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Kimberly E. Hanson

Kimberly E. Hanson, MD, MHS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Infectious Diseases, Area E
801-585-2031
  • Kimberly Hanson, MD, MHS is a board certified physician in Adult Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. She has specialized expertise in the diagnosis and management of opportunistic viral, fungal and mycobacterial diseases. Her primary clinical focus is transplant and cancer chemotherapy-related infections.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease)
    American Board of Pathology (Sub: Medical Microbiology)
  • Kimberly Hanson, MD, MHS is a board certified physician in Adult Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. She has specialized expertise in the diagnosis and management of opportunistic viral, fungal and mycobacterial diseases. Her primary clinical focus is transplant and cancer chemotherapy-related infections.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Parks, Recreation, & Tourism -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Infectious Diseases
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease)
    American Board of Pathology (Sub: Medical Microbiology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Medical Microbiology - Duke University Medical Center Fellow
    Health Sciences - Duke University Medical Center Master's
    Fellowship Infectious Disease - Duke University Medical Center Fellow
    Internal Medicine - Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Chief Medical Resident
    Residency Internal Medicine - Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Resident
    Internal Medicine - Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Northwestern University Medical School M.D.
    Anthropology - Northwestern University B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Mallory MA, Hymas WC, Simmon KE, Pyne MT, Stevenson JB, Barker AP, Hillyard DR, Hanson KE (2023). Development and validation of a next-generation sequencing assay with open-access analysis software for detecting resistance-associated mutations in CMV. J Clin Microbiol, 61(12), e0082923. (Read full article)
    2. Hayden MK, Hanson KE, Englund JA, Lee MJ, Loeb M, Lee F, Morgan DJ, Patel R, El Mikati IK, Iqneibi S, Alabed F, Amarin JZ, Mansour R, Patel P, Falck-Ytter Y, Morgan RL, Murad MH, Sultan S, Bhimraj A, Mustafa RA (2023). The Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Molecular Diagnostic Testing. Clin Infect Dis. (Read full article)
    3. de Hoog S, Walsh TJ, Ahmed SA, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Alexander BD, Arendrup MC, Babady E, Bai F-Y, Balada-Llasat J-M, Borman A, Chowdhary A, Clark A, Colgrove RC, Cornely OA, Dingle TC, Dufresne PJ, Fuller J, Gangneux J-P, Gibas C, Glasgow H, Grser Y, Guillot J, Groll AH, Haase G, Hanson K, Harrington A, Hawksworth DL, Hayden RT, Hoenigl M, Hubka V, Johnson K, Kus JV, Li R, Meis JF, Lackner M, Lanternier F, Leal SM Jr, Lee F, Lockhart SR, Luethy P, Martin I, Kwon-Chung KJ, Meyer W, Nguyen MH, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Palavecino E, Pancholi P, Pappas PG, Procop GW, Redhead SA, Rhoads DD, Riedel S, Stevens B, Sullivan KO, Vergidis P, Roilides E, Seyedmousavi A, Tao L, Vicente VA, Vitale RG, Wang Q-M, Wengenack NL, Westblade L, Wiederhold N, White L, Wojewoda CM, Zhang SX (2023). A conceptual framework for nomenclatural stability and validity of medically important fungi: a proposed global consensus guideline for fungal name changes supported by ABP, ASM, CLSI, ECMM, ESCMID-EFISG, EUCAST-AFST, FDLC, IDSA, ISHAM, MMSA, and MSGERC. J Clin Microbiol, e0087323. (Read full article)
    4. Neofytos D, Steinbach WJ, Hanson K, Carpenter PA, Papanicolaou GA, Slavin MA (2023). American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series, #6: Management of Invasive Candidiasis in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients. Transplant Cell Ther, 29(4), 222-227. (Read full article)
    5. Hayden MK, Hanson KE, Englund JA, Lee F, Lee MJ, Loeb M, Morgan DJ, Patel R, El Alayli A, El Mikati IK, Sultan S, Falck-Ytter Y, Mansour R, Amarin JZ, Morgan RL, Murad MH, Patel P, Bhimraj A, Mustafa RA (2023). The Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Antigen Testing. Clin Infect Dis. (Read full article)
    6. Ma A, Langer J, Hanson KE, Bradley BT (2022). Characterization of the Cytopathic Effects of Monkeypox Virus Isolated from Clinical Specimens and Differentiation from Common Viral Exanthems. J Clin Microbiol, 60(12), e0133622. (Read full article)
    7. Simner PJ, Bard JD, Doern C, Johnson JK, Westblade L, Yenokyan G, Patel R, Hanson KE, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group ARLG (2022). REPORTing of Antimicrobial Resistance from Blood Cultures (REPORT-ABC), an ARLG Survey Summary: Resistance Marker Reporting Practices from Positive Blood Cultures. Clin Infect Dis. (Read full article)
    8. Azar MM, Turbett S, Gaston D, Gitman M, Razonable R, Koo S, Hanson K, Kotton C, Silveira F, Banach DB, Basu SS, Bhaskaran A, Danziger-Isakov L, Bard JD, Gandhi R, Hanisch B, John TM, Odom John AR, Letourneau AR, Luong ML, Maron G, Miller S, Prinzi A, Schwartz I, Simner P, Kumar D, Transplant ID Diagnostics Consensus Conference Working Group (2022). A consensus conference to define the utility of advanced infectious disease diagnostics in solid organ transplant recipients. Am J Transplant, 22, 3150-3169. (Read full article)
    9. Imlay H, Baum P, Brennan DC, Hanson KE, Hodges MR, Hodowanec AC, Komatsu TE, Ljungman P, Miller V, Natori Y, Nickeleit V, ORear J, Pikis A, Randhawa PS, Sawinski D, Singh HK, Westman G, Limaye AP, BK Disease Definitions Working Group of the Transplantation Associated Virus Infection Forum with the Forum for Collaborative Research (2022). Consensus Definitions of BK Polyomavirus Nephropathy in Renal Transplant Recipients for Clinical Trials. Clin Infect Dis, 75, 1210-1216. (Read full article)
    10. Patel R, Polage CR, Bard JD, May L, Lee FM, Fabre V, Hayden MK, Doernberg SDB, Haake DA, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L, Tsalik EL, Hanson KE (2021). Envisioning Future UTI Diagnostics. Clin Infect Dis, 74, 1284-1292. (Read full article)
    11. Hanson KE, Altayar O, Caliendo AM, Arias CA, Englund JA, Hayden MK, Lee MJ, Loeb M, Patel R, El Alayli A, Sultan S, Falck-Ytter Y, Lavergne V, Mansour R, Morgan RL, Murad MH, Patel P, Bhimraj A, Mustafa RA (2021). The Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Antigen Testing. Clin Infect Dis. (Read full article)
    12. Zhang SX, Babady NE, Hanson KE, Harrington AT, Larkin PMK, Leal SM Jr, Luethy PM, Martin IW, Pancholi P, Procop GW, Riedel S, Seyedmousavi S, Sullivan KV, Walsh TJ, Lockhart SR, Fungal Diagnostics Laboratories Consortium FDLC (2021). Recognition of Diagnostic Gaps for Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases: Expert Opinion from the Fungal Diagnostics Laboratories Consortium (FDLC). J Clin Microbiol, 59(7), e0178420. (Read full article)
    13. Sobczyk J, Pyne MT, Barker A, Mayer J, Hanson KE, Samore MH, Noriega R (2021). Efficient and effective single-step screening of individual samples for SARS-CoV-2 RNA using multi-dimensional pooling and Bayesian inference. J R Soc Interface, 18(179), 20210155. (Read full article)
    14. Okoye NC, Barker AP, Curtis K, Orlandi RR, Snavely EA, Wright C, Hanson KE, Pearson LN (2021). Performance Characteristics of BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Card for Screening Asymptomatic Individuals in a University Setting. J Clin Microbiol, 59(4). (Read full article)
    15. Humphries RM, Azar MM, Caliendo AM, Chou A, Colgrove RC, Fabre V, Ginocchio CC, Hanson KE, Hayden MK, Pillai DR, Pollock NR, Lee FM (2021). To Test, Perchance to Diagnose: Practical Strategies for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Testing. Open Forum Infect Dis, 8(4), ofab095. (Read full article)
    16. Liou TG, Adler FR, Cahill BC, Cox DR, Cox JE, Grant GJ, Hanson KE, Hartsell SC, Hatton ND, Helms MN, Jensen JL, Kartsonaki C, Li Y, Leung DT, Marvin JE, Middleton EA, Osburn-Staker SM, Packer KA, Shakir SM, Sturrock AB, Tardif KD, Warren KJ, Waddoups LJ, Weaver LJ, Zimmerman E, Paine R 3rd (2020). SARS-CoV-2 innate effector associations and viral load in early nasopharyngeal infection. Physiol Rep, 9(4), e14761. (Read full article)
    17. Hanson KE, Caliendo AM, Arias CA, Hayden MK, Englund JA, Lee MJ, Loeb M, Patel R, El Alayli A, Altayar O, Patel P, Falck-Ytter Y, Lavergne V, Morgan RL, Murad MH, Sultan S, Bhimraj A, Mustafa RA (2021). The Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Molecular Diagnostic Testing. Clin Infect Dis. (Read full article)
    18. Hanson KE, Azar MM, Banerjee R, Chou A, Colgrove RC, Ginocchio CC, Hayden MK, Holodiny M, Jain S, Koo S, Levy J, Timbrook TT, Caliendo AM (2020). Molecular Testing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: Clinical and Diagnostic Recommendations From the IDSA's Diagnostics Committee. Clin Infect Dis, 71(10), 2744-2751. (Read full article)
    19. Trevas D, Caliendo AM, Hanson K, Levy J, Ginocchio CC (2020). Diagnostic Tests Can Stem the Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance: Infectious Disease Professionals Can Help. Clin Infect Dis, 72, e893-e900. (Read full article)
    20. Hanson KE, Barker AP, Hillyard DR, Gilmore N, Barrett JW, Orlandi RR, Shakir SM (2020). Self-Collected Anterior Nasal and Saliva Specimens versus Health Care Worker-Collected Nasopharyngeal Swabs for the Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2. J Clin Microbiol, 58(11). (Read full article)
    21. Hanson KE, Caliendo AM, Arias CA, Englund JA, Hayden MK, Lee MJ, Loeb M, Patel R, Altayar O, El Alayli A, Sultan S, Falck-Ytter Y, Lavergne V, Morgan RL, Murad MH, Bhimraj A, Mustafa RA (2020). Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19:Serologic Testing. Clin Infect Dis. (Read full article)
    22. White SK, Schmidt RL, Walker BS, Hanson KE (2020). (1→3)-β-D-glucan testing for the detection of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised or critically ill people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 7, CD009833. (Read full article)
    23. Hanson KE, Caliendo AM, Arias CA, Englund JA, Lee MJ, Loeb M, Patel R, El Alayli A, Kalot MA, Falck-Ytter Y, Lavergne V, Morgan RL, Murad MH, Sultan S, Bhimraj A, Mustafa RA (2020). Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19. Clin Infect Dis. (Read full article)
    24. Martin RM, Burke K, Verma D, Xie H, Langer J, Schlaberg R, Swaminathan S, Hanson KE (2020). Contact Transmission of Vaccinia to an Infant Diagnosed by Viral Culture and Metagenomic Sequencing. Open Forum Infect Dis, 7(4), ofaa111. (Read full article)
    25. Hanson KE, Gabriel N, Mchardy I, Hoffmann W, Cohen SH, Couturier MR, Thompson GR 3rd (2019). Impact of IVIG therapy on serologic testing for infectious diseases. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 96(2), 114952. (Read full article)
    26. Young BA, Hanson KE, Gomez CA (2019). Molecular Diagnostic Advances in Transplant Infectious Diseases. Curr Infect Dis Rep, 21(12), 52. (Read full article)
    27. Walker BS, Schmidt RL, Tantravahi S, Kim K, Hanson KE (2019). Cost-effectiveness of antifungal prophylaxis, preemptive therapy, or empiric treatment following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Transpl Infect Dis, 21(5), e13148. (Read full article)
    28. Lau AF, Walchak RC, Miller HB, Slechta ES, Kamboj K, Riebe K, Robertson AE, Gilbreath JJ, Mitchell KF, Wallace MA, Bryson AL, Balada-Llasat JM, Bulman A, Buchan BW, Burnham CD, Butler-Wu S, Desai U, Doern CD, Hanson KE, Henderson CM, Kostrzewa M, Ledeboer NA, Maier T, Pancholi P, Schuetz AN, Shi G, Wengenack NL, Zhang SX, Zelazny AM, Frank KM (2019). Multicenter Study Demonstrates Standardization Requirements for Mold Identification by MALDI-TOF MS. Front Microbiol, 10, 2098. (Read full article)
    29. Kim JH, Goulston C, Sanders S, Lampas M, Zangari M, Tricot G, Hanson KE (2012). Cytomegalovirus reactivation following autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma in the era of novel chemotherapeutics and tandem transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant, 18(11), 1753-8. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Hanson KE, Banerjee R, Doernberg SB, Evans SR, Komarow L, Satlin MJ, Schwager N, Simner PJ, Tillekeratne LG, Patel R, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (2024). Priorities and Progress in Diagnostic Research by the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. [Review]. Clin Infect Dis, 77(Suppl 4), S314-S320. (Read full article)
    2. Pham J, Su LD, Hanson KE, Hogan CA (2023). Sequence-based diagnostics and precision medicine in bacterial and viral infections: from bench to bedside. [Review]. Curr Opin Infect Dis, 36(4), 228-234. (Read full article)
    3. Imlay H, Seibert AM, Hanson KE (2023). Pathogen-agnostic immune biomarkers that predict infection after solid organ transplantation. [Review]. Transpl Infect Dis, e14020. (Read full article)
    4. Colgrove R, Bruno-Murtha LA, Chastain CA, Hanson KE, Lee F, Odom John AR, Humphries R (2022). Tale of the Titers: Serologic Testing for SARS-CoV-2-Yes, No, and Maybe, With Clinical Examples From the IDSA Diagnostics Committee. [Review]. Open Forum Infect Dis, 10(1), ofac674. (Read full article)
    5. Kukull B, Shakir SM, Hanson KE (2022). Performance of Non-nasopharyngeal Sample Types for Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2. [Review]. Clin Lab Med, 42(2), 249-259. (Read full article)
    6. Greninger AL, Dien Bard J, Colgrove RC, Graf EH, Hanson KE, Hayden MK, Humphries RM, Lowe CF, Miller MB, Pillai DR, Rhoads DD, Yao JD, Lee FM (2021). Clinical and Infection Prevention Applications of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Genotyping: An Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Society for Microbiology Consensus Review Document. [Review]. Clin Infect Dis, 74(8), 1496-1502. (Read full article)
    7. Greninger AL, Dien Bard J, Colgrove RC, Graf EH, Hanson KE, Hayden MK, Humphries RM, Lowe CF, Miller MB, Pillai DR, Rhoads DD, Yao JD, Lee FM (2021). Clinical and Infection Prevention Applications of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Genotyping: an Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Society for Microbiology Consensus Review Document. [Review]. J Clin Microbiol, 60(1), e0165921. (Read full article)

    Commentary

    1. Hanson KE, Caliendo AM (2023). Plasma cell free DNA metagenomic sequencing: new insights from the PICKUP study. Clin Infect Dis. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Imlay H, Hanson KE (2023). Updates in Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Infections Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Infect Dis Clin North Am, 37(3), xiii-xv. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Molnar MZ, Hall IE, Raghavan D, Shihab F, Imlay H, Hanson KE, Gomez CA, Campsen J, Kim R, Baker N, Rofaiel G (2021). Kidney transplantation from SARS-CoV-2-positive deceased donor. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Transplant, 22(4), 1280-1282. (Read full article)
    2. Shakir SM, Barker AP, Hillyard DR, Gilmore N, Barrett JW, Orlandi RR, Hanson KE (2020). Combined Self-Collected Anterior Nasal and Oropharyngeal Specimens versus Provider-Collected Nasopharyngeal Swabs for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2. [Letter to the editor]. J Clin Microbiol, 59(1). (Read full article)

    Other

    1. Neofytos D, Steinbach WJ, Hanson K, Carpenter PA, Papanicolaou GA, Slavin MA (2023). American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series: #6 - Management of Invasive Candidiasis in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Transplant Cell Ther (29(4), pp. 222-227). United States. (Read full article)