David J. Thornton, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Thornton, MD practices Infectious Disease in West Roxbury, MA. Dr. Thornton graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1997 and has been in practice for 22 years. He completed a residency at Boston University Medical Center.

Publications

  • Published 3/1/2021

    Fillmore NR, Elbers DC, La J, Feldman TC, Sung FC, Hall RB, Nguyen V, Link N, Zwolinski R, Dipietro S, Miller SJ, Aleksanyan A, Goryachev SD, Corcoran P, Bergstrom SJ, Parenteau MA, Sprague RS, Thornton DJ, Driver JA, Strymish JM, Evans S, Colonna B, Brophy MT, Do NV. Corrigendum to: An Application to Support COVID-19 Occupational Health and Patient Tracking at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 03 01; 28(3):673. PMID: 33306790.

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  • Published 11/1/2020

    Fillmore NR, Elbers DC, La J, Feldman TC, Sung FC, Hall RB, Nguyen V, Link N, Zwolinski R, Dipietro S, Miller SJ, Aleksanyan A, Goryachev SD, Corcoran P, Bergstrom SJ, Parenteau MA, Sprague RS, Thornton DJ, Driver JA, Strymish JM, Evans S, Colonna B, Brophy MT, Do NV. An application to support COVID-19 occupational health and patient tracking at a Veterans Affairs medical center. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 11 01; 27(11):1716-1720. PMID: 33067628.

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  • Published 9/15/2020

    Yakovchenko V, DeSotto K, Drainoni ML, Lukesh W, Miller DR, Park A, Shao Q, Thornton DJ, Gifford AL. Using Lean-Facilitation to Improve Quality of Hepatitis C Testing in Primary Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 02; 36(2):349-357. PMID: 32930938.

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  • Published 12/10/2019

    Hakim A, Braun H, Thornton D, Strymish J. Successful treatment of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus tricuspid-valve endocarditis with dalbavancin as an outpatient in a person who injects drugs: A case report. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Feb; 91:202-205. PMID: 31841726.

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  • Published 6/27/2019

    Ronan MV, Menon A, Swamy L, Thornton D. Experiential Learning Through Local Implementation of a National Chief Resident in Quality and Patient Safety Curriculum. Am J Med Qual. 2020 Mar/Apr; 35(2):171-176. PMID: 31248264.

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Education

  • Stanford University School of Medicine, MD
  • Stanford University, MS
  • Harvard College, AB