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Specialties
Board Certification
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American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease)
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Patient Rating
Patients consistently praise Dr. Laura Certain for her clinical knowledge, thoroughness, and practical judgment. They highlight her compassionate, down-to-earth bedside manner, clear explanations, attentiveness, and willingness to explore treatment options and go the extra mile. Commenters say she inspires trust, makes them feel heard, and provides thoughtful guidance even in complex or serious situations.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Internal Medicine
-Associate Professor (Clinical) Orthopaedics -Adjunct Associate Professor |
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| Academic Divisions |
Infectious Diseases
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| Board Certification |
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease)
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Education history
| Research Fellow | Infectious Diseases - Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
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| Fellowship | Infectious Diseases - Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women's Hospital | Fellow |
| Residency | Internal Medicine - Massachusetts General Hospital | Resident |
| Doctoral Training | Genome Sciences - University of Washington School of Medicine | Ph.D. |
| Professional Medical | Medicine - University of Washington School of Medicine | M.D. |
| Undergraduate | Chemistry - Princeton University | B.A. |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Metz AK, Kelly M, Jurynec MJ, Certain LK, Blackburn BE, Rainey JP, Gililland JM (2026). Genetic Susceptibility to Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Insights from Familial Analysis. J Infect Dis.
- Tai DBG, Poehlein E, ONeil JC, Nelson SB, Tande AJ, Corvino DL, Ritter AS, Aronson J, Certain L, Furukawa D, Tatara AM, Green CL, Abdalla T, Fleece ME, Tobert DG, Erickson M, Seidelman J, SPIRIT Team (2026). Antibiotic Duration after Debridement and Implant Retention for Early Postoperative Spinal Implant Infections: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis.
- Siddique N, Benefield RJ, Cummins H, Certain LK (2026). Pills and ills: adverse events associated with oral antibiotics for prolonged durations of COpAT treatment courses. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 6(1), e123.
- Rainey JP, Blackburn BE, Anderson LA, Archibeck MJ, Pelt CE, Peters CL, Certain LK, Gililland JM (2026). Postoperative Oral Antibiotics Continue to Increase in Prevalence Without Associated Improvements in One-Year Periprosthetic Joint Infection Rates. J Arthroplasty, 41(9S1), S314-S318.
- Rainey JP, Blackburn BE, Certain LK, Anderson LA, Archibeck MJ, Pelt CE, Peters CL, Gililland JM (2026). Retaining Well-Balanced Articulating Metal-on-Polyethylene Total Knee Spacers for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Potential Alternative to Two-Stage Exchange. J Arthroplasty, 41(S1), S330-S334.
- Wang JC, Ingawa HS, Blackburn BE, Certain LK, Pelt CE (2026). Corynebacterium Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Single-Institution's Experience With a Virulent Organism. J Arthroplasty.
- Cooper AM, Lima ALM, Luo TD, Arshi A, Spangehl MJ, Elganzoury I, Mortazavi SMJ, Adjel A, Ahadi K, Albatran K, Alkhawashki HM, Akinola B, Anderson LA, Babazadeh S, Brause B, Buterin A, Cao L, Carvalho AD, Certain L, Cordero J, Corts-Penfield N, Gahramanov A, Garca-Bgalo R, Hansen EN, Hewlett AL, Hoveidaei AH, Humbatov AM, Kallel S, Kigera J, Kim KI, Lastinger A, Lopreite FA, Luque JG, Lustig S, Madjarevic T, Molloy I, Moucha CS, Novikov D, Poultsides L, Poursalehian M, Rajgopal A, Reznice JE, Riaz T, Rodriguez-Pardo D, Ronde-Oustau C, Schade M, Sekar P, Suleiman L, Talevski D, Tarabichi S, Villafuerte JA, Walter B, Yamada K, Young SW, Younis AS (2025). 2025 ICM: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Primary Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty, 41(1S1), S362-S375.
- Krsak M, Khaled SA, Reyes Copello JF, Karaytug K, Tillander JAN, Abedi AA, Adjel A, Ascione T, Behle TF, Belden K, Berbari EF, Bondarenko S, Bozkurt M, Certain L, Cortes-Penfield N, Del Lujan Sanchez M, Demirkiran ND, Farah SN, Glynn A, Gmez-Junyent J, Hoveidaei AH, Jaramillo R, Kallel S, Munhoz Lima AL, Manning L, Marculescu C, Metsemakers WJ, Mitton BC, Parizzia W, Parvizi J, Petrie MJ, Rostagno R, Schade M, Scheper H, Skytt E, Studers P, Tunal O, Varnaserighandeali M, Woc-Colburn L, Wouthuyzen-Bakker M (2025). 2025 ICM: Minimum Biofilm Eradication Concentration (MBEC) Versus Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC). J Arthroplasty, 41(1S1), S177-S190.
- Jeys L, Botello E, Boyle RA, Ebeid W, Houdek MT, Kurisunkal VJ, Morgan-Jones R, Morris GV, Puri A, Ruggieri P, BOOM Consensus Meeting Participants, Laitinen MK, Abad Repiso S, Abdelbary H, Abiad Mejia A, Abood AA, Abou-Nouar G, Abril Martin JC, Abu Elhamd A, Abudu A, Acosta M, Ae K, Agarwal M, Ajit Singh V, Akiyama T, Albergo JI, Alexander J, Alfaro PA, Alpan B, Alshaygy I, Amaya-Valero J, Anderson M, Andreou D, Annabell L, Anthony C, Aoude A, Arteagoitia-Colino I, Asavamongkolkul A, Aston W, Asua Mentxaka L, Azzopardi C, Baad-Hansen T, Badr IT, Baixauli-Garcia F, Baker G, Balach T, Baldi GG, Barry J, Basile G, Bastoni S, Basuki MH, Bauer H, Bayliss L, Becker RG, Bedi A, Benevenia J, Bengoa F, Bergh P, Bergovec M, Bernthal N, Binitie O, Boddie D, Boffano M, Bonilla Huertas P, Borgognoni AB, Botchu R, Bramer J, Branford-White H, Brar R, Broekhuis D, Broida SE, Budny T, Burke ZD, Cabrolier J, Calvo Tapies JR, Calvo-Haro JA, Campanacci D, Cardoso R, Carey Smith R, Carvallo PI, Casales Fresenga N, Casanova JM, Ceballos O, Cebrian Parra JL, Certain LK, Chacon Cartaya S, Chan CM, Cho YJ, Choong P, Chung YG, Ciechanowicz D, Clara-Altamirano MA, Clever D, Colina SM, Consuegra L, Couch C, Cribb G, Cuervo C, Cusick LA, Dadia S, Dagher T, Dammerer D, Davies M, Davies N, de la Rosa Martino LP, de Santos de la Fuente FJ, de Vaal M, Deckers C, Delgado Obando J, Deo S, Deventer N, Di Bella C, Domson G, Donati DM, Dorleijn DM, Du Toit J, Dunne D, Duran Ciarrochi R, Ekman E, El Ghoneimy AM, Endo M, Eralp L, Etaiwi M, Evans S, Evrard R, Eward W, Farese A, Ferguson PC, Ferreira Cardoso PF, Fiorenza F, Flint M, Flores H, Freitas J, Fuchs B, Fujiwara T, Funovics PT, Galli Serra M, Gamie Z, Garces-Zarzalejo C, Gazendam A, Gebert C, Gerbers JG, Gerrand C, Ghert M, Ghosh KM, Gibbons M, Gomez-Mascard A, Gomez-Mier LC, Gomez-Vallejo J, Gonzalez MR, Gonzalez-Lizan F, Gosheger G, Goudie S, Goulding K, Goumenos SD, Griffin A, Gulia A, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guzman M, Haitham M, Hardes J, Hardoy F, Hasan Y, Hauer G, Havard H, Haydon R, Healey J, Hernandez Gonzalez N, Hernandez-Lopez A, Hesla A, Hess M, Hilton T, Hongsaprabhas C, Hornicek F, Hosking K, Houghton E, Idowu OK, Ippolito J, Isler M, Iwata S, Jagiello J, Jenkins N, Jeys T, Jeys C, Johnson L, Johnston A, Joo MW, Jutte PC, Kaldas K, Kamat A, Kannan S, Kapanci B, Khan Z, Kobayashi H, Kollender Y, Koob S, Kotrych D, Kyte R, Lamo de Espinosa Vazquez de Sola JM, Lazarides AL, Le Nail LR, Legosz P, Lehner B, Leithner A, Lejoly M, Lewis VO, Lin P, Linares F, Lozano-Calderon S, Mahendra A, Mahyudin F, Mandia Mancebo FJ, Martos Torrejon S, Marx C, Mascard E, Mattei JC, McCullough L, McMahon S, Medellin Rincon MR, Miller B, Miwa S, Molina Uribe G, Moon B, Moriel Garcesco DJ, Morris C, Morrison S, Mottard S, Moura M, Muster L, Nakayama R, Narhari P, Navas A, Nayak P, Neugebauer J, Newman ET, Nieminen J, Nyqvist E, Nystrom L, OReilly-Harbidge S, OToole G, Oliveira V, Olivier A, Omar M, Ortiz-Cruz EJ, Ozger H, Ozkan K, Pala E, Palmerini E, Pang G, Papagelopoulos P, Paraliticci G, Parry MC, Patton S, Peake D, Peiro Ibanez A, Perez Munoz I, Perianayagam GR, Petersen MM, Ploegmakers J, Pollock R, Powell G, Pretell J, Puetzler J, Qamar F, Raja A, Rajasekaran RB, Ramkumar DB, Randall RL, Rankin KS, Raskin KA, Rassppan K, Repsa L, Ropars M, Rose P, Sadek W, Salcedo G, Saleemi A, Sambri A, Sar H, Scanferla R, Schubert T, Schwarze J, Scoccianti G, Scrimshire A, Sekita T, Shehadeh A, Shoaib A, Shreemal B, Shumelinsky F, Siegel G, Silveri C, Silverwood R, Sinnaeve F, Sison J, Slade A, Smolle MA, Snyman F, Sommerville S, Sood S, Spiguel A, St-Yves H, Staals EL, Stacchiotti S, Stavropoulos N, Steadman P, Stevenson JD, Sullivan M, Sys G, Szostakowski B, Tamburini A, Taniguchi Y, Temple T, Theil C, Thorkildsen J, Tibbo M, Tillman R, Toda Y, Tootsi K, Torner Rubies F, Traub F, Trikoupis I, Tsagkozis P, Tsoi K, Tsuchiya H, Vainio VM, Valcarcel A, Valencia J, Van Beeck A, Van de Sande M, Van Den Berghe T, Van der Geest I, Van der (2025). A modified Delphi consensus on periprosthetic infection in orthopaedic oncology : a report from the Birmingham Orthopaedic Oncology Meeting (BOOM). Bone Joint J, 107-B(12), 1352-1359.
- Khan Z, Khan ZA, Zamora T, Gulia A, Lozano-Calderon SA, Kurisunkal VJ, Jeys LM, BOOM Consensus Meeting participants, Laitinen MK, Abad Repiso S, Abdelbary H, Abiad Mejia A, Abood AA, Abou-Nouar G, Abril Martin JC, Abu Elhamd A, Abudu A, Acosta M, Ae K, Agarwal M, Ajit Singh V, Akiyama T, Albergo JI, Alexander J, Alfaro PA, Alpan B, Alshaygy I, Amaya-Valero J, Anderson M, Andreou D, Annabell L, Anthony C, Aoude A, Arteagoitia-Colino I, Asavamongkolkul A, Aston W, Asua Mentxaka L, Azzopardi C, Baad-Hansen T, Badr IT, Baixauli-Garcia F, Baker G, Balach T, Baldi GG, Barry J, Basile G, Bastoni S, Basuki MH, Bauer H, Bayliss L, Becker RG, Bedi A, Benevenia J, Bengoa F, Bergh P, Bergovec M, Bernthal N, Binitie O, Boddie D, Boffano M, Bonilla Huertas P, Borgognoni AB, Botchu R, Bramer J, Branford-White H, Brar R, Broekhuis D, Broida SE, Budny T, Burke ZD, Cabrolier J, Calvo Tapies JR, Calvo-Haro JA, Campanacci D, Cardoso R, Carey Smith R, Carvallo PI, Casales Fresenga N, Casanova JM, Ceballos O, Cebrian Parra JL, Certain LK, Chacon Cartaya S, Chan CM, Cho YJ, Choong P, Chung YG, Ciechanowicz D, Clara-Altamirano MA, Clever D, Colina SM, Consuegra L, Couch C, Cribb G, Cuervo C, Cusick LA, Dadia S, Dagher T, Dammerer D, Davies M, Davies N, de la Rosa Martino LP, de Santos de la Fuente FJ, de Vaal M, Deckers C, Delgado Obando J, Deo S, Deventer N, Di Bella C, Domson G, Donati DM, Dorleijn DM, Du Toit J, Dunne D, Duran Ciarrochi R, Ekman E, El Ghoneimy AM, Endo M, Eralp L, Etaiwi M, Evans S, Evrard R, Eward W, Farese A, Ferguson PC, Ferreira Cardoso PF, Fiorenza F, Flint M, Flores H, Freitas J, Fuchs B, Fujiwara T, Funovics PT, Galli Serra M, Gamie Z, Garces-Zarzalejo C, Gazendam A, Gebert C, Gerbers JG, Gerrand C, Ghert M, Ghosh KM, Gibbons M, Gomez-Mascard A, Gomez-Mier LC, Gomez-Vallejo J, Gonzalez MR, Gonzalez-Lizan F, Gosheger G, Goudie S, Goulding K, Goumenos SD, Griffin A, Gulia A, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guzman M, Haitham M, Hardes J, Hardoy F, Hasan Y, Hauer G, Havard H, Haydon R, Healey J, Hernandez Gonzalez N, Hernandez-Lopez A, Hesla A, Hess M, Hilton T, Hongsaprabhas C, Hornicek F, Hosking K, Houghton E, Idowu OK, Ippolito J, Isler M, Iwata S, Jagiello J, Jenkins N, Jeys T, Jeys C, Johnson L, Johnston A, Joo MW, Jutte PC, Kaldas K, Kamat A, Kannan S, Kapanci B, Khan Z, Kobayashi H, Kollender Y, Koob S, Kotrych D, Kyte R, Lamo de Espinosa Vazquez de Sola JM, Lazarides AL, Le Nail LR, Legosz P, Lehner B, Leithner A, Lejoly M, Lewis VO, Lin P, Linares F, Lozano-Calderon S, Mahendra A, Mahyudin F, Mandia Mancebo FJ, Martos Torrejon S, Marx C, Mascard E, Mattei JC, McCullough L, McMahon S, Medellin Rincon MR, Miller B, Miwa S, Molina Uribe G, Moon B, Moriel Garcesco DJ, Morris C, Morrison S, Mottard S, Moura M, Muster L, Nakayama R, Narhari P, Navas A, Nayak P, Neugebauer J, Newman ET, Nieminen J, Nyqvist E, Nystrom L, OReilly-Harbidge S, OToole G, Oliveira V, Olivier A, Omar M, Ortiz-Cruz EJ, Ozger H, Ozkan K, Pala E, Palmerini E, Pang G, Papagelopoulos P, Paraliticci G, Parry MC, Patton S, Peake D, Peiro Ibanez A, Perez Munoz I, Perianayagam GR, Petersen MM, Ploegmakers J, Pollock R, Powell G, Pretell J, Puetzler J, Qamar F, Raja A, Rajasekaran RB, Ramkumar DB, Randall RL, Rankin KS, Raskin KA, Rassppan K, Repsa L, Ropars M, Rose P, Sadek W, Salcedo G, Saleemi A, Sambri A, Sar H, Scanferla R, Schubert T, Schwarze J, Scoccianti G, Scrimshire A, Sekita T, Shehadeh A, Shoaib A, Shreemal B, Shumelinsky F, Siegel G, Silveri C, Silverwood R, Sinnaeve F, Sison J, Slade A, Smolle MA, Snyman F, Sommerville S, Sood S, Spiguel A, St-Yves H, Staals EL, Stacchiotti S, Stavropoulos N, Steadman P, Stevenson JD, Sullivan M, Sys G, Szostakowski B, Tamburini A, Taniguchi Y, Temple T, Theil C, Thorkildsen J, Tibbo M, Tillman R, Toda Y, Tootsi K, Torner Rubies F, Traub F, Trikoupis I, Tsagkozis P, Tsoi K, Tsuchiya H, Vainio VM, Valcarcel A, Valencia J, Van Beeck A, Van de Sande M, Van Den Berghe T, Van der Geest I, Van der Heijden L, Van der Wal R, Van (2025). What is debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention in orthopaedic oncology? : a global cross-sectional survey of surgeons' practices and opinions. Bone Jt Open, 6(11), 1495-1503.
- Certain LK, Sigmund IK (2025). Clinical practice variation in orthopedic infections: insights from the Musculoskeletal Infection Society (MSIS) and European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) survey, 2023. J Bone Jt Infect, 10(5), 397-402.
- Certain L (2025). Embracing Change: Oral Antibiotics for Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis. Foot Ankle Int, 46(10), 1090-1091.
- Sreekantaswamy SA, Topham C, Certain L, Benefield RJ, Madigan L, Maclean E, Curtis J, Zone J, Bowen AR (2025). Progressive centrofacial destruction due to Acanthamoeba infection from nasal rinsing. Lancet Infect Dis, 25(6), e369.
- Benefield RJ, Becker CK, Gray J, Cummins H, Certain LK (2025). (Re)Moving the needle: a retrospective, quasi-experimental assessment of the impact of a treatment guideline on oral antibiotic prescribing for orthopedic infections. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 5(1), e84.
- Payne J, Sutton JD, Blackburn BE, Bansod S, Imlay H, Spivak ES, Pupaibool J, Gililland JM, Certain LK (2025). Effect of oral antibiotics after two-stage revision for periprosthetic joint infection on subsequent antibiotic resistance within a national cohort of United States veterans. J Bone Jt Infect, 10(1), 7-14.
- Sylvester B, Fuller SD, Certain L, Shakoor A, Doan T (2024). Bacillus coagulans-associated severe necrotizing scleral infection. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 36, 102097.
- Seidelman J, Ritter AS, Poehlein E, Green CL, Briggs DV, Chari T, Therien AD, Aitchison AH, Lunn K, Zirbes CF, Manohar T, Rijo DV, Hagen JE, Talerico MT, DeBaun MR, Pean CA, Certain L, Nelson SB (2024). Multisite Study of the Management of Musculoskeletal Infection After Trauma: The MMUSKIT Study. Open Forum Infect Dis, 11(6), ofae262.
- Gray J, Benefield RJ, Gallagher CK, Cummins H, Certain LK (2024). "Once more, with feeling": no difference in outcomes between patients discharged on oral versus intravenous antibiotics for orthopedic infections in a propensity score matched cohort at a US medical center. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 4(1), e61.
- Lewis DC, Blackburn BE, Archibeck J, Archibeck MJ, Anderson LA, Gililland JM, Certain LK, Pelt CE (2024). Similar Efficacy and Lower Cost Associated With Ceftazidime Compared to Tobramycin Coupled With Vancomycin in Antibiotic Spacers in the Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infection. J Arthroplasty.
- Savas MJ, Gray KF, Blackburn BE, Pelt CE, Gililland JM, Certain LK (2023). Association of Acute Kidney Injury With Antibiotic Loaded Cement Used for Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infection. J Arthroplasty, 38(12), 2704-2709.e1.
- Brown DG, Wahlig TA, Ma A, Certain LK, Chalmers PN, Fisher MA, Leung DT (2023). Genomic Characterization of 2 Cutibacterium acnes Isolates from a Surgical Site Infection Reveals Large Genomic Inversion. Pathog Immun, 8(1), 64-76.
- Gallagher CK, Cummins H, Benefield RJ, Certain LK (2023). Switching from intravenous vancomycin to oral antibiotics reduces adverse events in a retrospective cohort of outpatients with orthopedic infections. Pharmacotherapy.
- Cortes-Penfield N, Krsak M, Damioli L, Henry M, Seidelman J, Hewlett A, Certain L (2023). How we approach suppressive antibiotic therapy (SAT) following debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention for prosthetic joint infection. Clin Infect Dis.
- Certain LK, Benefield RJ, Newman M, Zhang M, Thomas FO (2022). A Quality Initiative to Improve Postdischarge Care for Patients on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy. Open Forum Infect Dis, 9(7), ofac199.
- Kelly MP, Gililland JM, Blackburn BE, Anderson LA, Pelt CE, Certain LK (2022). Extended Oral Antibiotics Increase Bacterial Resistance in Patients Who Fail 2-Stage Exchange for Periprosthetic Joint Infection. J Arthroplasty, 37, S989-S996.
- Carlson VR, Dekeyser GJ, Certain L, Pupaibool J, Gililland JM, Anderson LA (2020). Clinical Experience With a Coordinated Multidisciplinary Approach to Treating Prosthetic Joint Infection. Arthroplast Today, 6(3), 360-362.
- Anderson MB, Arciola CR, Sarvanan SA, Campoccia D, Certain L, Diaz-Ledezma C, Montanaro L, Aguilera SP, Pelt CE, Puhto AP, Sergei O, Tikhilov R, Voloshin V, Yan CH (2018). General Assembly, Treatment, Multidisciplinary Issues: Proceedings of International Consensus on Orthopedic Infections. J Arthroplasty, 34(2S), S239-S243.
- Zainul-Abidin S, Amanatullah DF, Anderson MB, Austin M, Barretto JM, Battenberg A, Bedard NA, Bell K, Blevins K, Callaghan JJ, Cao L, Certain L, Chang Y, Chen JP, Cizmic Z, Coward J, DeMik DE, Diaz-Borjon E, Enayatollahi MA, Feng JE, Fernando N, Gililland JM, Goodman S, Goodman S, Greenky M, Hwang K, Iorio R, Karas V, Khan R, Kheir M, Klement MR, Kunutsor SK, Limas R, Morales Maldonado RA, Manrique J, Matar WY, Mokete L, Nung N, Pelt CE, Pietrzak JRT, Premkumar A, Rondon A, Sanchez M, Novaes de Santana C, Sheth N, Singh J, Springer BD, Tay KS, Varin D, Wellman S, Wu L, Xu C, Yates AJ (2018). General Assembly, Prevention, Host Related General: Proceedings of International Consensus on Orthopedic Infections. J Arthroplasty, 34(2S), S13-S35.
- Certain LK, Way JC, Pezone MJ, Collins JJ (2017). Using Engineered Bacteria to Characterize Infection Dynamics and Antibiotic Effects In Vivo. Cell Host Microbe, 22(3), 263-268.e4.
Review
- Hellwinkel JE, Working ZM, Certain L, Garca AJ, Wenke JC, Bahney CS (2022). The intersection of fracture healing and infection: Orthopaedics research society workshop 2021. [Review]. J Orthop Res, 40(3), 541-552.
Case Report
- Compton T, Ferguson NA, Certain L, Nixon D (2024). Extrapulmonary, Chronic Septic Arthritis From Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Ankle and Subtalar Joints. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev, 8(3).
Editorial
- Certain LK (2025). Themes and Challenges in Managing Musculoskeletal Infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am.
Letter
- Zukauckas K, Benefield RJ, Newman M, Certain L (2022). Why Bother? Lab Monitoring in Beta-Lactam Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy. [Letter to the editor]. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 66(6), e0057922.
Terrific doctor who gives excellent and thoughtful advice
Dr Certain has a kind bedside manner and is easy to talk to!
My Dr for about 3 years. She is a very good listener and communicates with me in a way I can understand. She has good common sense and most of all I trust her and value her opinions.
Very smart Very attentive Very practical
Very caring and informative
Very Friendly, I felt confident in her abilities!
Dr. Laura Certain is an amazing doctor who truly cares about her patients. She is brilliant, caring, and willing to "go the extra mile" in coming up with solutions if Plan A isn't working. She saved my husband's life in a very challenging sepsis situation, and we are so grateful.
Dr. Laura Certain is fantastic. Cares about my situation. Very personable and I trust her with my care.
You are a wonderful and have empathy. Alot of doctors seemed to have lost that quality. I've enjoyed meeting you, I wish it was under different circumstances. I hope we see each other soon under different circumstances. Thank you for everything, you made a big difference in me and my daughters life
Loved her a very kind soul
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Dr Certain is so knowledgeable and compassionate with her care. She is honest about the situation, but also hopeful and inspires trust.
She Rocks!?
Dr. Certain was very good about explaining my condition to me which gave me the tools I need going forward to maintain my health.
She is very understanding and kind.
Very thoughtful, thorough, and patient
Extremely caring.
Dr Certain is the first provider that has made me feel that she might have the answers to what has been a difficult and long journey. I appreciate that she isn't just throwing pills at me but really trying to get to the route of the problem.
Thank you Laura
A down to earth Dr. that will discuss all options and treatments to you in a personable way. A very pleasurable experience.
Dr. Certain is also a very friendly and knowledgeable person. She listens and makes me feel that I am an important patient to her. I value her advice and opinion, and definitely recommend her to anyone who needs an infectious disease specialist.
Very thorough and knowledgeable.