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Nicholas A. Daniels, M.D., MPH

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Attending Physician, DGIM, UCSF/Mount Zion

Education:

  • Undergraduate: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

  • Graduate school: Yale University School of Medicine Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health

  • Medical school: University of Washington School of Medicine

  • Residency: University of California, San Francisco Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Primary Care program

Fellowships:

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Public Health Service

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
  • Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)

Areas of Interest:

  • African-American health care
  • Infectious diseases
  • Men's health
  • Epidemiology/public health

Publications

1. Spach DH, Kanter AS, Daniels NA., Nowowiejski DJ, Larson AM, Schmidt RA, Swaminathan B, Brenner DJ. Bartonella (Rochalimaea) Species as a cause of apparent "culture-negative" endocarditis. Clin Infect Dis. 1995; 20: 1044-7.

2. Daniels NA, Simons S, Rodriques A, Gunnlaugsson G, Forster TS, Wells JG, Hutwagner L, Tauxe RV, Mintz ED. First do no harm: making oral rehydration solution (ORS) safer in a cholera epidemic, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999; 60: 1051-5.

3. Daniels NA, MacKinnon L, Bishop R, Altekruse S, Ray B, Hammond RM, Thompson S, Wilson S, Bean NH, Griffin PM, Slutsker L. Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infections in the United States, 1973-1998. J Infect Dis. 2000; 181: 1661-1666.

4. Daniels NA, Neimann J, Karpati A, Parashar UD, Greene KD, Wells JG, Srivastava A, Tauxe RV, Mintz ED, Quick R. Traveler's diarrhea at sea: Three outbreaks of waterborne enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) on cruise ships. J Infect Dis. 2000; 181: 1491-1495.

5. Schwab, KJ, Neill FH, Fankhauser RL, Daniels NA, Monroe SS, Bergmire-Sweat DA, Estes MK, Atmar RL. Development of methods to detect "Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs) and Hepatitis A Virus in delicatessen foods: Application to an NLV foodborne outbreak. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2000; 66: 213-218.

6. Marano NN, Daniels NA, Easton AN, McShan A, Ray B, Wells JG, Griffin PM, Angulo FJ. Stool culturing practices for Vibrio species at clinical laboratories in Gulf Coast states. J Clin Micro. 2000; 38: 2267-2270.

7. Daniels NA, Ray B, Easton A, Marano N, Kahn E, McShan AL, Del Rosario L, Baldwin T, Kingsley MA, Puhr ND, Wells JG, Angulo FJ. Emergence of a new Vibrio parahaemolyticus serotype in raw oysters: prevention quandary. JAMA. 2000; 284: 1541-1545.

8. Daniels NA, Shafaie A. Review of pathogenic Vibrio infections for clinicians. Infect Med. 2000; 17: 665-685.

9. Indar-Harrinauth L, Daniels NA, Prabhakar P, et al. Emergence of Salmonella serotype Enteritidis in the Caribbean: case-control study in Trinidad and Tobago. Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 32: 890-896.

10. Daniels NA, MacKinnon L, Rowe S, Bean N, Griffin PM, Mead P. Foodborne disease outbreaks in United States Schools. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002; 21(7):623-628.

11. Daniels NA, Nguyen TT, Gildengorin G, PŽrez-Stable EJ. Adult Immunization in University-based Primary Care and Specialty Practices. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004;52:1007-12.

12. Daniels NA, Juarbe T, Rangel-Lugo, Moreno-John G, PŽrez-Stable EJ. Focus Group Interviews on Racial and Ethnic Attitudes Regarding Adult Vaccinations. Journal of the National Medical Association 2004;96:1455-1461.

13. Daniels NA, Ewing SK, Zmuda JM, Wilt TJ, Bauer DC for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Prevalence and Correlates of Prostatitis in a large community-based cohort of older men. Urology 2005;66:964-70.

14. Daniels NA. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: Traveler's Diarrhea Comes Home. Clin Infect Dis. 2006:1;42(3):335-6.

15. Daniels NA, Gouveia S, Null D, Gildengorin GL, Winston C. Acceptance of Pneumococcal Vaccine under Standing Orders by Race and Ethnicity. Journal of the National Medical Association 2006;98:1089-94.

16. Nguyen TT, Daniels NA, Gildengorin GL, PŽrez-Stable EJ. Ethnicity, Language, Specialty Care, and Quality of Diabetes Care. Ethnicity and Disease 2007;17:65-71.

17. Daniels NA, Teresa C. Juarbe, Gina T. Moreno-John, Eliseo J. PŽrez-Stable. Effectiveness of Adult Vaccination Programs in Faith-Based Organizations. Ethnicity and Disease 2007:17(Suppl 1) S1-15-S1-22.

18. Daniels NA, Link CL, Barry MJ, McKinlay JB for the BACH Survey Investigators. Are Past Urinary Tract Infections Associated with Current Symptoms of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey. Journal of the National Medical Association May 2007;99:509-516.

19. Vlahov D, Coady MH, Ompad DC, Galea S and Flu Vaccine Working Group. Optimizing strategies to vaccinate hard-to-reach populations. J Urban Health 2007;84:615-31.

20. Daniels NA, Gildengorin G, Nguyen TT, Luong TN, Liao Y, McPhee SJ. Self-Reported Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates among Vietnamese, Asian, and non-Hispanic White Americans, 2002-2005. 2007 (Submitted)

21. Daniels NA, Chen YH, Bent S. Antibiotic and Anti-Inflammatory Use and the Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Pilot Study. 2008 (Submitted)

22. Ghada N. Farhat, PhD, Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Jane A. Cauley, DrPH, Joseph M. Zmuda, PhD, Eric Orwoll, MD, Douglas C. Bauer, MD, Timothy Wilt, MD, MPH, Andrew Hoffman, MD, Tomasz Beer, MD, James Shikany, DrPH, Nicholas Daniels, MD, MPH, June Chan, ScD, Howard Fink, MD, MPH, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, Clareann H. Bunker, PhD. The Association of Bone Mineral Density with Prostate Cancer in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. 2007 (Submitted)

Abstracts

Gregory E. Tasian, Matthew R. Cooperberg, Nicholas Daniels, Janet A. Cowan, Badrinath Konety, Peter R. Carroll, June M. Chan. Prostate-specific-antigen screening for prostate cancer: knowledge and utilization among primary care physicians in an academic medicine practice. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2008.

The Association of Bone Mineral Density with Prostate Cancer Risk: the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. Ghada N. Farhat, PhD, Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Jane A. Cauley, DrPH, Joseph M. Zmuda, PhD, Eric Orwoll, MD, Douglas C. Bauer, MD, Timothy J. Wilt, MD, MPH, Andrew R. Hoffman, MD, Tomasz M. Beer, MD, James M. Shikany, DrPH, Nicholas Daniels, MD, MPH, June Chan, ScD, Howard A. Fink, MD, MPH, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, J. Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS, Clareann H. Bunker, PhD, for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group. (American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, San Diego California, April 2008)

Daniels NA, et al. Association Between Past Urinary Tract Infections and Current Symptoms Suggestive of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. Prostate Cancer Research Program Meeting, Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today (IMPaCT), Department of Defense, Atlanta, Georgia, September 7, 2007.

Daniels NA, Teresa C. Juarbe, RN, PhD, Gina T. Moreno-John, MD, MPH, Eliseo J. PŽrez-Stable, MD, Ginny Gildengorin, PhD "Effectiveness of Adult Vaccination Programs in Faith-Based Organizations: A Pilot Study" Oral presentation during the 133rd. Oral Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (December 12, 2005) in Philadelphia, PA.

Daniels NA, et al. "Acceptance of pneumococcal vaccine under standing orders". Oral presentation during the 133rd. Oral Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (December 13, 2005) in Philadelphia, PA.

Daniels NA, et al. Are Urinary Tract Infections Associated with Prostatitis Symptoms: Results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Moderated Poster Presentation, May 2005, San Antonio, TX.

Daniels NA, Ewing SK, Zmuda JM, Wilt TJ, Bauer DC. Prevalence and Correlates of Prostatitis in a large community-based cohort of older men. American Urological Association Annual Meeting Oral Presentation, May 2004, San Francisco, CA.

Daniels NA, et al. Ethnic differences in the utilization of adult immunizations in an academic medical center. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), May 2002, Atlanta, Georgia.

Nguyen TT, Daniels NA, et al. Older ethnic minority patients with regular care use more ambulatory but not hospital services. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), May 2002, Atlanta, Georgia.

Daniels NA, et al. Vibrio on the halfshell: emerging Vibrio pathogens and the role of environmental factors, 39th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) (invited speaker), September 1999, San Francisco, California.

Daniels NA, et al. An outbreak of viral gastroenteritis associated with consumption of deli sandwiches: Application of Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay. 36th Annual Meeting of The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) abstract, November 1998. Denver, Colorado.

Daniels NA, et al. Traveler's Diarrhea at Sea: A waterborne outbreak of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infections aboard a cruise ship. 36th Annual Meeting of The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) abstract, November 1998, Denver, Colorado.

Daniels NA, et al. A foodborne outbreak of viral gastroenteritis associated with Norwalk-like Viruses: Tracing transmission using Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sequence Analysis. International Workshop on Human Caliciviruses abstract, March 1999. Atlanta, Georgia.

Daniels NA, Gunnlaugsson G, Eidarsdotter J, Hutwagner L, Mintz E. Risk factors for mortality during epidemic cholera: Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference abstract, April 1998, Atlanta, Georgia.

Daniels NA, Simons S, Rodriques A, Highsmith A, Wells J, Hutwagner L, Tauxe R, Mintz E. First Do No Harm: Making oral rehydration solution (ORS) safer during epidemic cholera, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference abstract, April 1998 and American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Trop Med) meeting. December 1999. Washington D.C.

Daniels NA, Hopewell P, Turner J, Wong M, Perez-Stable EJ. Frequency of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients undergoing sputum induction for suspected Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Floyd C. Rector Research Symposium, Medical Resident Abstract Presentations, University of California, May 21, 1997, San Francisco, California.

Hasbrouck L, Daniels NA, et al. Crack-related behaviors undermining AIDS prevention studies. Poster Session at VI International AIDS Conference, 1990. San Francisco, California.

Book Chapters

Daniels NA. Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections:  causes, effects, and role of the food chain.  Reviews in Food and Nutrition Toxicity: volume 2---edited by Victor R. Preedy and Ronald R. Watson, CRC Press 2005.

Cao H, Nguyen T, Daniels NA.  HIV/AIDS and Public Health Care System in the Greater Mekong River Region:  Origin, Disease Damage, Control and Regional Collaborative Effort.  AIDS in Asia---edited by Yichen Lu and Max Essex, Harvard Press, 2004.

Vibrio cholerae.  In the Red Book 2000: 25th Edition. Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000.

Daniels NA, Evans M, Griffin PM.  Non-cholera Vibrios.  In Emerging Infections 4 —  edited by WM Scheld, WA Craig, and JM Hughes.  American Society of Microbiology Press 2000.

United States Government Publications

Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections associated with eating raw oysters and clams harvested from Long Island Sound New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, 1998. MMWR 1999; 48; 48-51.

Travelers' Diarrhea Questions and Answers Fact Sheet for CDC Webpage: 1998-1999.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus Questions and Answers Fact Sheet for CDC Webpage: 1998.

Plesiomonas shigelloides and Salmonella serotype Hartford infections associated with a contaminated water supply Livingston County, New York, 1996. MMWR 1998; 47: 394-396.

Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections associated with eating raw oysters Pacific Northwest, 1997. MMWR 1998; 47: 458-463.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Robert Wood Johnson Minority Medical Faculty Development Fellow, 2001-2006 Robert H. Crede Clinical Care Award Nomination, UCSF, 2001 and 2002 American Association of Medical Colleges Health Services Research Fellow, 2000-2002

Center for Aging in Diverse Communities Faculty Research Investigator, UCSF, 2000-2002

Network of Minority Research Investigators, NIDDK, NIH, 2002-Present National Institute on Aging/GSA Workshop, Best Clinical Geriatrics Oral Presentation, 2002

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Fellow Recognition Award, 1998

Outstanding Preceptor for Student Nurse Practitioners, UCSF, 1996

San Francisco Interns and Residents Association Representative, 1997

American College of Physicians Member, 1996-1999

Leadership and Service Award, University of Washington Medical School, 1992

Class Marshall, Yale University School of Public Health, 1990

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) Research Intern, 1989-1990

Outstanding Student Award, Cornell University, 1988

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Expert Panelist, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Advisory Committee on the Risk Assessment on the Public Health Impact of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Molluscan Shellfish, 1999.

Member, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Review and Comment on Food and Drug Administration's Unpasteurized Juice Regulations, 1998-1999.

INVITED LECTURES OR PRESENTATIONS

UCSF

University of California, San Francisco, Division of General Internal Medicine Primary Care Grand Rounds; Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea: May 1997.

University of California, San Francisco. Division of General Internal Medicine Primary Care Grand Rounds; Travel Medicine for the Primary Care Provider: July 2000.

University of California, San Francisco. Primary Care Medicine: Principles & Practice CME Course. Department of Medicine. Travel Medicine for the Primary Care Provider: October 2000.

University of California, San Francisco. International Health Medical Student Seminar. Preparing for International Health Experiences: October 2000.

University of California, San Francisco. Division of General Internal Medicine Primary Care Grand Rounds; Global Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases: December 2001.

University of California, San Francisco. Pre-clinic conference lectures; Dermatology for the Medical Resident. April 2002

University of California, San Francisco. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Immunizations; MERC/Center for Aging in Diverse Communities Seminar. September 2002

San Francisco General Primary Care Grand Rounds; Update on Travel Medicine. September 2002

NATIONAL

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Grand Rounds; Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections in the United States: January 1999.

Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting. National Institute on Aging Technical Workshop. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Immunizations: Boston, November 2002.

INTERNATIONAL

World Health Organization. Workshop Primary Expert Lecturer on Foodborne Disease Surveillance Viet Nam: January 2002.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Member, University of California, San Francisco Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Selection Committee/Interviewer, 1999-Current.

Medical Student and Resident Mentoring, UCSF — 1999-Current.
MENTEES:  Martin Jiminez, MD; Amy Dechet, MD; Seema Jain, MD; Dana Patton (Medical Student); Rachel Idowu (Medical Student); Leila Alpers, MD; Michelle Nichols, MD; Justin Ortiz, MD, Matt Hanson MD, Michele Tang MD
    
Member, University of California, San Francisco Medical School Admissions Committee, 2002-Current

Member, University of California, San Francisco: Community Resource Center and Collaborative Partnership, 2003-Current.

Member, UCSF Cancer Center Community Partnership, 2003-Current

Cornell University Alumni-Student Mentoring Program, 2004-Current

UCSF’s Men’s Health Medical School Curriculum Development Committee, 2004-Current

UCSF African American Health Disparity Project Committee, 2004-Current

University of California, San Francisco, Community Outreach:  “Dia de Salud Para La Communidad”, Redwood City, California, May 22, 2004

Institute on Aging and Jones Memorial United Methodist Church, Men’s Health, San Francisco, California, June 26, 2004.  

Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Committee Guideline Evaluation Committee Member, August 2004.

UCSF African American Health Disparity Project, Lectures to UCSF Administrative Staff, April 26, 2005.

TEACHING AND CLINICAL WORK

Outpatient Clinic Preceptor, UCSF General Medicine Clinic---1999-Current

Inpatient Ward Attending, UCSF University Hospital, Internal Medicine and Critical Care1999-Current

Medicine Consult Attending, UCSF University Hospital---1999-Current

Urgent Care Attending, UCSF Urgent Care1999-2002

Clinical Practice, UCSF Mt. Zion General Medicine Clinic, 1999-Current

MEDICAL JOURNAL PEER REVIEWER


Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, 2002-Present
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002-Present
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2002-Present
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2003-Present
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2004-Present
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2005-Present
Journal National Medical Association, 2005-Present
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2005-Present
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2005-Present
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2005-Present

GRANT SUPPORT

Co-Leader, Community Core. Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, National Institute on Aging, Resource Center for Minority Aging Research. 7/1/00-6/30/07.

Principal Investigator, Reduction of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Immunizations. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Medical Faculty Development Grant. $365,400; 7/1/02-6/30/06.

Principal Investigator, Acceptance of Pneumococcal Vaccination and Standing Order Study. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Grant. $150,000 10/1/03-10/1/05.

Principal Investigator, Reduction of Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer. Department of Defense Prostate Scholar Award. $453,496 11/15/04-11/15/07.

Principal Investigator, Establishing the Link Between Prostatitis and Prostate Cancer. (Submission to NIH K-23)

Principal Investigator, Reduction of Disparities in Men’s Health. (RO1 Submission to NIH in Preparation for October 2005).

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