John Szumowski, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

I am a clinician educator based at the San Francisco VA and the SF DPH TB Clinic. Within ID, my main clinical interests are focused on HIV, mycobacterial infections, and coccidioidomycosis.

Education
01/2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, Universit of California
06/2013 - Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
06/2010 - Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
MD, 06/2007 - , Harvard Medical School
MPH, 06/2007 - Quantitative Methods, Harvard School of Public Health
BS, 5/2002 - Biology, Haverford College
Publications

  1. Hickey MD, Gistand N, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Imbert E, Szumowski JD, Oskarsson J, Shiels M, Dilworth S, Appa A, Havlir DV, Gandhi M, Christopoulos K. 48-week viral suppression rates in people with HIV starting long-acting CAB/RPV with initial viremia. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024. PMID: 39367871


  2. Hickey MD, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Oskarsson J, Imbert E, Spinelli M, Szumowski JD, Appa A, Koester K, Dauria EF, McNulty M, Colasanti J, Havlir DV, Gandhi M, Christopoulos KA. Identifying Implementation Determinants and Strategies for Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir-Rilpivirine in People with HIV Who Are Virally Unsuppressed. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024. PMID: 38534179


  3. Louie JK, Agraz-Lara R, Velásquez GE, Phillips A, Szumowski JD. Experience With Four-Month Rifapentine and Moxifloxacin-Based Tuberculosis Treatment in San Francisco. Open forum infectious diseases 2024. PMID: 38634108


  4. Padmapriyadarsini C, Szumowski JD, Akbar N, Shanmugasundaram P, Jain A, Bathragiri M, Pattnaik M, Turuk J, Karunaianantham R, Balakrishnan S, Pati S, Kumar AKH, Rathore MK, Raja J, Naidu KR, Horn J, Whitworth L, Sewell R, Ramakrishnan L, Swaminathan S, Edelstein PH. A dose-finding study to guide use of verapamil as an adjunctive therapy in tuberculosis. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2023. PMID: 37983978


  5. Minhaj FS, Singh V, Cohen SE, Townsend M, Scott H, Szumowski J, Hare CB, Upadhyay P, Reddy J, Alexander B, Baird N, Navarra T, Priyamvada L, Wynn N, Carson WC, Odafe S, Guagliardo SAJ, Sims E, Rao AK, Satheshkumar PS, Weidle PJ, Hutson CL. Prevalence of Undiagnosed Monkeypox Virus Infections during Global Mpox Outbreak, United States, June-September 2022. Emerging infectious diseases 2023. PMID: 37832516


  6. Gandhi M, Hickey M, Imbert E, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Szumowski JD, Oskarsson J, Shiels M, Sauceda J, Salazar J, Dilworth S, Nguyen JQ, Glidden DV, Havlir DV, Christopoulos KA. Demonstration Project of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy in a Diverse Population of People With HIV. Annals of internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37399555


  7. Christopoulos KA, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Hickey MD, Imbert E, Szumowski JD, Dilworth S, Oskarsson J, Shiels M, Havlir D, Gandhi M. First Demonstration Project of Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy for Persons With and Without Detectable HIV Viremia in an Urban HIV Clinic. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022. PMID: 35913500


  8. Zakaria A, Abuabara K, Szumowski J, Kim-Lim P, Fox LP, Amerson EH, Chang AY. Association Between Homelessness and Group A Streptococcus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Among Hospitalized Dermatology Consult Patients. 2022. PMID: 35138340


  9. Lane-Donovan C, Bainbridge E, Szumowski J, Kerkhoff AD, Peluso MJ. Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection as a Rare Cause of Cerebral Mass Lesion and IRIS in a Patient With AIDS: Case Report and Review of the Literature. 2021. PMID: 35559128


  10. Szumowski JD, Marquez C. Lymphogranuloma venereum as a cause of persistent perianal ulcers. BMJ case reports 2021. PMID: 33541962


  11. Clifford KM, Szumowski JD. Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis Infection Complicated by Meningitis and Stroke: A Case Report. 2020. PMID: 33134425


  12. M.M. Hitchcock, I. Aggarwal, A. Chang, J.J. Weiel, and J.D. Szumowski. A 36-Year-Old Woman From West Africa With Newly Diagnosed AIDS and a Spinal Cord Mass 2018. PMID:


  13. Szumowski JD, Lynch JB. Profile of delamanid for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Volume 9. Drug design, development and therapy 2015. PMID: 25678771


  14. Adams KN, Szumowski JD, Ramakrishnan L. Verapamil, and its metabolite norverapamil, inhibit macrophage-induced, bacterial efflux pump-mediated tolerance to multiple anti-tubercular drugs. Volume 210 of Issue 3. The Journal of infectious diseases 2014. PMID: 24532601


  15. Szumowski JD, Adams KN, Edelstein PH, Ramakrishnan L. Antimicrobial efflux pumps and Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug tolerance: evolutionary considerations. Volume 374. Current topics in microbiology and immunology 2013. PMID: 23242857


  16. Szumowski JD, Wener KM, Gold HS, Wong M, Venkataraman L, Runde CA, Cohen DE, Mayer KH, Wright SB. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization, behavioral risk factors, and skin and soft-tissue infection at an ambulatory clinic serving a large population of HIV-infected men who have sex with men. Volume 49 of Issue 1. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009. PMID: 19480576


  17. Diep BA, Chambers HF, Graber CJ, Szumowski JD, Miller LG, Han LL, Chen JH, Lin F, Lin J, Phan TH, Carleton HA, McDougal LK, Tenover FC, Cohen DE, Mayer KH, Sensabaugh GF, Perdreau-Remington F. Emergence of multidrug-resistant, community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 in men who have sex with men. Volume 148 of Issue 4. Annals of internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18283202


  18. Szumowski JD, Cohen DE, Kanaya F, Mayer KH. Treatment and outcomes of infections by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at an ambulatory clinic. Volume 51 of Issue 2. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006. PMID: 17116664