Katherine K. Hsu, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

After completing her residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Katherine Hsu, MD, MPH, began her fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. During this period she was awarded the Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society Edward H. Kass Award for Clinical Excellence During Fellowship. She is now a Professor of Pediatrics in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. In addition to her work in the school of medicine, she serves Medical Director in the Division of STD Prevention & HIV Surveillance as a part of the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Her research interests include vaccine-preventable diseases and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, and she has published in various scientific journals, including Vaccine, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Lancet HIV, PLoS Medicine, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Epidemiology, and American Journal of Public Health.

Publications

  • Published 1/8/2026

    Hsu KK, Ivanof C, Gallagher MC, Worrall DP, Perriello EL, Brown CM. How Public Health Surveillance Systems Can Contribute to Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention: The Massachusetts Experience. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 08; 81(Supplement_5):S256-S261. PMID: 41504564.

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  • Published 10/7/2025

    Oliveira Roster KI, Rönn MM, Elder H, Gift TL, Roosevelt KA, Salomon JA, Hsu KK, Grad YH. Estimating the undetected burden and the likelihood of strain persistence of drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Oct 07; 194(10):2861-2869. PMID: 39673766.

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  • Published 5/30/2024

    Daskalakis DC, Heller HM, Shenoy ES, Hsu K. Case 16-2024: A 20-Year-Old Man with a Pustular Rash. N Engl J Med. 2024 May 30; 390(20):1906-1912. PMID: 38810190.

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  • Published 1/9/2024

    Reimche JL, Pham CD, Joseph SJ, Hutton S, Cartee JC, Ruan Y, Breaux M, Ivanof C, Joshi A, DeMartino M, Kirby JE, Barbee LA, Kersh EN, Roosevelt KA, Hsu KK. Novel strain of multidrug non-susceptible Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the USA. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Mar; 24(3):e149-e151. PMID: 38215769.

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  • Published 12/19/2023

    Elder H, Platt L, Leach D, Sheetoh C, Ramirez VM, Molotnikov L, Hernandez B, Roosevelt K, Hsu KK. Factors Associated With Delays in Presentation and Treatment of Gonorrhea, Massachusetts 2015-2019. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 Mar 01; 51(3):146-155. PMID: 38133572.

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Education

  • Brown University School of Medicine, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Brown University, SB/ScB

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