Donna Curtis, MD, MPH/MSPH

Professional Titles

• Fellowship Associate Program Director
• Clinical Medical Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Co-Chair, Committee on Fellowship Education (COFE)

Research Interests

Publications

• Messacar K, Robinson CC, Bagdure D, Curtis DJ, Glodé MP, Dominguez SR. Rhino/enteroviruses in hospitalized children: A comparison to influenza viruses. J Clin Virol. 2013 Jan;56(1):41-5.
• Messacar K, Robinson CC, Bagdure D, Curtis DJ, Glodé MP, Dominguez SR. Rhino/enteroviruses in hospitalized children: a comparison to influenza viruses. J Clin Virol. 2013 Jan;56(1):41-5. PubMed PMID: 23078869
• Sabry A, Hauk PJ, Jing H, Su HC, Stence NV, Mirsky DM, Nagel MA, Abbott JK, Dragone LL, Armstrong-Wells J, Curtis DJ, Cohrs R, Schmid DS, Gilden D, Gelfand EW. Vaccine strain varicella-zoster virus-induced central nervous system vasculopathy as the presenting feature of DOCK8 deficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Jan 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24418481
• Curtis DJ, Muresan P, Nachman s, Fenton T, Richardson KM, Dominguez T, Flynn P, Siberry G, Spector SA, Cunningham, CK, Bloom A, Weinberg A. Functionality and Determinants of Antibody Responses to H1N1 pandemic Inactivated Vaccine (pH1N1 vaccine) in HIV-Infected Children and Youth.
• Sabry A, Hauk PJ, Jing H, Su HC, Stence NV, Mirsky DM, Nagel MA, Abbott JK, Dragone LL, Armstrong-Wells J, Curtis DJ, Cohrs R, Schmid DS, Gilden D, Gelfand EW. Vaccine strain varicella-zoster virus-induced central nervous system vasculopathy as the presenting feature of DOCK8 deficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Apr;133(4):1225-7. PubMed PMID: 24418481
• Rao S, Torok MR, Bagdure D, Cunningham MA, Williams JT, Curtis DJ, Wilson K, Dominguez SR. A comparison of H1N1 influenza among pediatric inpatients in the pandemic and post pandemic era. J Clin Virol. 2015 Oct;71:44-50. PubMed PMID: 26370314
• Curtis D, Ning MF, Armon C, Li S, Weinberg A. Safety, immunogenicity and shedding of LAIV4 in HIV-infected and uninfected children. Vaccine. 2015 Sep 11;33(38):4790-7. PubMed PMID: 26241950
• Curtis DJ, Muresan P, Nachman S, Fenton T, Richardson KM, Dominguez T, Flynn PM, Spector SA, Cunningham CK, Bloom A, Weinberg A. Characterization of functional antibody and memory B-cell responses to pH1N1 monovalent vaccine in HIV-infected children and youth. PLoS One. 2015;10(3):e0118567. PubMed PMID: 25785995
• Rao S, Messacar K, Torok MR, Rick AM, Holzberg J, Montano A, Bagdure D, Curtis DJ, Oberste MS, Nix WA, de Masellis G, Robinson CC, Dominguez SR. Enterovirus D68 in Critically Ill Children: A Comparison With Pandemic H1N1 Influenza. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Nov;17(11):1023-1031. PubMed PMID: 27505715
• Larochelle MB, Phan R, Craddock J, Abzug MJ, Curtis D, Robinson CC, Giller RH, Cosgrove S, Siringo F, McCourt E, Palestine AG. Cytomegalovirus retinitis in pediatric stem cell transplants: report of a recent cluster and the development of a screening protocol. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016 Oct 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27746296
• Barron MA, Frank DN, Claypool D, Ir D, Ning MF, Curtis D, Weinberg A. Antibody responses to influenza a H1N1 vaccine compared to the circulating strain in influenza vaccine recipients during the 2013/2014 season in North America. J Clin Virol. 2016 Oct;83:56-60. PubMed PMID: 27591557
• Levi ME, Curtis DJ. West Nile infections in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Sep;20(6):744-6. PubMed PMID: 27090062
• Weinberg A, Curtis D, Ning MF, Claypool DJ, Jalbert E, Patterson J, Frank DN, Ir D, Armon C. Immune Responses to Circulating and Vaccine Viral Strains in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children and Youth Who Received the 2013/2014 Quadrivalent Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccine. Front Immunol. 2016 Apr 15;7:142. PubMed PMID: 27148262
• Whittington MD, Curtis DJ, Atherly AJ, Bradley CJ, Lindrooth RC, Campbell JD. Screening Test Recommendations for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Practices: A Cost-Minimization Analysis. American Journal of Infection Control, in press.
• Whittington MD, Atherly AJ, Curtis DJ, Lindrooth RC, Bradley CJ, Campbell JD. Recommendations for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prevention in Adult ICUs: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Crit Care Med. 2017 Aug;45(8):1304-1310. PubMed PMID: 28471887
• Larochelle MB, Phan R, Craddock J, Abzug MJ, Curtis D, Robinson CC, Giller RH, Cosgrove S, Siringo F, McCourt E, Palestine AG. Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Pediatric Stem Cell Transplants: Report of a Recent Cluster and the Development of a Screening Protocol. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017 Mar;175:8-15. PubMed PMID: 27746296
• Whittington MD, Curtis DJ, Atherly AJ, Bradley CJ, Lindrooth RC, Campbell JD. Screening test recommendations for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance practices: A cost-minimization analysis. Am J Infect Control. 2017 Jul 1;45(7):704-708. PubMed PMID: 28126259
• Feldman AG, Beaty BL, Curtis D, Juarez-Colunga E, Kempe A. Association of vaccine-preventable infections and number of hospitalizations in children with solid organ transplant. JAMA Pediatr. Published online January 14, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4954. [Accepted for Publication]
• Strommen A, Hurst AL, Curtis D, Abzug MJ. Use of Intravenous Posaconazole in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 May;40(4):e203-e206. PubMed PMID: 29309375
• Feldman AG, Sundaram SS, Beaty BL, Torres R, Curtis DJ, Kempe A. Immunization Status at the Time of Liver Transplant in Children and Adolescents. JAMA. 2019 Nov 12;322(18):1822-1824. PubMed PMID: 31714979
• Feldman AG, Curtis DJ, Moore SL, Kempe A. Under-immunization of pediatric transplant recipients: a call to action for the pediatric community. Pediatr Res. 2019 Jul 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31330527
• Feldman AG, Beaty BL, Curtis D, Juarez-Colunga E, Kempe A. Incidence of Hospitalization for Vaccine-Preventable Infections in Children Following Solid Organ Transplant and Associated Morbidity, Mortality, and Costs. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Mar 1;173(3):260-268. PubMed PMID: 30640369
• Prinzi AM, Parker SK, Curtis DJ, Ziniel SI. The Pediatric Endotracheal Aspirate Culture Survey (PETACS): Examining Practice Variation Across Pediatric Microbiology Laboratories in the United States. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33298605
• Rao S, Kwan BM, Curtis DJ, Swanson A, Bakel LA, Bajaj L, Boguniewicz J, Lockwood JM, Ogawa K, Pemberton K, Fuhlbrigge RC, Brumbaugh D, Givens P, Nozik ES, Sills MR. Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic to Develop Policies, Clinical Pathways, Stimulate Academic Research, and Create Educational Opportunities. J Pediatr. 2020 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33091418
• Kemme S, Sundaram SS, Curtis DJ, Lobritto S, Mohammad S, Feldman AG. A community divided: Post-transplant live vaccine practices among Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) centers. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 Nov;24(7):e13804. PubMed PMID: 32845536
• Feldman AG, Curtis DJ, Moore SL, Kempe A. Under-immunization of pediatric transplant recipients: a call to action for the pediatric community. Pediatr Res. 2020 Jan;87(2):277-281. PubMed PMID: 31330527
• Haynes AS, Curtis DJ, Campbell K, Giller RH, Quinones RR, Verneris MR, Abzug MJ. An Immune Recovery-Based Revaccination Protocol for Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Revaccination Outcomes Following Pediatric HSCT. Transplant Cell Ther. 2021 Apr;27(4):317-326. PubMed PMID: 33836875
• Prinzi AM, Parker SK, Curtis DJ, Ziniel SI. The Pediatric Endotracheal Aspirate Culture Survey (PETACS): Examining Practice Variation across Pediatric Microbiology Laboratories in the United States. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Feb 18;59(3). PubMed PMID: 33298605
• Rao S, Kwan BM, Curtis DJ, Swanson A, Bakel LA, Bajaj L, Boguniewicz J, Lockwood JM, Ogawa K, Pemberton K, Fuhlbrigge RC, Brumbaugh D, Givens P, Nozik ES, Sills MR. Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic to Develop Policies, Clinical Pathways, Stimulate Academic Research, and Create Educational Opportunities. J Pediatr. 2021 Mar;230:4-8.e2. PubMed PMID: 33091418
• Prinzi AM, Wattier RL, Curtis DJ, Ziniel SI, Fitzgerald A, Pearce K, Parker SK. Impact of Organism Reporting from Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures on Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Nov 16;60(11):e0093022. PubMed PMID: 36218349
• Malone LA, Morrow A, Chen Y, Curtis D, de Ferranti SD, Desai M, Fleming TK, Giglia TM, Hall TA, Henning E, Jadhav S, Johnston AM, Kathirithamby DRC, Kokorelis C, Lachenauer C, Li L, Lin HC, Locke T, MacArthur C, Mann M, McGrath-Morrow SA, Ng R, Ohlms L, Risen S, Sadreameli SC, Sampsel S, Tejtel SKS, Silver JK, Simoneau T, Srouji R, Swami S, Torbey S, Gutierrez MV, Williams CN, Zimmerman LA, Vaz LE. Multi-disciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) in children and adolescents. PM R. 2022 Oct;14(10):1241-1269. PubMed PMID: 36169159

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Fellow
• Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), Member
• Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS), Member
• Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Member
• American Transplant Society, Member

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2008, 2008)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Board Certification (2011)

• Infections
• Infections - Viral Infections
• Infections - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Infections - Pneumonia
• Infections - Influenza
• Infections - Bacterial Infections
• Infections - Fungal Infections