CAROL ANN SULIS, MD
CURRICULUM VITAE
01/19/11
PERSONAL
Name:
Carol Ann Sulis
SS #:
022-42-7256
DOB:
09/08/51
Citizen:
USA
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse:
Michael W. Thane, MD; Primary Care Internist, Boston, MA 02118
Work Address:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston,
MA 02118
Work Phone:
(617) 534-5037
Home Address:
36 Linscott Road, Hingham, MA 02043
Home Phone:
(617) 749-6402
EDUCATION
Undergraduate:
Bachelor of Arts, Molecular Biology; June 1973; Wellesley College;
Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181
Graduate:
Doctor of Medicine; May 1979; Columbia University, College of
Physicians and Surgeons; New York, NY 10032
Residency:
Internal Medicine Training Program (PGY 1-3); July 1979 - June
1982; Brown University School of Medicine; Roger Williams
General Hospital; Providence, Rhode Island 02908
Clinical ID
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine;
Fellowship July 1986 - June 1988; Boston University School of
Medicine; Boston City Hospital; Boston, MA 02118
Licensure:
Massachusetts
NPI:
1093829350
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society, Counselor 5/07 Massachusetts Medical Society
Infectious Diseases Society of America 8/06 Society for Hospital Epidemiology of American (SHEA), Fellow
Society of Sigma Xi
HONORARY SOCIETIES, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS
Society of Sigma Xi 1972 Urology Prize, Department of Urology; Columbia University, P&S;
May 1979.
Research Fellowship: Laboratory of Microbial Immunity, National
Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD 7/82-6/85.
Maxwell Finland Young Investigators Award, Massachusetts
Infectious Disease Society, 1988.
Boston Consumers’ Checkbook Guide to Top Doctors, 2007: Top
Doctor, Infectious Disease
Robert Dawson Evans Clinician Award for 2008 and 2009
Best Doctors in America® - 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012
Castle Connolly Top Doctor – Massachusetts 2009
President, Boston Medical Center Medical and Dental Staff:
10/1/08 – 9/30/10
DIPLOMATE
National Board of Medical Examiners; 7/01/80
American Board of Internal Medicine; 9/15/82
Subspecialty Board Exam in Infectious Diseases; American Board
of Internal Medicine; 11/1/88
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EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT:
Hospital Epidemiologist and Staff Physician, Boston Medical
Center, Boston, MA 02118 7/96 Infectious Diseases Consulting Physician, Radius Hospital, Boston,
MA 12/05 Infectious Diseases Consulting Physician, Quincy Memorial
Hospital, Quincy, MA 02169 12/99 Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 2/96 -
PAST:
Infectious Diseases Consulting Physician, Jewish Memorial Hospital,
Boston, MA 8/94 – 12/05
Hospital Epidemiologist and Staff Physician, Boston City Hospital,
Boston, MA 02118 7/88 - 6/96
Hospital Epidemiologist and Staff Physician, Boston Specialty and
Rehabilitation Hospital, Mattapan, MA 11/91 - 6/96
Infectious Diseases Consulting Physician, University Hospital,
Boston, MA 12/92 - 6/96
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 7/88 - 2/96
Guest Researcher, Laboratory of Microbial Immunity, NIAID, NIH,
Bethesda, MD 20892 7/11/85 - 6/30/86
General Internist (locum tenens), Group Health Associates (Prince
Georges Center), 4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,
20008 7/85 - 6/86
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Bethesda,
MD 20814 7/84-6/86
Medical Staff Fellow, LMI, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 7/1/827/10/85
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Internal Medicine Intern/Resident; Roger Williams General
Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, 7/1/79-6/30/82
Arthur Bloom, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Babies Hospital,
Columbia University, New York, NY 10032. Laboratory Technician.
6/76-8/76
John R. David, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Senior Laboratory
Technician, RBBH. 6/73-9/75
The Clinics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Clinic
Clerk, 9/66-9/75
REVIEWER
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Physicians’ Information and Education Resource (PIER), American College of
Physicians
New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
PUBLICATIONS
1.
Churchill WH, Piessens WF, Sulis CA, David JR. Macrophages activated as
suspension cultures with lymphocyte mediators devoid of antigen become
cytotoxic for tumor cells. J Immunol 1975;115:781-6.
2.
Bickel M, Amstad P, Tsuda H, Sulis C, Asofsky R, Mergenhagen S, Pluznik D.
Induction of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor by
lipopolysaccharide and anti-immunoglobulin M-stimulated murine B cell lines. J
Immunol 1987;139(9):2984-8.
3.
Lazar H, Sulis CA, Hauser W. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus prosthetic valve
endocarditis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1988;95:940 (Letter).
4.
Kase CS, Levitz SM, Wolinsky JS, Sulis CA. Pontine pure motor hemiparesis
due to meningovascular syphilis in HIV-positive patients. Arch Neuro
1988;45:832.
5.
Sulis CA. Herpes simplex and Varicella zoster virus infections. In: Libman H,
Witzburg RA (eds.): Clinical Manual for Care of the Adult Patient with HIV
Infection. Boston, Department of Medicine, Boston City Hospital, 1990:185-195.
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6.
Sulis CA. Candidiasis. In: Libman H, Witzburg RA (eds.): Clinical Manual for
Care of the Adult Patient with HIV Infection. Boston, Department of Medicine,
Boston City Hospital, 1990:197-201.
7.
Burke R, Garvin G, Kelly M, Sulis CA. Infection Control and Risk Reduction for
Health Care Providers. In: Libman H, Witzburg RA (eds.): Clinical Manual for
Care of the Adult Patient with HIV Infection. Boston, Department of Medicine,
Boston City Hospital, 1990:245-252.
8.
Sulis CA. Herpes simplex and Varicella zoster virus infections. In: Libman H,
Witzburg RA (eds.): Clinical Manual for Care of the Adult Patient with HIV
Infection, Supplement. Boston, Department of Medicine, Boston City Hospital,
1991:43-48.
9.
Sulis CA. Candidiasis. In: Libman H, Witzburg RA (eds.): Clinical Manual for
Care of the Adult Patient with HIV Infection, Supplement. Boston, Department of
Medicine, Boston City Hospital, 1991:49-51.
10.
Sulis CA. Toxoplasmosis. In: Libman H, Witzburg RA (eds.): Clinical Manual for
Care of the Adult Patient with HIV Infection, Supplement. Boston, Department of
Medicine, Boston City Hospital, 1991:27-30.
11.
Steen MK, Bruno-Murtha LA, Chaux G, Lazar H, Bernard S, Sulis CA. Bacillus
cereus endocarditis: report of a case and review. Clin Infect Dis 1992;14:945-6.
12.
Burke RA, Garvin GM, Sulis CA. Infection control and risk reduction for health
care workers. In: H Libman, RA Witzburg (eds), HIV Infection. A Clinical Manual.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Pp 432-446.
13.
Sulis CA. Herpes simplex and Varicella-zoster virus infections. In: H Libman, RA
Witzburg (eds), HIV Infection. A Clinical Manual. Boston: Little, Brown and
Company, 1993. Pp 321-335.
14.
Sulis CA. Candidiasis. In: H Libman, RA Witzburg (eds), HIV Infection. A Clinical
Manual. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Pp 336-342.
15.
Sulis CA. Toxoplasmosis. In: H Libman, RA Witzburg (eds), HIV Infection. A
Clinical Manual. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Pp 283-291.
16.
Sulis C. Infectious disease in Pregnancy. In: PL Carr, KM Freund, S Somani
(eds), The Medical Care of Women. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Company,
1995. Pp 405-422.
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17.
Burke RA, Garvin GM, Sulis CA. Infection control and risk reduction for health
care workers. In: H Libman, RA Witzburg (eds), HIV Infection. A Primary Care
Manual. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Pp 561-577.
18.
Sulis CA. Herpes simplex and Varicella-zoster virus infections. In: H Libman, RA
Witzburg (eds), HIV Infection. A Primary Care Manual. Boston: Little, Brown and
Company, 1996. Pp 383-398.
19.
Sulis CA. Candidiasis. In: H Libman, RA Witzburg (eds), HIV Infection. A Primary
Care Manual. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Pp 399-407.
20.
Currier JS, Sulis CA. Toxoplasmosis. In: H Libman, RA Witzburg (eds), HIV
Infection. A Primary Care Manual. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Pp
337-347.
21.
Swotinsky RB, Steger KA, Sulis C, Snyder S, Craven DE. Occupational exposure
to HIV: experience at a tertiary care center. JOEM 1998;40:1102-1109.
22.
Sulis CA. Infection Control and Immunization of Health Care Workers. In: RJ
McCunney (ed), Medical Center Occupational Health and Safety. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1999. Pp 81-113.
23.
Panlilio AL, Burwen DR, Curtis AB, et al. Tuberculin skin testing surveillance of
health care personnel. Clin Infect Dis 2002;35:219-227.
24.
Sulis CA. HIV, TB, and Other Infectious Diseases Related to Alcohol and Other
Drug Use. In: Graham AW, Schultz TK, Mayo-Smith MF, Reis KR, Wilford BB
(eds). Principles of Addiction Medicine, 3rd Edition, American Society of
Addiction Medicine, Chevy Chase, MD: 2003. Pp1157 – 1178.
25.
Beltrami EM, Cheingsong R, Heneine WM, et al. Antiretroviral drug resistance in
human immunodeficiency virus-infected source patients for occupational
exposures to healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003;24:724730.
26.
Lee VH, Sulis C, Sayegh RA. Puerperal Group A Streptococcus Infection, A
Case Report. J Reprod Med 2005;50:621-23.
27.
John M, Sulis C. Cryptosporidium parvum Attack (Cryptosporidiosis). In: Ciottone
GR, et al (eds). Disaster Medicine, 3rd Edition, Philadelphia: Mosby, Inc. 2006.
Pp733 – 735.
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28.
Tandon R, Lee M, Curran E, Demierre M, Sulis CA. A 26-year Old Woman with a
Rash on Her Extremities. Clin Infect Dis 2006;43:1585-6, 1616-17.
29.
MMWR. Brief Report: Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus transmitted through
solid organ transplantation – Massachusetts, 2008. MMWR. 2008;57(29):799801.
30.
Roberts DS, Dowdall JR, Winter L, Sulis CA, Grillone GA, Grundfast KM.
Cervical tuberculosis: a decision tree for protecting healthcare workers.
Laryngoscope 2008;118:1345-9.
31.
Walkey AJ, Campbell Reardon C, Sulis CA, Nace RN, Joyce-Brady M.
Epidemiology of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Long-Term Acute Care
Hospital. Infection Cont Hosp Epi 2009;30:319-324.
32.
Po JL, Burke R, Sulis C, Carling PC. Dangerous COWS: an analysis of
disinfection cleaning of computer keyboards on wheels. Am J Infect Control
2009; 37:778-80. epublished ahead of print on 5/20/2009
33.
Sulis CA. HIV, TB, and Other Infectious Diseases Related to Alcohol and Other
Drug Use. In: Ries RK, Fiellin DA, Miller SC, Saitz R (eds). Principles of
Addiction Medicine, 4th Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia,
PA: 2009. 1057 – 1076.
ABSTRACT AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
1.
Garvin GM, Burke RA, Sutherland V, Sulis, CA. Common source outbreak of E.
cloacae bacteremia associated with extrinsic contamination of intravenous
hyperalimentation solution. Am J Infect Cont 1991;19:113 [Abstract]. Presented
at the 18th Annual Conference of the Association for Practitioners in Infection
Control, Nashville, Tennessee, 1991.
2.
Garvin GM, Cassford PJ, Sulis CA. Blood and body fluid exposures at Boston
City Hospital 1988-1991. Am J Infect Cont 1992;20:114 [Abstract]. Presented
at the 19th Annual Conference of the Association for Practitioners in Infection
Control, San Francisco, California, 1992.
3.
Calcutt JA, Garvin GM, Sulis CA. Pertussis exposure on an adult medical ward at
Boston City Hospital. Am J Infect Cont 1993;21:100 [Abstract]. Presented at
the 20th Annual Conference of the Association for Practitioners in Infection
Control, Orlando, Florida, 1993.
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Garvin GM, Sulis CA. Blood and body fluid exposures at Boston City Hospital
1988-1994. Am J Infect Cont 1995;23:132 [Abstract]. Presented at the 22nd
Annual Conference of the Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, Las
Vegas, Nevada, 1995.
5.
Calcutt JA, Goucher-Wilson S, Sulis CA. Nosocomial transmission of tinea
corporis on a pediatrics ward at Boston City Hospital. Am J Infect Cont
1995;23;122-123 [Abstract]. Presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the
Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1995.
6.
O'Connor D, Mason S, Nieves R, Hemingway B, Wilson-Goucher S, Sulis C,
Bernardo J. On -site unit-based TB skin testing: A new approach to an old
problem. Resp Crit Care Med 1996;153:A129 [Abstract]. Presented at the
International Conference, American Thoracic Society, New Orleans, LA, May
1996.
7.
Steger KA, Swotinsky R, Snyder S, et al. Recent experience with post-exposure
prophylaxis (PEP) with combination antiretrovirals for occupational exposure
(OE) to HIV [Abstract]. Presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Infectious
Disease Society of America, San Francisco, California, September 1997.
8.
Burke R, Garvin G, Korn C, Perryman K, Sulis C. Hospital-acquired vancomycinresistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit [Abstract].
Presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in
Infection Control and Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD, June 1999.
9.
Cumming MC, Sulis CA. Air medical crew compliance with infection
control practices [Abstract]. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000;21:86.
Presented at the 4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial
and Healthcare-associated Infections, Atlanta, GA, March 2000.
10.
Korn C, Burke R, Garvin G, Sulis C. Percutaneous exposures in
healthcare workers - the E.E.E.'s of reductions [Abstract]. Infect Control
Hosp Epidemiol 2000;21:110. Presented at the 4th Decennial
International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-associated
Infections, Atlanta, GA, March 2000.
11.
Sulis CA, Derridinger O. Multiple blood exposures among healthcare
workers [Abstract]. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000;21:112.
Presented at the 4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial
and Healthcare-associated Infections, Atlanta, GA, March 2000.
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12.
Burke R, Garvin G, Korn C, Sulis C. Reuse of Single Use Devices
[Abstract]. Presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Association
for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nashville, Tenn,
May 2002. Poster 136
13.
Burke R, Garvin G, Korn C, Sulis C. Preventing Construction-Related
Infections [Abstract]. Presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology,
Nashville, Tenn, May 2002. Poster 227
14.
Korn C, Lones E, Burke R, Garvin G, Sulis C. Reduction of Percutaneous
Exposures in Operating Room Nursing Personnel: a multi-faceted
approach. Am J Infect Cont 2003;31(3):E48 [Abstract]. Presented at the
30th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, June
9, 2003. Poster 93
15.
Burke R, Ford D, Garvin G, Korn C, Sulis C. The CDC’s Campaign to
Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance Offers Structure, Strategy, and Authority
to a Hospital’s Effort to Battle an Increase in Resistant Organisms.
[Abstract # 52350] Presented at the 30th Annual Educational Conference
and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection
Control and Epidemiology, June 20, 2005. Poster 545
16.
Grillone GA, Dowdall JR, Winter L, Sulis CA, Grundfast KM. Evaluation of
the Patient With Known or Suspected Cervical Tuberculosis Including
Decision Tree Paradigm and Analysis of Current Policies for Protecting
Involved Health Care Workers From Risk of Acquiring TB. Presented at
the Triological Society, Eastern Section Meeting, January 2006, Toronto,
Canada.
17.
Korn C, Burke B, Garvin G, Sulis C. HEALTHCARE WORKER-RELATED
TUBERCULOSIS EXPOSURE. [Abstract # 950038] Presented at the 33rd
Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for
Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Tampa, Florida, June 13,
2006. Poster #12-116.
18.
Po JL, Burke R, Sulis C, Carling P. Washable Keyboards, Designed as a Novel
Prevention Technology, Are Ineffectively Cleaned in Patient Care Areas.
Presented at the ###, Toronto, Canada, November 2007, Poster #.
19.
Po JL, Burke R, Sulis C, Carling P. Dangerous COWs – an analysis of
disinfection cleaning and mobile computer keyboard migration in the ICU setting.
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Presented at the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Healthcare
Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Orlando, Florida, April XX, 2008. Poster #242
20.
Burke R, Garvin G, Korn K, Zhang Y, Sulis C. Measuring Hand Hygiene
Performance: Product Volume Tracking vs. Direct Observation. Presented at the
35th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Denver,
Colorado, June 17, 2008. Poster #17-169
21.
S. SCHILLIE1, M. WONG 2, M. ARYA 2, A. GAUTAM 3, C. SULIS 3, P. TORMEY
4, A. BARRY 4, LCMV Transplant Investigation Team; 1CDC, Atlanta, GA, 2Beth
Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr., Boston, MA, 3Boston Med. Ctr., Boston, MA,
4Boston Publ. Hlth.Commission, Boston, MA. Transplant-Associated
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) Transmission -- Massachusetts,
2008. Presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society
of America, Washington, DC, 10/26/08. Poster # K1475a
22.
Walkey AJ1, Reardon CC1, Sulis CA2, Nace RN3, Joyce-Brady M1. The
Epidemiology of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Long-Term Acute Care
Hospital Setting. 1Boston University School of Medicine, Pulmonary Center;
2Boston University School of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases; 3Beth
Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine all in Boston, MA.
Presented at the 24th Evans Department of Medicine Research Days, Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 10/30/08. Poster 127.
23.
Korn CK, Sulis CA, Garvin G, Burke B, Sobieraj J, Ellis M. Surgical Site
Surveillance – Manual vs. Electronic – Are the Results Comparable? Presented
at the 19th annual scientific meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology
of America, San Diego, California. March 19-22, 2009. Poster 456; Also
presented at the 25th Evans Department of Medicine Research Days, Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 12/3/09. Poster 107.
24.
Evans M, Sulis C. The View from the Front Line: House Officer Attitudes About
Influenza Vaccination. Presented at the 25th Evans Department of Medicine
Research Days, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 12/3/09.
Poster 99. Also presented at the Society Of General Internal Medicine, 33rd
Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 4/29/10. Poster #.
25.
Trivedi JB, Vergidis P, Sulis CA, Barlam T. PICC-Associated Bloodstream
Infections at Boston Medical Center. Presented at the 25 th Evans Department of
Medicine Research Days, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
12/3/09. Poster 113.
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Korn C, Sulis C, Garvin G, Burke B, Barlam T, Ford D, O’Donnell C, Silva J,
Buckus C. Reduction Of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia - Steps To Success.
Presented at the 5th Decennial International Conference on Health-care
Associated Infections, Atlanta, Georgia. 3/21/10. Poster #972.
27.
Burke R, Barlam T, Ford D, Garvin G, Korn C, O’Connor L, Sulis C. Significantly
Improved Hand Hygiene. Presented at the 5th Decennial International
Conference on Health-care Associated Infections, Atlanta, Georgia. 3/19/10.
Poster #263.
28.
Sulis C, Estanislao R, Wedel S, Carling P. Completeness of Cleaning Critical
Care Transport Vehicles. Presented at the 5th Decennial International
Conference on Health-care Associated Infections, Atlanta, Georgia. 3/20/10.
Poster #648.
29.
Trivedi JB, Vergidis P, Sulis CA, Barlam T. PICC-Associated Bloodstream
Infections at Boston Medical Center. Presented at the 5th Decennial International
Conference on Health-care Associated Infections, Atlanta, Georgia. 3/20/10.
Poster #446.
30.
Joshi P, Sulis C. A Case of Imported Dengue. Presented at SGIM, Providence,
RI. 4/2/10. Poster #48.
31.
Bird D, Ford D, Sulis C, et al. Termination of a Hand Hygiene Surveillance
Program and Hospital-Acquired Infection in the Surgical Intensive care Unit.
Presented at the Surgical Infection Society 30th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas,
Nevada. 4/20/10
32.
Sulis C, Estanislao R, Wedel S, Carling P. Completeness of Cleaning Critical
Care Transport Vehicles. Presented for the Scientific Assembly at the Air
Medical Transport Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FLA, October 11, 2010;
Moderated Poster # XX.
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