Infectious Diseases

Aimee Kirsch Zaas, MD

Professor of Medicine
Campus mail 2301 Erwin Rd, Box 3182, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 681-1464
Email address aimee.zaas@duke.edu

Medical education
Genomic applications for diagnosis of infectious diseases
Genomic applications for prediction of infectious diseases

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Duke University, 2003 - 2004
  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Duke University, 2001 - 2002
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1998 - 2001
  • M.D., Northwestern University, 1998

Grants

Publications

Finn, Kathleen M., Andrew J. Halvorsen, Saima Chaudhry, Sanjay Desai, Denise Dupras, Shalini Reddy, Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, Lisa Willett, and Aimee K. Zaas. “Does Increased Schedule Flexibility Lead to Change? A National Survey of Program Directors on 2017 Work Hours Requirements.” J Gen Intern Med 35, no. 11 (November 2020): 3205–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06109-1.

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32869195
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Steinbrink, Julie M., Aimee K. Zaas, Marisol Betancourt, Jennifer L. Modliszewski, David L. Corcoran, and Micah T. McClain. “A transcriptional signature accurately identifies Aspergillus Infection across healthy and immunosuppressed states.” Transl Res 219 (May 2020): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trsl.2020.02.005.

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32165060
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Finn, Kathleen M., Aimee K. Zaas, Furman S. McDonald, Michael Melfe, Michael Kisielewski, and Lisa L. Willett. “Misinterpretation of the American Board of Internal Medicine Leave Policies for Resident Physicians Around Parental Leave.” Ann Intern Med 172, no. 8 (April 21, 2020): 570–72. https://doi.org/10.7326/M19-2490.

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31869832
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Ryskina, Kira L., Cynthia D. Smith, Vineet M. Arora, Aimee K. Zaas, Andrew J. Halvorsen, Arlene Weissman, and Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj. “Relationship Between Institutional Investment in High-Value Care (HVC) Performance Improvement and Internal Medicine Residents' Perceptions of HVC Training.” Acad Med 93, no. 10 (October 2018): 1517–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002257.

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29697425
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Vidyarthi, Arpana R., Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Bradley Monash, Koin Lon Shum, Joanne Lee, and Aimee K. Zaas. “Hot in the Tropics.” J Hosp Med 12, no. 6 (June 2017): 462–66. https://doi.org/10.12788/jhm.2753.

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28574539
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Boggan, Joel C., Aparna Swaminathan, Samantha Thomas, David L. Simel, Aimee K. Zaas, and Jonathan G. Bae. “Improving Timely Resident Follow-Up and Communication of Results in Ambulatory Clinics Utilizing a Web-Based Audit and Feedback Module.” J Grad Med Educ 9, no. 2 (April 2017): 195–200. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-16-00460.1.

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28439353
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Meade, Lauren B., Kathleen Heist Suddarth, Ronald R. Jones, Aimee K. Zaas, Terry Albanese, Kenji Yamazaki, and Cheryl W. O’Malley. “Patients, Nurses, and Physicians Working Together to Develop a Discharge Entrustable Professional Activity Assessment Tool.” Acad Med 91, no. 10 (October 2016): 1388–91. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000001189.

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27097051
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Dotters-Katz, Sarah, Charles W. Hargett, Aimee K. Zaas, and Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber. “What motivates residents to teach? The Attitudes in Clinical Teaching study.” Med Educ 50, no. 7 (July 2016): 768–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13075.

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27295481
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Willett, Lisa L., Andrew J. Halvorsen, Michael Adams, Karen M. Chacko, Saima Chaudhry, Furman S. McDonald, Amy S. Oxentenko, Sara L. Swenson, Aimee Zaas, and Vineet M. Arora. “Factors Associated with Declining Residency Program Pass Rates on the ABIM Certification Examination.” The American Journal of Medicine 129, no. 7 (July 2016): 759–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.03.020.

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27086497
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Suddarth, Kathleen Heist, Ronald R. Jones, Cheryl W. O’Malley, David Paje, Kenji Yamazaki, Aimee K. Zaas, and Lauren B. Meade. “Implementation of Milestones-Based Assessment for a Safe and Effective Discharge.” Am J Med 129, no. 6 (June 2016): 640–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.02.005.

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26901111
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