Associate Professor of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Medical Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Quality
Director, Northwestern Center for Patient Safety
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

gnoskin@northwestern.edu

Gary A. Noskin, M.D., serves as the Medical Director of Healthcare Epidemiology and Quality at Northwestern Memorial Hospital as well as their Healthcare Epidemiologist and is an associate professor of medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine.  In addition, he is director of the Northwestern Epicenter, a CDC sponsored Prevention Epicenter and the Northwestern Center for Patient Safety.

For Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Noskin is Chairman of the Medication Safety Committee, the Medical Staff Quality Management Committee and the Patient Safety Committee.  He is a member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and the Clinical Care Evaluation Committee.  He also serves on the board of directors for Northwestern Memorial Home Health Services. 

Dr. Noskin completed an internship, residency and fellowship in infectious diseases at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. 

Dr. Noskin has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on the subject of infectious diseases and patient safety which have appeared in numerous publications including Archives of Internal Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.  Dr. Noskin participates in editorial and review activities for many publications.  He is also the editor of a recently published book entitled, Management of Infectious Complications in Cancer Patients. 

Dr. Noskin was selected by his peers to be included in the current editions of “The Best Doctors in America” and "The Best Doctors in Chicago".  He is a member of numerous national professional organizations and committees and is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Recent Journal Publications

Scarsi KK, Fotis MA, Noskin GA. (2002) Pharmacist participation in medical rounds reduces medication errors.  Am J Health-Syst Pharm 59:2089-2092.
PMID: 12434722

Lankford MG, Zembower TG, Trick WE, Hacek DM, Noskin GA, Peterson LR. (2003) Influence of role models and hospital design on hand-hygiene of healthcare workers.  Emerg Infect Dis ;9:217-223.
PMID: 12603993

Singh K, Gavin PJ, Vescio T, Thomson RB Jr., Deddish RB, Fisher A, Noskin GA, Peterson LR. (2003) Microbiologic surveillance using nasal cultures alone is sufficient for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in neonates. J Clin Microbiol ; 41:2755-2757.
PMID: 12791923

Bobb A, Gleason K, Husch M, Feinglass J, Yarnold PR, Noskin GA.  (2004) The epidemiology of prescribing errors.  The potential impact of computerized prescriber order entry.  Arch Intern Med;164:785-792.
PMID: 15078649

Kyriacou DN, Stein AC, Yarnold PR, Courtney DM, Nelson RR, Noskin GA, Handler JA, Frerichs RR. (2004) Clinical predictors of bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax.  Lancet ;364:449-452.
PMID: 15288744

Gleason KM, Groszek JM, Sullivan C, Rooney D, Barnard C, Noskin GA.  (2004) Reconciliation of discrepancies in medication histories and admission orders of newly hospitalized patients.  Am J Health Syst Pharm ;61:1689-1695.
PMID: 15540481

Treitman A, Yarnold P, Warren J, Noskin GA.  The emerging incidence of Enterococcus faecium among hospital Isolates, 1993 - 2002. J Clin Micro 2005;43:462-263.
PMID: 15635016

Husch M, Sullivan, C, Rooney D, Barnard C, Fotis M, Clarke J, Noskin G.  (2005) Insights from the sharp end of intravenous medication errors: implications for infusion pump technology.  Qual Saf Health Care ;14:80-86.
PMID: 15805451

Noskin GA, Rubin RJ, Schentag JJ, Kluytmans J, Hedblom EC, Smulders M, Lapetina E, Gemmen E. (2005) The burden of Staphylococcus aureus to U.S. hospitals: an analysis of the 2000 and 2001 nationwide inpatient sample database.  Arch Intern Med ;165:1756-1761.
PMID: 1608782

Paice J, Noskin GA, Vanagunas A, Shott S.  (2005) Efficacy and safety of scheduled dosing of opioid analgesics: a quality improvement study. J Pain ;6:639-643.
PMID: 16202955