Ellen Jo Baron
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line, Pathology
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Department of Pathology 300 Pasteur Dr H1537J MC 5629 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 725-3773 Fax (650) 725-5671
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Lua Tiedemann Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-725-7166Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Pathology
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Administrative Appointments
- Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Interim Director, Clinical Virology Laboratory, Stanford Univ. Med. Center (2009 - 2010)
- Interim Director, Clinical Virology Lab, SUMC (2008 - 2010)
- Associate Chair of Pathology for Faculty Development, Department of Pathology (2006 - 2009)
- Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, SUMC (1999 - 2009)
Honors and Awards
- Kenneth L. Vosti, M.D. Teaching Award, Stanford Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine (2003)
- BioMerieux Vitek Sonnenwirth Award, American Society for Microbiology (2000)
- Alice C. Evans Award, American Society for Microbiology (1997)
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (1987 - present)
- Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America (1992)
- Foundation Speaker, American Society for Microbiology (1990-1991)
Professional Education
| B.S.: | Michigan State University, Med. Micro. & Public Health (1968) |
| M.S.: | University of Wisconsin, Madison, Medical Microbiology (1978) |
| Ph.D.: | University of Wisconsin, Madison, Medical Microbiology (1981) |
Community and International Work
- Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program, Cambodia, Africa, India, Malaysia, others
Internet Links
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
In the Microbiology laboratory, we evaluate cutting-edge new technology for rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases, and we work with high-tech companies to help them develop new diagnostic assays at the pre-market stage. We do not perform basic research and we do not have any fellowship support. Recent work includes development of a rapid PCR-based method for identifying the species of most mycobacteria directly from smear or culture positive material within hours. Another project is showing that hair sheep blood drawn into citrated blood bank bags is equivalent to defibrinated wool sheep blood for diagnostic microbiological testing. This knowledge is important for developing world microbiology laboratories to perform reliable work.
Publications
- Trends in incidence and susceptibility among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from intranasal cultures associated with rhinosinusitis. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2013; (2): 134-7
- Can a simple flotation method lower the limit of detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in extrapulmonary samples analyzed by the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay? J Clin Microbiol. 2012; (7): 2272-6
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus diagnostics: state of the art. Expert Opin Med Diagn. 2012; (6): 585-92
- A biosensor platform for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing directly from clinical samples. J Urol. 2011; (1): 148-53
- Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection can molecular amplification methods move us out of uncertainty? J Mol Diagn. 2011; (6): 573-82
- MRSA: a case of pathogens, politics and penalties. Trends Microbiol. 2011; (4): 153-5
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