Danielle M. Zerr, MD, MPH

Danielle M. Zerr, MD, MPH

Specialty:

Infectious Diseases

Medical Director, Infection Control, Seattle Children's Hospital

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine

Affiliate Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Dr. Danielle M. Zerr joined Seattle Children's Hospital in 1999. As co-chair of the Infection Control Committee at Seattle Children's, Dr. Zerr specializes in pediatric infectious diseases and host pathogen interaction. She is an assistant professor in Pediatrics at the University of Washington and remains committed to researching, preventing and treating infectious diseases in children, with clinical interests in viral infections in healthy and immune-compromised hosts.

Professional history:

Board Certified: Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Pediatrics

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia; University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle

Residency: Seattle Children's, Seattle

Fellowship: University of Washington, Seattle

Relevant press releases

• New Hospital Standards Needed for Pediatric Flu Vaccines  - 02/04/2008
• Hospital Tries New Approach to Prevent Flu Transmission  - 11/19/2007
• Good Hand Hygiene Helps Fight Hospital-associated Infections  - 04/04/2005
• New Research Released on Common Childhood Virus  - 02/23/2005

Recent interviews/coverage:

• MRSA becoming more common in kids - KING5.com, 8/15/2009

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