Department of Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
A teaching Affliate of Harvard Medical School
 

Name and Present Position:

ANDREW B. ONDERDONK, Pathologist

Address:

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Pathology, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA
  Graduate Medical Education (including dates and institution of internships, residencies, fellowships, etc.):

1973 PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1973-75 PHS Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Service, Los Angeles, CA

Certification:

1988-94 Clinical Laboratory Director, City of New York, NY
1988 Clinical Laboratory Director, Bacteriology and Parasitology, State of New York, Albany, NY
1991 Clinical Laboratory Director, National Certification Agency for Med Lab Personnel, Washington, DC

Current Academic Appointment:

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Current Medical Staff Appointments:

Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hosptial
Staff Member, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Selected Bibliography:

  • Tzianabos AO, Cisneros RL, Gerskovich J, Johnson J, Miller RJ, Burns JW, Onderdonk AB. Effect of surgical adhesion reduction devices on the propagation of experimental intra-abdominal infection. Arch Surg 1999; 134(11):1254-1259.
  • Tzianabos AO, Russell P, Onderdonk AB, Gibson III FC, Cywes C, Finburg RW, Kasper DL. IL-2 mediates protection against abscess formation in an experimental model of sepsis. J Immunol 1999; 163:893-897.
  • Bates DW, Kuperman GJ, Rittenberg E, Teich JM, Fiskio J, Ma'luf N, Onderdonk A, Wybenga D, Winkelman J, Brennan TA, Komaroff A, Tanasijevic M. A randomized trial of a computer-based intervention to reduce utilization of redundant laboratory tests. Am J Med 1999; 166:144-150.
  • Kalka-Moll WM, Tzianabos AO, Wang Y, Carey V, Finberg RW, Onderdonk AB, Kasper DL. Effect of molecular size on the ability of zwitterionic polysaccharides to stimulate cellular immunity. J Immunol 2000; 164:719-724.
  • Ross RA, Onderdonk AB. Production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 by Staphylococcus aureus MN8 requires both oxygen and carbon dioxide. Infect Immun 2000; 68(9):5205-5209.
  • Delaney ML, Onderdonk AB. For the Microbiology and Prematurity Study Group. Nugent score related to vaginal
    Culture in pregnant women. Obstet Gynecol 2001; 98:79-84.
  • Onderdonk AB, Miller R, Calias P, Schratzberger G, Cisneros R. Protective effects of hyaluronic acid-carboxymethylcellulose gels in an animal model for intraabdominal sepsis. 2001; submitted.