Michihiko Goto, MD
MD 2004, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan |
Dr. Goto is an infectious diseases specialist and staff physician at Iowa City VA Medical Center. He also serves as an investigator with the Center for Comprehensive Access & Delivery Research & Evaluation (CADRE), network hospital epidemiologist for VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23), and assistant professor at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. His research interests include epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant organisms, identification of effective metrics and interventions for infectious diseases prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, and outcome improvement, as well as application of data science to infectious diseases research and practice. He is the director/principle investigator of VHA Patient Safety Center for Inquiry (PSCI), Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance (CASPAR) at Iowa City VA Medical Center.
Research Interests:
- Epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections and multidrug resistant organisms
- Epidemiology and outcomes of bloodstream infections
- Effects of healthcare policy on epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections
- Application of medical informatics to surveillance of healthcare-associated infections
- Machine-learning prediction modeling for antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
- Risk-adjustments and benchmarking metrics for infection control and antimicrobial stewardship
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of therapy effectiveness and diagnostic accuracy in infectious diseases
Contact Information
Phone: 319-338-0581 x7593
Email: Michihiko.Goto@va.gov; michihiko-goto@uiowa.edu
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