Faculty

 
 

Mindy Schuster, M.D.

Dr. Schuster's main interests are infectious complications of cancer chemotherapy and bone marrow/stem cell transplantation, as well as the treament and prevention of invasive fungal infections in immunosuppressed hosts. She is actively engaged in several research projects investigating the epidemiology, risk factors, prevention and treatment of fungal infections in solid organ and bone marrow/stem cell transplant patients, and in high risk intensive care unit patients.

Hagen EA, Stern H, Porter D, Duffy K, Foley K, Luger S, Schuster SJ, Stadtmauer E, Schuster MG. High rate of invasive fungal infections following nonmyeloablative allogeneic transplantation. Clin Infect Dis. 36:9-15, 2003.

Rex JH, Pappas PG, Karchmer AW, Sobel J, Edwards JE, Hadley S, Brass C, Vazquez JA, Chapman SW, Horowitz HW, Zervos M, Lee J, McKinsey D, Babinchak T, Bradsher RW, Cleary JD, Kett DH, Lutz J, Rubin RH, Scheld WM, Schuster M, et. al. A randomized and blinded multicenter trial of high-dose fluconazole plus placebo versus fluconazole plus amphotericin B as therapy of candidemia and its consequences in nonneutropenic subjects. Clin Infect Dis. 36:1221-8, 2003.

Reis LJ, Barton TD, Pochettino A, Velazquez O, McGarvey M, Milas B, Reboli A, Schuster MG. Successful treatment of aspergillus prosthetic valve endocarditis with oral voriconazole. Clin Infect Dis. 41:752-3, 2005.

Pappas PG, Andes D, Schuster M, et. al. Invasive fungal infections in low-risk liver transplant recipients: a multi-center prospective observational study. Am J Transplant. 6:386-91, 2006.

Greenberg RN, Mullane K, van Burik JA, Raad I, Abzug M, Anstead G, Herbrecht R, Langston A, Marr KA, Schiller G, Schuster M, et. al. Posaconazole as salvage therapy for zygomycosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 50:126-33, 2006.

Contact:
Mindy Schuster, M.D.
9047 West Gates
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
schustem@mail.med.upenn.edu
(215) 662-4645

Education:
Medical School: Yale University
ID Training: University of Pennsylvania
Academic Rank: Associate Professor of Medicine