Lawrence L. Livornese Jr.
CURRICULUM VITAE
LAWRENCE LOUIS LIVORNESE JR., M.D.
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: March 28, 1959, Brooklyn, NY
Married: Marilyn Howarth, M.D.
Children: Three
Address: Home: 238 Maplehill Road
Gladwyne, PA 19035
Office: Suite 164 Lankenau Medical Building East
Wynnewood, PA 19096
610-896-0210 Fax 610-896-5101
EDUCATION:
College
Lafayette College, Easton, PA 1977-1981
Degree: B.A. Chemistry with Honors
Concentration: Computer Science
Graduate School
Rutgers University Graduate School of Chemistry 1981-1982
Field of Study: Theoretical Physical Chemistry
Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 1982-1986
Degree: M.D.
Residency
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Internal Medicine 1986-1989
Fellowship
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Infectious Disease 1989-1991
Faculty Postions
1990-Present Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Certification and Licensure
2003 Certificate in Travel Medical, The International Society of Travel Medicine
1989 Diplomate of The American Board of Internal Medicine, Certificate # 125152
1992 & 2003 Diplomate in Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine,
Certificate # 125152
1988-Present Medical License in Pennsylvania MD# 041888E
1990-2007 Medical License in New Jersey #54269
Honors
2009 Scoutmaster Award of Merit, Boy Scouts of America
1982 Morgan Graduate Fellowship, Rutgers University
1981 Graduated with Honors, Lafayette College
Activities
2009- Present Chairman, Infection Control, Lankenau Hospital
2009-Present Chairman, Catheter-related Blood Stream Infection Committee, Lankenau Hospital
1998-Present Affiliate Site Supervisor for Thomas Jefferson Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Lankenau Hospital
2005-Present Education Coordinator, Infectious Diseases, Lankenau Hospital
2001-2007 American College of Physicians representative to the Infectious Diseases
Society of American Committee for Practice Guidelines for Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)
1999-Present Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee
Mainline Hospitals
1998-Present Biosafety Committee
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA 19096
1998-Present Chairman, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee on Antibiotics
Mainline Hospitals
1998-1999 Medication Process Improvement Committee
Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA 19096
1997-1999 Chairman, Infection Control Committee
The Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19144
1995-Present Chairman, Infection Control Committee
Roxborough Memorial Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19128
1993-1996 Mortality & Morbidity Committee
Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA 19096
1993-1999 Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA 19096
1991-1997 Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
The Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19144
1991-1994 Quality Assurance Committee
Thomas Jefferson University, Ford Road Campus,
Philadelphia, PA 19131
1993-1994 Chairman, Infection Control Committee
Thomas Jefferson University, Ford Road Campus,
Philadelphia, PA 19131
1989-1991 Infection Control Committee
Medical College of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19129
1983 Clinical Research in the Bioavailability of Theophylline Preparations
New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ
1979-1981 Polymer Dynamics Research, Lafayette College and Colorado State University
Easton PA and Fort Collins, CO
Professional Memberships
Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America
Fellow, American College of Physicians
SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society
Philadelphia Medical Society
Pennsylvania Medical Society
American Medical Association
International Society of Travel Medicine
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ATSMH)
American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health of the ASTMH
Hospital Staff Membership
Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood,PA
Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Roxborough Memorial Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Community Service
Boys Scouts of America 2000-present
Servants of the Poor, Philadelphia, PA until 2007
Bridgewater Athletic Club, Bridgewater, NJ until 2000
Published Papers
Cook RC and Livornese LL Jr., Brownian Dynamics Computer Simulations of a One-Dimensional Polymer Model 1. Simple Potentials. Macromolecules. 1983;16:925.
Livornese LL Jr., Dias S, Samuel G, Romanowski B, Taylor S, May P, Pitsakis P, Woods G, Kaye D, Levinson ME, Johnson CC. Hospital-Acquired Infection with Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Faecium Transmitted by Electronic Thermometers. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1992. 117(2):112-116.
Livornese LL Jr., Levison ME, Johnson CC. Electronic Thermometers and Nosocomial Infection. Ann of Intern Med 118:156-157,1992 (Letter).
Livornese LL Jr., Gold M, Johnson CC, Measley RE, Kaye D, Korzeniowsky O, Walsh ML, Samuel C Hessen MT, Levison ME. Clinical Evaluation of Teicoplanin in the Treatment of Gram-positive Bacterial Intravascular Infections. J Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1993. 31(1):188-101.
Whitman MS, Pitsakis PG, Zausner A, Livornese LL, Osborne AJ, Johnson CC, Levison ME. Antibiotic Treatment of Experimental Endocarditis Due to Vancomycin/Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcus Faecium. Antimicrob Ag Chemother, 1993.37(10):2069-2073.
Livornese LL Jr., Benz RL, Ingerman M, Santoro J. Antibacterial Agents in Renal Failure. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. Sept 1995 9(3). 591-614.
Johnson CC, Livornese LL Jr., Gold MG, Pitsakis PO, Taylor S, Levison ME. Activity of Cefepime Against Ceftazime Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli Using Low and High Inocula. J Antimicrobial Chenotherapy; 1995:35(6): 765-773.
Zhang H, Domadula G, Beumont M, Livornese LL Jr., VanUitert, Herring K, Pomerantez R. HIV-1 in the Semen of Men Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. NEJM. 1998. 339(25):1803-1809.
Dornadula G, Zhang H, VanUitert B, Stern J, Livornese LL Jr., Ingerman M, Witek J, Kedanis BA, Natkin J, DeSimone I, Pomerantz R. Residual HIV -1 RNA in Blood Plasma of Patients Taking Suppressive Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. JAMA. 1999.282(17):1627-1632.
Kaufman JP, Carp NZ, Livornese LL. Re: Clinical Characteristics and Antibiotic Utilization in Surgical Patients With Closlidium difficile-associated diarrhea. The American Surgeon. 2000.66(3):315.
Livornese LL Jr., Slavin D, Benz RL, Ingerman MJ, and Santoro J. Use of Antibacterial Agents in Renal Failure. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 2000 June. 14(2):371-390.
Livornese LL Jr., Slavin D, Benz RL, Ingerman MJ, and Santoro J. Use of Antibacterial Agents in Renal Failure. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 2001 Sept. 15(3):983-1002.
Livornese LL Jr, Slavin D, Gilbert B, Robbins P, Santoro J. Use of Antibacterial Agents in Renal Failure. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 2004 Sept. 18(3):551-79.
Gilbert, B, Robbins P ,Livornese LL Jr. Use of Antibacterial Agents in Renal Failure. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 2009 Dec.23(4): 899-924.
Chapters
Livornese LL Jr and Levison ME. Lung Abscess. In: Conn R, ed. Current Diagnosis 8th edition. W.B. Saunders. 1991.
Livornese LL Jr and Korzeniowski OM. Pathogenesis of Infective Endocarditis. In: Kaye D, ed. Infective Endocarditis, 2nd Edition. Raven Press. 1992.
Abstracts
Gold MI, Livornese LL Jr, Measley RE, Johnson CC, Kaye D, Korzeniowski O, Walsh ML, Hessen MT, and Levison ME. Efficacy of Teicoplanin in the Treatment of Gram-Positive Intravascular Infections (Abstract) In Proceedings and Abstracts of the 30th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 21-24, 1990. Atlanta: The American Society for Microbiology; 1990:637.
Livornese LL Jr, Johnson CC, Dias S, Samuel C, Romanowski B, Pitsakis P, May P, Taylor S, Woods G, Levison ME. Hospital-Acquired Infection with a Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Faecium (Abstract) In Proceedings and Abstracts of the 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Chicago: The American Society for Microbiology; 1991:398.
Livornese LL Jr, Gold MJ, Pitsakis PG, Taylor S, Levison ME, Johnson CC. Activity of Cefepime Against Gram-Negative Bacilli Resistant to Ceftazidime Using Low and High Inocula (Abstract) In Proceedings and Abstracts of the 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Chicago: The American Society for Microbiology; 1991:119.
Whitman M, Pitsakis P, Livornese L, Osborne A, Johnson C, Levison M. Antibiotic Therapy of experimental endocarditis due to Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Faecium (Abstract) In Proceedings and Abstracts of the 32nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Anaheim: The American Society for Microbiology; 1992: 1452.
DeJesus E, Levison Mt Johnson C, Livornese LL, Ingerman M, Santoro J, Pitsakis P, May P, Austrian R, Woods G. High Rate of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (Abstract) In Proceedings and Abstracts of the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. New Orleans: The American Society for Microbiology; 1993.
Htike N, DoroshowJ, Kuntz C, Livornese LL. Babesiosis as a Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin with Diarrhoea (Abstract) In American College of Physicians 2009 National Abstract Competions. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians; 2009.
Alternative Media
Sell, Bevin, and Lawrence L. Livornese Jr. "Viral Meningitis." Practical Neurology 7 (2007): 44-49. Http://www.practicalneurology.org/issues/0607/. June 2007.
In Press
Submitted
Salmonella aortitis. Case presentation to IDSA meeting. 2009 Philadelphia PA
In Preparation
Lemiere’s Syndrome presenting with 6th nerve Palsy.
Revised 3/20/2010
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