Infectious Diseases
(414) 456-4122
Overview
Infectious Diseases provides inpatient and outpatient diagnosis and treatment to patients referred by primary care physicians or subspecialists for evaluation of fever of unknown origin, possible immune deficiency (congenital or acquired) or chronic or immune infections. To avoid inappropriate consultation or duplicate testing, all those seen as outpatients require physician-to-physician contact before patients can be scheduled. Our specialists are nationally recognized for the care we provide for children and adolescents with HIV, and they are responsible for overseeing the care of all pregnant women infected with HIV in the state of Wisconsin. We also offer advanced diagnosis and care for infectious diseases of any type.
Program Highlights
- Developed multidisciplinary task forces and policies and procedures for caring for potential Smallpox, SARS, Avian influenza and Monkeypox in children.
 Michael Chusid, MD, Peter Havens, MD, and Rodney Willoughby, MD, are listed in the 2007-2008 Best Doctors in America® database. The physicians on this list represent the top 3 to 5 percent of the nation's practicing board-certified physicians.
- In 2005, consulted on more than 500 inpatients at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Most common problems included: fever, bacterial sepsis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, meningitis, and encephalitis.
- In 2004, Rodney Willoughby, MD, led a team of Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital physicians to formulate and implement a treatment regimen that resulted in the first documented survival of an unimmunized patient with rabies.
- Dr. Chusid is the chair of the Children's Hospital Infection Control Committee, a committee to which all section members belong. The Children's Hospital Infection Control Committee is a national leader in the development and assessment of pediatric infection control issues.
Research
- The diagnosis of common and uncommon infections utilizing molecular and genetic techniques.
- The epidemiology of childhood respiratory infections.
- The effectiveness of community-based treatment systems in the long-term care of children and adolescents with HIV.
- Pharmacokinetics of anti-retroviral agents in children.
- The role of inflammatory medications in the fetal milieu in the development of cerebral palsy.
- Mechanisms of neuronal injury in infections of the central nervous system.
- Antibiotic resistance in the hospital setting.
Infectious Diseases Team
The Infectious Diseases is comprised of board-certified pediatric infectious diseases specialists, all nationally recognized in their area(s) of expertise. We lead programs and services that focus on HIV, fevers of unknown origin, infections associated with immune deficiencies, and infectious diseases of any type including acute, chronic and recurrent.
- Click here to view a listing of our infectious disease specialists, including their specialties and bios.
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