Sara Keller, MD, MPH, MSPH
Infectious Diseases
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Sara Keller
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Sara Keller graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine in 2007. She completed her Master of Public Health in epidemiology in 2006 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She then completed a residency in Internal Medicine in the Osler Medical Residency Training Program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2010, a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012, and a fellowship in the University of Pennsylvania Centers for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety in 2013. She also completed a Master of Science in Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania in 2013.
She is an Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases where she primarily sees patients at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station and also attends on the inpatient infectious disease consult service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She serves as the Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Service.
Centers and Institutes
Infectious Disease Center for Viral Hepatitis
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Keller SC, Linkin DR, Fishman NO, Lautenbach E. Variations in identification of healthcare-associated infections. Infectious Diseases News. 2013.
Research Interests
Antimicrobial stewardship, Antimicrobial use across the continuum of care, Healthcare acquired infections, Home infusion therapy, Human factors engineering, Implementation Science, Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, Quality improvement
Selected Publications
Keller S, Salinas A, Williams D, McGoldrick M, Gorski L, Alexander M, Norris A, Charron J, Stienecker RS, Passaretti C, Maragakis L, Cosgrove SE. Reaching consensus on a home infusion central line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition using stakeholder input via a modified Delphi approach. Am J Infect Control. 2020;S0196-6553:31055-7
Keller SC, Cosgrove SE, Arbaje AI, Chan RH, Krosche A, Williams D, Gurses AP. Roles and role ambiguity in patient and caregiver-performed outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. Jt Comm J Qual Pt Safety. 2019;45:763-771
Keller SC, Wang N, Salinas A, Williams D, Townsend J, Cosgrove SE. Which patients discharged to home-based outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy are at high risk of adverse outcomes? Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020;7:ofaa178
Keller SC, Williams D, Gavgani M, Hirsch D, Adamovich J, Hohl D, Gurses AP, Cosgrove SE. Rates of and risk factors for adverse drug events in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2018;66:11-19
Norris AH, Shrestha NK, Allison GM, Keller SC, Bhavan KP, Zurlo JJ, Hersh AL, Gorski LA, Bosso JA, Rathore MH, Arrieta A, Petrak RM, Shah A, Brown RB, Knight SL, Umscheid CA. 2018 Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guideline for the management of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2019;68:e1-e35
Honors
- Quality and Patient Safety Award, University of Pennsylvania, 1/1/12
- ID Week Trainee Travel Award, 1/1/12
- Institutional Comparative Effectiveness Research Mentored Career Development Award (KM1), 1/1/11
- Caring for Communities Award, American Association of Medical Colleges, 1/1/07
Memberships
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
Professional Activities
- AIDS and Behavior, Reviewer
- AIDS Patient Care and STDs, Reviewer
- Annals of Internal Medicine, Reviewer
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
- 10751 Falls Road, Falls Concourse STE 412, Lutherville, MD 21093
- phone: 410-583-2900
- fax: 410-583-2654
Expertise
Education
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Graduate School, Health Policy and Management, MS HP, 2013University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Fellowship, 2013University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, 2012Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Medicine, 2010Duke University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2007University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Graduate School, MPH, 2006Board Certifications
Infectious Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2022Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2020Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)