Guillermo Rodriguez Nava, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine-Infectious Disease

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Medical School
  • MD, National Autonomous University Of Mexico (2016)
Residency
  • St Francis Hospital of Evanston Program, Internal Medicine (2022)
Fellowships
  • Stanford University Hospital, Infectious Disease (2025)
Languages
English, Spanish
Department
Medicine-Infectious Disease

Professional Titles

  • Associate Medical Director of Infection Prevention & Control
  • Healthcare Epidemiologist
  • Infectious Diseases Physician

Recognitions

  • Stanford Malinda Mitchell Quality Award, Stanford Health Care (2024)
    Awarded to the CLABSI Taskforce Team for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections (team member)
  • IDWeek Trainee Travel Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
  • Stanford Center for Digital Health Travel Award, Stanford Center for Digital Health (2024)
  • SHEA Jonathan Freeman Scholarship, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (2023)
  • IDWeek-ECCMID Fellows Exchange Program Travel Award, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2023)

Publications

  • Hudson J, Rodriguez Nava G, Sampson MM, Chang A, Dussaq AM, Salinas JL, Serbest A, Pham T, Banaei N. Effective mitigation of blood culture bottle shortage with diagnostic stewardship interventions. J Clin Microbiol. 2025 Feb 19;63(2):e0170124. PubMed PMID: 39853111
  • Fabre V, Hsu Y-J, Carroll KC, Milstone AM, Salinas AB, Abbo LM, Bower C, Berry J, Boyd S, Degnan KO, Dhaubhadel P, Diekema DJ, Dress M, Feeser B, Fisher M, Flynn C, Ford BA, Gettler EB, Glasser LJ, Howard-Anderson J, Johnson JK, Karaba SM, Kim JJ, Kubischta A, Landrum BM, Martinez M, Mathers AJ, Mermel L, Moehring RW, O'Horo JC, Pepe DE, Qasba SS, Rittmann B, Robinson ED, Rodríguez-Nava G, Rosa R, Ryder JH, Salinas JL, Shah A, Schrank GM, Shelly M, Spivak ES, Stewart KO, Talbot TR, Van Schooneveld TC, Wasylyshyn A, Gadala A, Virk Z, Cosgrove SE. Multicenter evaluation of blood culture contamination and blood cultures practices in US acute care hospitals: time for standardization. J Clin Microbiol. 2025 Aug 13;63(8):e0053025. PubMed PMID: 40643261
  • Halani, Sheliza MD1,2; Cai, Sean MD1,3; Zanoria, Catherine MD2; Monge, Juan Carlos MD1,3; Mishra, Sharmistha MD, PhD1,2,4; Brouillard, Philippe MD5,6; Tremblay, Cécile MD5,6,7; Pinho, Ana Isabel MD8; Rodriguez-Nava, Guillermo MD9; Cooper, Joseph David MD9,10; Narasimhan, Supriya MD, MS9,10; Kadlecik, Peter MD11; Khera, Shreya S. MBBS2,4; Tan, Darrell H. S. MD, PhD1,2,4,12,13. Myocarditis and pericarditis as a complication of mpox: case series and literature review. Sexually Transmitted Diseases ():10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002237, September 9, 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002237
  • AlGain S, Marra AR, Kobayashi T, Marra PS, Celeghini PD, Hsieh MK, Shatari MA, Althagafi S, Alayed M, Ranavaya JI, Boodhoo NA, Meade NO, Fu D, Sampson MM, Rodriguez-Nava G, Zimmet AN, Ha D, Alsuhaibani M, Huddleston BS, Salinas JL. Can we rely on artificial intelligence to guide antimicrobial therapy? A systematic literature review. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 31;5(1):e90. doi: 10.1017/ash.2025.47. PMID: 40226293; PMCID: PMC11986881.
  • Fabre V, Hsu YJ, Carroll KC, Salinas AB, Gadala A, Bower C, Boyd S, Degnan KO, Dhaubhadel P, Diekema DJ, Drees M, Feeser B, Fisher MA, Flynn C, Ford B, Gettler EB, Glaser LJ, Howard-Anderson J, Johnson JK, Kim JJ, Martinez M, Mathers AJ, Mermel LA, Moehring RW, Nelson GE, O'Horo JC, Pepe DE, Robinson ED, Rodríguez-Nava G, Ryder JH, Salinas JL, Schrank GM, Shah A, Shelly M, Spivak ES, Stewart KO, Talbot TR, Van Schooneveld TC, Wasylyshyn A, Cosgrove SE; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention Epicenters Program. Blood Culture Use in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Wards. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jan 2;8(1):e2454738. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54738. PMID: 39813030; PMCID: PMC11736503.
  • Miranti E, Sampson MM, Shepard J, Rodriguez-Nava G, McIntyre K, Viana Cardenas EP, Trautner BW, Salinas JL. Low diagnostic yield of repeat urine cultures in hospitalized patients at a tertiary center in Northern California, 2023-2024. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 20:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2025.10248. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40833079.
  • Viana-Cardenas E, Miranti E, Tariq W, Rodriguez-Nava G, Shen S, Whitaker E, Jiang M, Sampson MM, Rezvani A, Bhatt AS, Marra AR, Salinas JL. A systematic literature review and bayesian meta-analysis of oral vancomycin primary prophylaxis for Clostridioides difficile infection in stem cell transplant patients. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025 Oct 14;5(1):e265. doi: 10.1017/ash.2025.10179. PMID: 41127168; PMCID: PMC12538368.
  • Abosi OJ, Kobayashi T, Ross N, Trannel A, Rodriguez Nava G, Salinas JL, Brust K. A head-to-head comparison of the accuracy of commercially available large language models for infection prevention and control inquiries, 2024. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 12;46(3):1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.205. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39664019; PMCID: PMC11883648.
  • Callado GY, Gutfreund MC, Pardo I, Hsieh MK, Lin V, Sampson MM, Nava GR, Marins TA, Deliberato RO, Martino MDV, Holubar M, Salinas JL, Marra AR. Syphilis Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Investigating Nonpenicillin Therapeutic Strategies. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 13;11(4):ofae142. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae142. PMID: 38595955; PMCID: PMC11002953.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Egoryan G, Goodman KE, Morgan DJ, Salinas JL. Performance of a large language model for identifying central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) using real clinical notes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 30;46(3):1-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.164. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39473230; PMCID: PMC11883649.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, El Kamari V, Chang H, Egoryan G, Bonilla HF. New-onset sarcoidosis in a patient with long COVID. Clin Case Rep. 2024 Aug 10;12(8):e9186. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.9186. PMID: 39130813; PMCID: PMC11316136.
  • Fabre V, Cosgrove SE, Milstone AM, Salinas AB, Degnan KO, Gettler EB, Glaser LJ, Johnson JK, Moehring RW, Nelson GE, Rittmann B, Rodriguez-Nava G, Ryder JH, Salinas JL, Schrank GM, Talbot TT, Van Schooneveld TC, Wasylyshyn A, Xie A; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prevention Epicenters Program. Mixed-methods multicenter assessment of healthcare workers' knowledge, perceptions, and practices related to blood culture utilization in hospitalized adults. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 20:1-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.208. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39703070.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Egoryan G, Dong T, Zhang Q, Hyser E, Poudel B, Yanez-Bello MA, Trelles-Garcia DP, Chung CW, Pyakuryal B, Imani-Ramos T, Trelles-Garcia VP, Bustamante-Soliz DS, Stake JJ. Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients with seasonal coronavirus infection and COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 15;22(1):618. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07555-4. Erratum in: BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Jan 15;24(1):84. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08782-z. PMID: 35840902; PMCID: PMC9284965.
  • Tayyar R, Kiener MA, Liang JW, Contreras G, Rodriguez-Nava G, Zimmet AN, Contag CA, Srinivasan K, McIntyre K, Subramanian A, Shepard J, Tompkins LS, Pinsky BA, Salinas JL. Low infectivity among asymptomatic patients with a positive severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) admission test at a tertiary care center, 2020-2022. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Feb;45(2):241-243. PubMed PMID: 37746805
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Epstein D, Nelson J. Sternal wound infection with Mycoplasma salivarium following bilateral lung transplant. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Oct;25(5):e14120. PubMed PMID: 37622411
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Diekema DJ, Salinas JL. Reconsidering the routine use of contact precautions in preventing the transmission of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in healthcare settings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jun;44(6):1035-1037. PubMed PMID: 37138546
  • Ferguson JD, Tayyar R, Contreras G, Kiener M, Zimmet AN, Contag CA, Rodriguez Nava G, Tompkins LS, Shepard J, Rosenthal A, Subramanian AK, Pinsky BA, Salinas JL. Use of a severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strand-specific assay to evaluate for prolonged viral replication >20 days from illness onset. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Dec;44(12):2078-2080. PubMed PMID: 37381726
  • Saad E, Tummala A, Agab M, Rodriguez-Nava G. Gemella morbillorum as the Culprit Organism of Post-Colonoscopy Necrotizing Perineal Soft Tissue Infection in a Diabetic Patient With Crohn's Disease. J Med Cases. 2022 Mar;13(3):99-103. PubMed PMID: 35356394
  • Egoryan G, Yanez-Bello MA, Ozcekirdek EC, Zhang Q, Poudel B, Ozen E, Trelles-Garcia DP, Chung CW, Ginsburg B, Friedman HJ, Rodriguez-Nava G. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in a community hospital: a retrospective cohort study. IJID Reg. 2022 Jun;3:1-7. PubMed PMID: 35720147
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Kadlecik P, Filardo TD, Ain DL, Cooper JD, McCormick DW, Webber BJ, O'Laughlin K, Petersen BW, Narasimhan S, Sahni HK. Myocarditis Attributable to Monkeypox Virus Infection in 2 Patients, United States, 2022. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Dec;28(12):2508-2512. PubMed PMID: 36179413
  • Minkove SJ, Geiger G, Llibre JM, Montgomery MW, West NE, Chida NM, Antar AAR, Dandachi D, Weld ED; HIV-COVID-19 Consortium. Clinical outcomes after IL-6 blockade in patients with COVID-19 and HIV: a case series. AIDS Res Ther. 2022 Feb 11;19(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s12981-022-00430-x. PMID: 35148782; PMCID: PMC8832430.
  • Dandachi D, Geiger G, Montgomery MW, Karmen-Tuohy S, Golzy M, Antar AAR, Llibre JM, Camazine M, Díaz-De Santiago A, Carlucci PM, Zacharioudakis IM, Rahimian J, Wanjalla CN, Slim J, Arinze F, Kratz AMP, Jones JL, Patel SM, Kitchell E, Francis A, Ray M, Koren DE, Baddley JW, Hill B, Sax PE, Chow J. Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes in a Multicenter Registry of Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e1964-e1972. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1339. PMID: 32905581; PMCID: PMC7499544.
  • Shrestha E, Charkviani M, Musurakis C, Kansakar AR, Devkota A, Banjade R, Pudasainee P, Chitrakar S, Sharma A, Sous M, Padhamanbhan S, Friedman HJ, Nava GR. Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risk of critical respiratory illness in patients COVID-19 in a community hospital. Obes Med. 2021 Mar;22:100316. PubMed PMID: 33392411
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Egoryan G, Trelles-Garcia DP, Yanez-Bello MA, Murguia-Fuentes R. Disproportionality analysis of anaphylactic reactions after vaccination with messenger RNA coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines in the United States. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2021 Jul;127(1):139-140. PubMed PMID: 33838338
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Yanez-Bello MA, Trelles-Garcia DP, Chung CW, Friedman HJ, Hines DW. Performance of the quick COVID-19 severity index and the Brescia-COVID respiratory severity scale in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a community hospital setting. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;102:571-576. PubMed PMID: 33181332
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Yanez-Bello MA, Trelles-Garcia DP, Chung CW, Chaudry S, Khan AS, Friedman HJ, Hines DW. Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Death of Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in a Community Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2021 Feb;5(1):1-10. PubMed PMID: 33173851
  • Egoryan G, Chaudry S, Yadav K, Dong T, Ozcekirdek E, Ozen E, Rodriguez-Nava G. Dark urine as the initial manifestation of COVID-19: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2021 Dec 2;15(1):576. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-03173-x. PMID: 34857045; PMCID: PMC8637504.
  • Egoryan G, Murguia-Fuentes R, Agab M, Abou-Ghanem N, Yanez-Bello MA, Pyakuryal B, Trelles-Garcia DP, Ibrahim R, Filipiuk D, Gidron A, Rodriguez-Nava G. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with Richter's syndrome on combination DA-R-EPOCH chemotherapy regimen: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2021 Apr 12;15(1):161. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-02780-y. PMID: 33840384; PMCID: PMC8040238.
  • Egoryan G, Hyser E, Mushtaq AH, Yanez-Bello MA, Trelles-Garcia DP, Friedman HJ, Rodriguez-Nava G. Development of cavitary lung disease as a long-term complication of coronavirus disease 2019 in a young previously healthy patient: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2021 Jul 13;15(1):377. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-02961-9. PMID: 34256831; PMCID: PMC8276840.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Shrestha E, Upadhyay B, Morante A, Joseph D, Suhail A, Trelles-Garcia DP, Yanez-Bello MA. Bleeding pneumonia: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage due to human metapneumovirus. IDCases. 2020 Jun 30;21:e00894. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00894. PMID: 32665889; PMCID: PMC7324915.
  • Sohal S, Rodriguez-Nava G, Khabbaz R, Chaudry S, Musurakis C, Chitrakar S, Chundi VV, Friedman HJ. SARS-CoV2 and Co-Infections: A Review of Two Cases. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 14;2020:8882348. doi: 10.1155/2020/8882348. PMID: 33014484; PMCID: PMC7519991.
  • Poudel B, Zhang Q, Trongtorsak A, Pyakuryal B, Egoryan G, Sous M, Ahmed R, Trelles-Garcia DP, Yanez-Bello MA, Trelles-Garcia VP, Stake JJ, Rodriguez-Nava G. An overlooked cause of septic shock: Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome secondary to an axillary abscess. IDCases. 2020 Dec 31;23:e01039. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01039. PMID: 33473349; PMCID: PMC7803642.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Trelles-Garcia DP, Yanez-Bello MA, Chung CW, Trelles-Garcia VP, Friedman HJ. Atorvastatin associated with decreased hazard for death in COVID-19 patients admitted to an ICU: a retrospective cohort study. Crit Care. 2020 Jul 14;24(1):429. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03154-4. PMID: 32664990; PMCID: PMC7358561.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Yanez-Bello MA, Trelles-Garcia DP, Chung CW, Egoryan G, Friedman HJ. A Retrospective Study of Coinfection of SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae in 11 Hospitalized Patients with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia at a Single Center. Med Sci Monit. 2020 Nov 14;26:e928754. doi: 10.12659/MSM.928754. PMID: 33188161; PMCID: PMC7673066.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Mohamed A, Yanez-Bello MA, Trelles-Garcia DP. Advances in medicine and positive natural selection: Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to biofilm producer Micrococcus luteus. IDCases. 2020 Mar 9;20:e00743. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00743. PMID: 32195120; PMCID: PMC7076149.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Trelles-Garcia DP, Yanez-Bello MA, Imani-Ramos T, Trelles-Garcia VP, Bustamante-Soliz DS, Patiño-Salamea E. MMR Vaccine Adverse Drug Reactions Reports in the CDC WONDER System, 1989-2019. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 12;7(8):ofaa211. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa211. PMID: 32818137; PMCID: PMC7423292.
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Kesler AM, Carrillo-Martin I, Gonzalez-Estrada A. Gadolinium-induced anaphylaxis with positive skin test results. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2019 Jun;122(6):654-655. PubMed PMID: 30926309
  • Rodriguez-Nava G, Patel A, Youssef D, Youngberg GA, Gonzalez-Estrada A. A Case of Voriconazole-Induced Pseudoporphyria. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Feb;7(2):653-654. PubMed PMID: 30266284
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Professional Memberships

  • Infectious Diseases Society of America, Member
  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Member
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Young Scientist & USA Local Champion

Practice Locations

Hospital Affiliation
  • Denver Health Medical Center

Personal Interests
I enjoy dancing salsa!

Public Speaking
Yes
Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention; Transmission of respiratory viruses in healthcare facilities; Blood culture stewardship

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Campus Box C290

Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

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