Scott Roberts, MD
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2024
Pseudo-outbreak of Parengyodontium album related to contaminated saline used in specimen processing in the microbiology laboratory.
Havill N, Colandrea N, Merwede J, Aniskiewicz M, Roberts S, Patel K, Martinello R, Peaper D. Pseudo-outbreak of Parengyodontium album related to contaminated saline used in specimen processing in the microbiology laboratory. American Journal Of Infection Control 2024 PMID: 38825239, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.05.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacterizing healthcare personnel attitudes toward receipt of a voluntary bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine during a COVID-19 outbreak at a behavioral health hospital in Connecticut
Roberts S, Willebrand K, Fredrick J, Pischel L, Patel K, Murray T, Martinello R. Characterizing healthcare personnel attitudes toward receipt of a voluntary bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine during a COVID-19 outbreak at a behavioral health hospital in Connecticut. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology 2024, 4: e87. PMID: 38774120, PMCID: PMC11106727, DOI: 10.1017/ash.2024.78.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA cluster of postoperative Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis infection at an outpatient cataract surgery center.
Singanamala S, Incekara K, Nucci D, Roberts S. A cluster of postoperative Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis infection at an outpatient cataract surgery center. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2024, 1-2. PMID: 38695341, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.74.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
1474. Getting to Zero: Our Journey to Decrease CABG Deep Sternal Wound Infections
Gentile P, Roberts S, Wilson E, Martinello R. 1474. Getting to Zero: Our Journey to Decrease CABG Deep Sternal Wound Infections. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1310. PMCID: PMC10676914, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeep sternal wound infectionSternal wound infectionSSI bundleWound infectionSurgical site infection rateYale-New Haven HospitalCardiac thoracic surgeryCardiac surgery patientsRetrospective cohort reviewTime of surgeryHigher mortality riskNew Haven HospitalDSWI rateCohort reviewSurgery patientsSerious complicationsEndocrinology teamEpidemiologic evaluationThoracic surgeryMortality riskClinical decreaseConclusion ImplementationInfection rateSurgeryBathing practicesSevere acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA and viable virus contamination of hospital emergency department surfaces and association with patient coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and aerosol-generating procedures
Roberts S, Barbell E, Barber D, Dahlberg S, Heimer R, Jubanyik K, Parwani V, Pettigrew M, Tanner J, Ulrich A, Wade M, Wyllie A, Yolda-Carr D, Martinello R, Tanner W. Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA and viable virus contamination of hospital emergency department surfaces and association with patient coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and aerosol-generating procedures. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2023, 45: 244-246. PMID: 37767709, PMCID: PMC10877528, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacterizing healthcare worker attitudes toward the bivalent COVID-19 booster
Willebrand K, Fredrick J, Pischel L, Patel K, Roberts S, Murray T, Martinello R. Characterizing healthcare worker attitudes toward the bivalent COVID-19 booster. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology 2023, 3: s56-s57. PMCID: PMC10594485, DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBooster doseBehavioral health unitHealthcare workersHealth unitsCOVID-19COVID-19 outbreakInpatient behavioral health unitFirst booster dosePrimary vaccination seriesCOVID-19 vaccinationCOVID-19 exposureBehavioral health settingsMonovalent vaccinationVaccination seriesBooster dosesBooster vaccineComplete responsePrevious vaccinationVaccine uptakeHealth HospitalGeneral populationSide effectsPsychiatric hospitalHealth settingsDemographic dataAccelerated SARS-CoV-2 intrahost evolution leading to distinct genotypes during chronic infection
Chaguza C, Hahn A, Petrone M, Zhou S, Ferguson D, Breban M, Pham K, Peña-Hernández M, Castaldi C, Hill V, Initiative Y, Billig K, Earnest R, Fauver J, Kalinch C, Kerantzas N, Koch T, De Kumar B, Landry M, Ott I, Peaper D, Tikhonova I, Vogels C, Schulz W, Swanstrom R, Roberts S, Grubaugh N. Accelerated SARS-CoV-2 intrahost evolution leading to distinct genotypes during chronic infection. Cell Reports Medicine 2023, 4: 100943. PMID: 36791724, PMCID: PMC9906997, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.100943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic infectionEvolutionary ratesGenetic diversityIntrahost evolutionDistinct genotypesHigher viral genome copiesVirus evolutionary ratesSARS-CoV-2 evolutionUntreated chronic infectionAdvantageous mutationsNucleotide substitutionsViral genome copiesDivergent variantsInfection hypothesisVariant emergenceViral populationsInfectious virusInfectionHallmark changesGenome copiesDifferent genotypesDiversityGenotypesTemporal dynamicsEvolutionMpox and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in the Outpatient Primary Care Setting—Why LGBTQ Health Is Global Health
Ilagan-Ying Y, Fisher A, Zimmerman A, Pellegrino A, Roberts S. Mpox and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in the Outpatient Primary Care Setting—Why LGBTQ Health Is Global Health. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2023, 38: 1067-1071. PMID: 36633799, PMCID: PMC10039215, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07988-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnalysis of Failure Rates for COVID-19 Entrance Screening at a US Academic Medical Center
Roberts S, Faruq R, Wilkinson A, Pashankar D, Russi M, Khokhar B, Martinello R. Analysis of Failure Rates for COVID-19 Entrance Screening at a US Academic Medical Center. JAMA Internal Medicine 2023, 183: 84-86. PMID: 36441528, PMCID: PMC9706395, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.5426.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Disinfection of Virtual Reality Devices in Health Care Settings: In Vitro Assessment and Survey Study
Roberts S, Havill N, Flores RM, Hendrix C, Williams MJ, Feinn RS, Choi SJ, Martinello RA, Marks AM, Murray TS. Disinfection of Virtual Reality Devices in Health Care Settings: In Vitro Assessment and Survey Study. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2022, 24: e42332. PMID: 36269222, PMCID: PMC9756115, DOI: 10.2196/42332.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Overview
Scott Roberts, MD, is an infectious diseases specialist who cares for patients while they are in the hospital.
Dr. Roberts says he became a doctor so he could help others in their time of need while also gaining a better understanding of the pathophysiology of diseases. “I am excited by the challenge of medicine and seek to improve my practice with every patient I meet,” he says. “It has been a privilege to care for such a broad and diverse patient population as the one I’ve had the opportunity to work with in New Haven.”
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Roberts is associate medical director of infection prevention for the Yale School of Medicine. As a researcher, he is focused on preventing health care-associated infections developed in the hospital. This includes device-related infections, respiratory viral infections including COVID-19, and infections in specific patient populations such as immunocompromised patients.
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