John G. Bartlett

John G. Bartlett, M.D. is a noted HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C virus specialist, medical author, medical professor and author of over 500 peer-reviewed reviewed medical journal articles.

Dr. Bartlett is a Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who previously served as the Chief of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine from 1980 - 2006.

In 2014, the medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases published an article entitled John G. Bartlett: A Transformative, Visionary Leader of Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases.

The National Foundation For Infectious Diseases commenting on Dr. Bartlett being recipient of the 2005 Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievementon wrote:

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John G. Bartlett MD, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has taken this a step further. If the findings are not readily accessible to those who need them, then likewise they are of little value. A significant part of Dr. Bartlett’s career has been devoted to ensuring that useful findings are readily available to those who need them. He is the author or co-author of some 30 guidelines on infectious diseases aimed at practicing physicians. Continuously updated—there are as many as 67 editions—the guidelines are published in easily carried, pocket-size books. Human Immunodeficiency Virus attacking T4 lymphocytes But this is only one of Dr. Bartlett’s achievements. In 1980, when he came to Hopkins, he revitalized the division of infectious diseases and built a department that is widely held as one of the best the United States. In 1983 he started an AIDS clinic at Hopkins that is today regarded as second only to the AIDS clinic in San Francisco, and since 1997 he has served as co-chair of the federal guidelines for antiretroviral therapy for HIV infections. Dr. Bartlett, along with Dr. D. A. Henderson, co-founded, the Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies in 1997. In 1978, as an infectious disease researcher, he identified Clostridium difficile as the major agent of antibiotic-associated colitis, and he has also contributed significantly to our understanding of community acquired pneumonia and anaerobic infections.

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In 2017, Johns Hopkins Hospital opened a multimillion-dollar outpatient facility called the John G. Bartlett Specialty Practice for Patients with Infectious Diseases.

In addition, he currently works for the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Bartlett's research specialties are: HIV/AIDS; Diarrhea (C. difficile-associated diarrhea and antibiotic-associated diarrhea); Pneumonia (community-acquired) and anaerobic infections.

Also, Dr. Bartlett was a: Professor of Medicine, 1980; Associate Professor of Medicine,1975-1980: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston and Associate Professor of Medicine, 1975; Assistant Professor of Medicine, 1970-74: UCLA School of Medicine.

Publications of John G. Bartlett

• 500 peer-reviewed articles
• 78 non-peer reviewed articles
• 280 chapters, reviews and letters
• 18 books, (67 editions)

Medical societies John G. Bartlett is a member of

• Anaerobe Society of America - Council
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Association of Subspecialty Professors
• American Medical Writers Association
• American College of Physicians - Fellow
• Association of American Physicians
• American Association for the Advancement of Science - Fellow
• Infectious Diseases Society of America - past President
• Peruvian Society of Internal Medicine
• American Society for Clinical Investigation
• Institute of Medicine

Editorial Boards John G. Bartlett serves on

• Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice Editor
• The Hopkins HIV Report Editor
• European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• Anaerobe
• Clinical Infectious Diseases
• Medicine - Associate Editor
• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• American Journal of Medicine
• Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• Journal of Clinical Illness
• Microecology and Disease

Awards

• The 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care was held to honor John G. Bartlett for his contributions to the field. At the summit, Dr. Bartlett received the 4th C. Everett Koop Public Health Leadership Award.

• Recipient of the 2005 Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement

Center & Institute Affiliations

• Center for Global Health

Education

• Fellowship: UCLA School of Medicine and Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital, Los Angeles, California 1968-70
• Residency: University of Alabama, Birmingham 1967-68
• Residency: Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 1963-65
• Medical School: Upstate Medical Center School of Medicine in Syracuse, New York 1959-63
• Undergraduate: Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, graduated in 1959

See also

• Johns Hopkins Hospital

External links

• Johns Hopkins Medical School faculty page
• 2015 C. Everett Koop Public Health Leadership Award - Dr. John G. Bartlett - video
• 2015 National Summit: John G. Bartlett (Awards Ceremony) - video
• Clostridium difficile: An Old Bug with New Challenges: Audience Q&A, with John Bartlett, MD, and George Nelson, MD.

Main sources for this article

• Johns Hopkins Medicine: Point of Care IT Guides
• John G. Bartlett, MD: Recipient of the 2005 Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement