Noah Wald-Dickler, MD

Dr. Wald-Dickler is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Population and Public Health Sciences and a lecturer in the USC Keck School of Medicine’s Master of Science (MSc) in Global Medicine Program. Dr. Wald-Dickler is also Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Los Angeles General Medical Center where he also serves as Hospital Epidemiologist and Medical Director of Infection Prevention & Control. He is active clinical faculty in the Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases at the Los Angeles General Medical Center, where he also serves as Chair of the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee and its Antimicrobial Subcommittee. He is the physician director of LA General’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Program. In addition to previous work in HIV clinical trials, Dr. Wald-Dickler’s research interests are varied and include Hospital Epidemiology and practical implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship with an emphasis on safe transition from IV to oral antibiotics.

• American College of Physicians: Fellow Status, 2022
• University of Southern California: Resident Teacher of the Year, 2016
• University of Southern California: Junior Resident of the Year, 2015
• University of Southern California: Intern of the Year, 2014
• University of Missouri: Book Award for Student Excellence in Medicine, 2013
• Arizona State University Barrett Honors College: Magna Cum Laude Graduate, 2008

• Practicing With Intent: How to Teach an Old Dogma New Tricks. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 06; 81(3):410-413.. View in PubMed
• Static vs. cidal: it’s not complex; it’s simply incorrect. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 Aug 06; 69(8):e0051325.. View in PubMed
• Revisiting diagnostics: erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein: it is time to stop the zombie tests. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2025 Jan; 31(1):1-4.. View in PubMed
• How to change the course: practical aspects of implementing shorter is better. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 Nov; 29(11):1402-1406.. View in PubMed
• Real-World Application of Oral Therapy for Infective Endocarditis: A Multicenter, Retrospective, Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 09 11; 77(5):672-679.. View in PubMed
• Choosing patients over placebos: oral transitional therapy vs. IV-only therapy for bacteraemia and infective endocarditis. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 Sep; 29(9):1126-1132.. View in PubMed
• Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in Adults: A WikiGuidelines Group Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 07 03; 6(7):e2326366.. View in PubMed
• An Mpox-Related Death in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2023 03 30; 388(13):1246-1247.. View in PubMed
• Mpox in people with advanced HIV infection: a global case series. Lancet. 2023 03 18; 401(10380):939-949.. View in PubMed
• Monkeypox: Clinical Considerations, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Diagnostics. Clin Microbiol Newsl. 2022 Nov 15; 44(22):199-208.. View in PubMed
• A More Accurate Measurement of the Burden of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalizations. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jul; 9(7):ofac332.. View in PubMed
• SARS-CoV-2 cycle threshold (Ct) values predict future COVID-19 cases. J Clin Virol. 2022 06; 150-151:105153.. View in PubMed
• Factors Associated With Hospitalization Among Breast Cancer Patients With COVID-19: A Diverse Multi-Center Los Angeles Cohort Study. Clin Breast Cancer. 2022 06; 22(4):e558-e566.. View in PubMed
• Use of Novel Strategies to Develop Guidelines for Management of Pyogenic Osteomyelitis in Adults: A WikiGuidelines Group Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 05 02; 5(5):e2211321.. View in PubMed
• Oral Is the New IV. Challenging Decades of Blood and Bone Infection Dogma: A Systematic Review. Am J Med. 2022 03; 135(3):369-379.e1.. View in PubMed
• Effect of mortality from COVID-19 on inpatient outcomes. J Med Virol. 2022 01; 94(1):318-326.. View in PubMed
• Fosfomycin vs Ertapenem for Outpatient Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: A Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jan; 9(1):ofab620.. View in PubMed
• A Comparison of Methylprednisolone and Dexamethasone in Intensive Care Patients With COVID-19. J Intensive Care Med. 2021 Jun; 36(6):673-680.. View in PubMed
• Reducing Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections via Cost-saving Diagnostic Stewardship. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 06 01; 72(11):e883-e886.. View in PubMed
• Mortality and Readmission Rates Among Patients With COVID-19 After Discharge From Acute Care Setting With Supplemental Oxygen. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 04 01; 4(4):e213990.. View in PubMed
• Impact of COVID-19 infection among cancer patients treated at the Los Angeles County Medical Center. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2021; 26:100273.. View in PubMed
• A needle in the haystack? Assessing the significance of envelope (E) gene-negative, nucleocapsid (N2) gene-positive SARS-CoV-2 detection by the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-COV-2 assay. J Clin Virol. 2020 12; 133:104683.. View in PubMed
• Pharmacology, Dosing, and Side Effects of Rifabutin as a Possible Therapy for Antibiotic-Resistant Acinetobacter Infections. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Nov; 7(11):ofaa460.. View in PubMed
• Under-allocation: Critical Supply Chain Hurdles Negatively Impact the Ability of Community Hospitals To Perform Repeat SARS-CoV-2 Testing. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 08 24; 58(9).. View in PubMed
• Reply to Hughes et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 04 10; 70(8):1794-1795.. View in PubMed
• Short-course Antibiotic Therapy-Replacing Constantine Units With “Shorter Is Better”. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 10 15; 69(9):1476-1479.. View in PubMed
• Reply to Steigbigel and Steigbigel. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 01 07; 68(2):352-353.. View in PubMed
• Reducing Clostridium difficile Colitis Rates Via Cost-Saving Diagnostic Stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 06; 39(6):734-736.. View in PubMed
• Busting the Myth of “Static vs Cidal”: A Systemic Literature Review. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 04 17; 66(9):1470-1474.. View in PubMed
• Cryptococcal disease in the solid organ transplant setting: review of clinical aspects with a discussion of asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2017 08; 22(4):307-313.. View in PubMed

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