Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
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Ochsner is committed to a clinically-integrated research program with the ultimate goal of improving the health and wellness of our patients and communities. And as the largest academic medical center in Louisiana, we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals to be leaders who can meet evolving healthcare challenges.
Dr. Baumgarten serves as Ochsner’s Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention. She earned her medical degree from LSU and completed her internship and residency at the University of California in Fresno. She completed her infectious diseases fellowship at Ochsner and has been on staff at Ochsner since the summer of 2000. She is board certified in infectious diseases. Dr. Baumgarten is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Her professional interests include preventing infections in hospitalized patients.
Rosen LB, Rocha Pereira N, Figueiredo C, Fiske LC, Ressner RA, Hong JC, Gregg KS, Henry TL, Pak KJ, Baumgarten KL, Seoane L, Garcia-Diaz J, Olivier KN, Zelazny AM, Holland SM, Browne SK. Nocardia-induced granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor is neutralized by autoantibodies in disseminated/extrapulmonary nocardiosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 1;60(7):1017-25. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu968. Epub 2014 Dec 3.
Johnson S, Proctor M, Bluth E, Smetherman D, Baumgarten K, Troxclair L, Bienvenu M. Evaluation of a hydrogen peroxide-based system for high-level disinfection of vaginal ultrasound probes. J Ultrasound Med. 2013 Oct;32(10):1799-804. doi: 10.7863/ultra.32.10.1799. PMID: 24065261.
Baumgarten K, Hale Y, Messonnier M, McCabe M, Albright M, Bergeron E. Bridging the gap: a collaborative to reduce peripherally inserted central catheter infections in the home care environment. Ochsner J. 2013 Fall;13(3):352-8. PMID: 24052764; PMCID: PMC3776510.
Yoder JS, Straif-Bourgeois S, Roy SL, Moore TA, Visvesvara GS, Ratard RC, Hill VR, Wilson JD, Linscott AJ, Crager R, Kozak NA, Sriram R, Narayanan J, Mull B, Kahler AM, Schneeberger C, da Silva AJ, Poudel M, Baumgarten KL, Xiao L, Beach MJ. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis deaths associated with sinus irrigation using contaminated tap water. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Nov;55(9):e79-85. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis626. Epub 2012 Aug 22.
Baumgarten KL, Valentine VG, Garcia-Diaz JB. Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in a lung transplant recipient. South Med J. 2004 Jul;97(7):692-5.
Olsan AD, Milburn JM, Baumgarten KL, Durham HL. Leptomeningeal enhancement in a patient with proven West Nile virus infection. Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Aug;181(2):591-2. No abstract available.
MacKenzie KM, Baumgarten KL, Helm BM, McFadden PM, Deduska NJ, Loss GE Jr, Eason JD. Innovative medical management with resection for successful treatment of pulmonary mucormycosis despite diagnostic delay. J La State Med Soc. 2002 Mar-Apr;154(2):82-5.
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