Westyn Branch-Elliman MD, MMSc

Adjunct Instructor, General Internal Medicine

72 E. Concord Street | (617) 414-5013
westyn.branch-elliman@va.gov

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General Internal Medicine

Biography

I am a physician investigator who focuses on optimizing healthcare resource utilization and expanding infection prevention programs beyond traditional boundaries. My research projects include epidemiologic and economic evaluations of postpartum breast infections, comparative and cost-effectiveness evaluations of preventions designed to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAI), and development of novel electronic tools for improved HAI detection. The majority of my time is dedicated to clinical research. I also see patients and teach medical students, residents and infectious diseases fellows. In my previous role as the Medical Director of Infection Prevention at the Eastern Colorado VA Healthcare System, I dedicated significant effort to administrative responsibilities, including healthcare epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship.

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Education

Medicine, MD, Northwestern University School of Medicine, 2006

Clinical Evaluation/Research, MMS/MMSc, Harvard Medical School, 2012

Cell & Molecular Biology, BA, University of California, Berkeley, 2002

Publications

Published on 4/29/2023

Branch-Elliman W, Monach PA. Moving towards a precision approach for prevention of severe COVID-19. Lancet. 2023 Apr 29; 401(10386):1423-1424. PMID: 37120280.

PubMed

Published on 4/26/2023

Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. More data needed on efficacy and safety of monovalent vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 26. PMID: 37119830.

PubMed

Published on 4/19/2023

Ertem Z, Nelson RE, Schechter-Perkins EM, Al-Amery A, Zhang X, Branch-Elliman W. Condition-Dependent and Dynamic Impacts of Indoor Masking Policies for COVID-19 Mitigation: A Nationwide, Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 19. PMID: 37072937.

PubMed

Published on 4/18/2023

Shenoy ES, Babcock HM, Brust KB, Calderwood MS, Doron S, Malani AN, Wright SB, Branch-Elliman W. Universal Masking in Health Care Settings: A Pandemic Strategy Whose Time Has Come and Gone, For Now. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Apr 18. PMID: 37068281.

PubMed

Published on 4/10/2023

Beaudette-Zlatanova B, Lew RA, Otis JD, Branch-Elliman W, Bacorro E, Dubreuil M, Eyvazzadeh C, Kaur M, Lazzari AA, Libbey C, Monach PA. Pilot Study of Low-Dose Naltrexone for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Due to Arthritis: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Clinical Trial. Clin Ther. 2023 Apr 10. PMID: 37045708.

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Published on 4/3/2023

Schrank GM, Branch-Elliman W, Leekha S, Baghdadi J, Pineles L, Harris AD, Morgan DJ. Perceptions of Health Care-Associated Infection Metrics by Infection Control Experts. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 03; 6(4):e238952. PMID: 37074719.

PubMed

Published on 3/1/2023

Larnard J, Stead W, Branch-Elliman W. Considering Patient, Family, and Provider Goals and Expectations in a Rapidly Changing Clinical Context: A Framework for Antimicrobial Stewardship at the End of Life. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2023 Mar; 37(1):139-151. PMID: 36805010.

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Published on 2/25/2023

Bart N, Mull HJ, Higgins M, Sturgeon D, Hederstedt K, Lamkin R, Sullivan B, Branch-Elliman W, Foster M. Development of a Periprocedure Trigger for Outpatient Interventional Radiology Procedures in the Veterans Health Administration. J Patient Saf. 2023 Apr 01; 19(3):185-192. PMID: 36849447.

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Published on 2/21/2023

Higgins MCSS, Seren A, Foster MV, Sturgeon DJ, Bart N, Hederstedt K, Friefeld A, Lamkin RP, Sullivan BA, Branch-Elliman W, Mull HJ. Arteriovenous Graft Failure in the Veterans Health Administration: Outcome Disparities Associated with Race. Radiology. 2023 May; 307(3):e220619. PMID: 36809217.

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Published on 2/10/2023

Branch-Elliman W, Sundermann AJ, Wiens J, Shenoy ES. The future of automated infection detection: Innovation to transform practice (Part III/III). Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e26. PMID: 36865708.

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