James Todd, MD

Professional Titles

• Jules Amer Chair in Community Pediatrics
• Section Head, Epidemiology (Pediatrics)
• Director, Epidemiology, Clinical Outcomes and Clinical Microbiology, The Children's Hospital

Recognitions

• Big Shot of the Year, Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition (2009)
  
• Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2014)
  Awarded yearly since 2005
• CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013)
  
• Champion in Health Care, Denver Business Journal (2010)
  

Publications

• Dolan SA, Littlehorn C, Glodé MP, Dowell E, Xavier K, Nyquist AC, Todd JK. Association of Bacillus cereus infection with contaminated alcohol prep pads. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Jul;33(7):666-71. PubMed PMID: 22669227
• Wheeler A, Heizer H, Todd JK. Influence of Culture Result on Management and Outcome of Pediatric Osteomyelitis and/or Septic Arthritis. Journal of The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. J Ped Infect Dis 2012; 1(2): 152-156
• Smit MA, Nyquist AC, Todd JK. Infectious shock and toxic shock syndrome diagnoses in hospitals, Colorado, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;19(11):1855-8. PubMed PMID: 24188357
• Gaensbauer JT, Birkholz M, Pfannenstein K, Todd JK. Herpes PCR testing and empiric acyclovir use beyond the neonatal period. Pediatrics. 2014 Sep;134(3):e651-6. PubMed PMID: 25113288
• Dominguez, Samuel R.; Dolan, Susan A.; West, Kelly; Dantes, Raymund B.; Epson, Erin; Friedman, Deborah et al. (2014): High colonization rate and prolonged shedding of Clostridium difficile in pediatric oncology patients. In Clin. Infect. Dis. 59 (3), pp. 401–403. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu302.
• Messacar K, Parker SK, Todd JK, Dominguez SR. Implementation of Rapid Molecular Infectious Disease Diagnostics: The Role of Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardship. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Dec 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28031432
• Hurst AL, Child J, Pearce K, Palmer C, Todd JK, Parker SK. Handshake Stewardship: A Highly Effective Rounding-based Antimicrobial Optimization Service. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Oct;35(10):1104-10. PubMed PMID: 27254036
• Dominguez SR, Anderson LJ, Kotter CV, Littlehorn CA, Arms LE, Dowell E, Todd JK, Frank DN. Comparison of Whole-Genome Sequencing and Molecular-Epidemiological Techniques for Clostridium difficile Strain Typing. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2016 Sep;5(3):329-32. PubMed PMID: 26407257
• Dominguez SR, Anderson LJ, Kotter CV, Littlehorn CA, Arms LE, Dowell E, Todd JK, Frank DN. Comparison of Whole-Genome Sequencing and Molecular-Epidemiological Techniques for Clostridium difficile Strain Typing. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Apr 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26407257
• Olson D, Lamb MM, Gaensbauer JT, Todd JK, Halsey NA, Asturias EJ. Risk Factors for Death and Major Morbidity in Guatemalan Children with Acute Bacterial Meningitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jul;34(7):724-8. PubMed PMID: 26069947
• Olson D, Birkholz M, Gaensbauer JT, Asturias EJ, Todd JK. Analysis of the pediatric health information system database as a surveillance tool for travel-associated infectious diseases. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 May;92(5):1067-9. PubMed PMID: 25778506

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Member
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), Member
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Member
• Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), Member

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado
• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (1975)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Board Certification (1997)
• Public Health and General Preventive Medicine

• Child and Teen Health - Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
• Infections - Bacterial Infections
• Symptoms and Manifestations
• Infections - Fungal Infections
• Infections - Influenza
• Infections - Pneumonia
• Infections - Viral Infections
• Child and Teen Health
• Infections