of Study: Theoretical Physical Chemistry
Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 1982-1986
Degree: M.D.
Residency
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Internal Medicine 1986-1989
Fellowship
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Infectious Disease 1989-1991
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Faculty Postions
1990-Present
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Drexel University School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA
Certification and Licensure
2003
Certificate in Travel Medical, The International Society of Travel Medicine
1989
Diplomate of The American Board of Internal Medicine, Certificate # 125152
1992 & 2003
Diplomate in Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine,
Certificate # 125152
1988-Present
Medical License in Pennsylvania MD# 041888E
1990-2007
Medical License in New Jersey #54269
Honors
2009
Scoutmaster Award of Merit, Boy Scouts of America
1982
Morgan Graduate Fellowship, Rutgers University
1981
Graduated with Honors, Lafayette College
Activities
2009- Present
Chairman, Infection Control, Lankenau Hospital
2009-Present
Chairman, Catheter-related Blood Stream Infection Committee, Lankenau
Hospital
1998-Present
Affiliate Site Supervisor for Thomas Jefferson Infectious Diseases Fellowship at
Lankenau Hospital
2005-Present
Education Coordinator, Infectious Diseases, Lankenau Hospital
2001-2007
American College of Physicians representative to the Infectious Diseases
Society of American Committee for Practice Guidelines for Outpatient
Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)
1999-Present
Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee
Mainline Hospitals
1998-Present
Biosafety Committee
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA 19096
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1998-Present
Chairman, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee on Antibiotics
Mainline Hospitals
1998-1999
Medication Process Improvement Committee
Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA 19096
1997-1999
Chairman, Infection Control Committee
The Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19144
1995-Present
Chairman, Infection Control Committee
Roxborough Memorial Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19128
1993-1996
Mortality & Morbidity Committee
Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA 19096
1993-1999
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA 19096
1991-1997
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
The Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19144
1991-1994
Quality Assurance Committee
Thomas Jefferson University, Ford Road Campus,
Philadelphia, PA 19131
1993-1994
Chairman, Infection Control Committee
Thomas Jefferson University, Ford Road Campus,
Philadelphia, PA 19131
1989-1991
Infection Control Committee
Medical College of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19129
1983
Clinical Research in the Bioavailability of Theophylline Preparations
New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ
1979-1981
Polymer Dynamics Research, Lafayette College and Colorado State University
Easton PA and Fort Collins, CO
Professional Memberships
Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America
Fellow, American College of Physicians
SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society
Philadelphia Medical Society
Pennsylvania Medical Society
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American Medical Association
International Society of Travel Medicine
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ATSMH)
American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health of the ASTMH
Hospital Staff Membership
Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood,PA
Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Roxborough Memorial Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Community Service
Boys Scouts of America 2000-present
Servants of the Poor, Philadelphia, PA until 2007
Bridgewater Athletic Club, Bridgewater, NJ until 2000
Published Papers
Cook RC and Livornese LL Jr., Brownian Dynamics Computer Simulations of a One-Dimensional
Polymer Model 1. Simple Potentials. Macromolecules. 1983;16:925.
Livornese LL Jr., Dias S, Samuel G, Romanowski B, Taylor S, May P, Pitsakis P, Woods G, Kaye D,
Levinson ME, Johnson CC. Hospital-Acquired Infection with Vancomycin Resistant
Enterococcus Faecium Transmitted by Electronic Thermometers. Annals of Internal Medicine.
1992. 117(2):112-116.
Livornese LL Jr., Levison ME, Johnson CC. Electronic Thermometers and Nosocomial Infection. Ann
of Intern Med 118:156-157,1992 (Letter).
Livornese LL Jr., Gold M, Johnson CC, Measley RE, Kaye D, Korzeniowsky O, Walsh ML, Samuel C
Hessen MT, Levison ME. Clinical Evaluation of Teicoplanin in the Treatment of Gram-positive
Bacterial Intravascular Infections. J Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1993. 31(1):188-101.
Whitman MS, Pitsakis PG, Zausner A, Livornese LL, Osborne AJ, Johnson CC, Levison ME.
Antibiotic Treatment of Experimental Endocarditis Due to Vancomycin/Ampicillin-Resistant
Enterococcus Faecium. Antimicrob Ag Chemother, 1993.37(10):2069-2073.
Livornese LL Jr., Benz RL, Ingerman M, Santoro J. Antibacterial Agents in Renal Failure. Infectious
Disease Clinics of North America. Sept 1995 9(3). 591-614.
Johnson CC, Livornese LL Jr., Gold MG, Pitsakis PO, Taylor S, Levison ME. Activity of Cefepime
Against Ceftazime Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli Using Low and High Inocula. J
Antimicrobial Chenotherapy; 1995:35(6): 765-773.
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Zhang H, Domadula G, Beumont M, Livornese LL Jr., VanUitert, Herring K, Pomerantez R. HIV-1 in
the Semen of Men Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. NEJM. 1998. 339(25):18031809.
Dornadula G, Zhang H, VanUitert B, Stern J, Livornese LL Jr., Ingerman M, Witek J, Kedanis BA,
Natkin J, DeSimone I, Pomerantz R. Residual HIV -1 RNA in Blood Plasma of Patients Taking
Suppressive Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. JAMA. 1999.282(17):1627-1632.
Kaufman JP, Carp NZ, Livornese LL. Re: Clinical Characteristics and Antibiotic Utilization in
Surgical Patients With Closlidium difficile-associated diarrhea. The American Surgeon.
2000.66(3):315.
Livornese LL Jr., Slavin D, Benz RL, Ingerman MJ, and Santoro J. Use of Antibacterial Agents in
Renal Failure. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 2000 June. 14(2):371-390.
Livornese LL Jr., Slavin D, Benz RL, Ingerman MJ, and Santoro J. Use of Antibacterial Agents in
Renal Failure. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 2001 Sept. 15(3):983-1002.
Livornese LL Jr, Slavin D, Gilbert B, Robbins P, Santoro J. Use of Antibacterial Agents in Renal
Failure. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 2004 Sept. 18(3):551-79.
Gilbert, B, Robbins P ,Livornese LL Jr. Use of Antibacterial Agents in Renal Failure. Infectious
Disease Clinics of North America. 2009 Dec.23(4): 899-924.
Chapters
Livornese LL Jr and Levison ME. Lung Abscess. In: Conn R, ed. Current Diagnosis 8th edition. W.B.
Saunders. 1991.
Livornese LL Jr and Korzeniowski OM. Pathogenesis of Infective Endocarditis. In: Kaye D, ed.
Infective Endocarditis, 2nd Edition. Raven Press. 1992.
Abstracts
Gold MI, Livornese LL Jr, Measley RE, Johnson CC, Kaye D, Korzeniowski O, Walsh ML, Hessen
MT, and Levison ME. Efficacy of Teicoplanin in the Treatment of Gram-Positive Intravascular
Infections (Abstract) In Proceedings and Abstracts of the 30th Interscience Conference on
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 21-24, 1990. Atlanta: The American Society
for Microbiology; 1990:637.
Livornese LL Jr, Johnson CC, Dias S, Samuel C, Romanowski B, Pitsakis P, May P, Taylor S, Woods
G, Levison ME. Hospital-Acquired Infection with a Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus
Faecium (Abstract) In Proceedings and Abstracts of the 31st Interscience Conference on
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Chicago: The American Society for Microbiology;
1991:398.
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Livornese LL Jr, Gold MJ, Pitsakis PG, Taylor S, Levison ME, Johnson CC. Activity of Cefepime
Against Gram-Negative Bacilli Resistant to Ceftazidime Using Low and High Inocula (Abstract)
In Proceedings and Abstracts of the 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy. Chicago: The American Society for Microbiology; 1991:119.
Whitman M, Pitsakis P, Livornese L, Osborne A, Johnson C, Levison M. Antibiotic Therapy of
experimental endocarditis due to Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Faecium (Abstract) In
Proceedings and Abstracts of the 32nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy. Anaheim: The American Society for Microbiology; 1992: 1452.
DeJesus E, Levison Mt Johnson C, Livornese LL, Ingerman M, Santoro J, Pitsakis P, May P, Austrian
R, Woods G. High Rate of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (Abstract) In
Proceedings and Abstracts of the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy. New Orleans: The American Society for Microbiology; 1993.
Htike N, DoroshowJ, Kuntz C, Livornese LL. Babesiosis as a Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin with
Diarrhoea (Abstract) In American College of Physicians 2009 National Abstract Competions.
Philadelphia: American College of Physicians; 2009.
Alternative Media
Sell, Bevin, and Lawrence L. Livornese Jr. "Viral Meningitis." Practical Neurology 7 (2007): 44-49.
Http://www.practicalneurology.org/issues/0607/. June 2007.
In Press
Submitted
Salmonella aortitis. Case presentation to IDSA meeting. 2009 Philadelphia PA>
In Preparation
Lemiere’s Syndrome presenting with 6th nerve Palsy.
Revised 3/20/2010
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