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Daniel Budnitz

  • Department of Emergency Medicine
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • (770) 488-1486
  • daniel.s.budnitz@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Budnitz has a remarkable service record and strong collaborative colleague employed at the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He directs the Medication Safety Program at the CDC. He leads a collaboration of CDC, FDA and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to conduct adverse drug event surveillance through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). Dr. Budnitz joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in 2001 after completing a BA in Government from Harvard University, a combined MD-MPH from Emory University, and internal medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Budnitz is currently a Captain in the US Public Health Service and has practiced as a Board-Certified internist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and the DeKalb-Grady Neighborhood Health Center.

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Publications

  • COVID-19 Investigational Treatments in Use Among Hospitalized Patients Identified Through the US Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network, March 1-June 30, 2020.
    Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 7 Page(s): ofaa528
    11/01/2020 Authors: Acosta AM; Mathis AL; Budnitz DS; Geller AI; Chai SJ; Alden NB; Meek J; Anderson EJ; Ryan P; Kim S
  • Emergency department visits and hospitalizations for digoxin toxicity: United States, 2005 to 2010.
    Circ Heart Fail Volume: 7 Page(s): 28 - 34
    01/01/2014 Authors: See I; Shehab N; Kegler SR; Laskar SR; Budnitz DS
  • Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 365 Page(s): 2002 - 2012
    11/24/2011 Authors: Budnitz DS; Lovegrove MC; Shehab N; Richards CL
  • Emergency department visits for overdoses of acetaminophen-containing products.
    Am J Prev Med Volume: 40 Page(s): 585 - 592
    06/01/2011 Authors: Budnitz DS; Lovegrove MC; Crosby AE
  • Preventing medication overdoses in young children: an opportunity for harm elimination.
    Pediatrics Volume: 127 Page(s): e1597 - e1599
    06/01/2011 Authors: Budnitz DS; Salis S
  • Agreement between drugs-to-avoid criteria and expert assessments of problematic prescribing--invited commentary.
    Arch Intern Med Volume: 169 Page(s): 1332 - 1334
    07/27/2009 Authors: Budnitz DS
  • Medication use leading to emergency department visits for adverse drug events in older adults.
    Ann Intern Med Volume: 147 Page(s): 755 - 765
    12/04/2007 Authors: Budnitz DS; Shehab N; Kegler SR; Richards CL
  • Outpatient drug safety: new steps in an old direction.
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf Volume: 16 Page(s): 160 - 165
    02/01/2007 Authors: Budnitz DS; Layde PM
  • National surveillance of emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events.
    JAMA Volume: 296 Page(s): 1858 - 1866
    10/18/2006 Authors: Budnitz DS; Pollock DA; Weidenbach KN; Mendelsohn AB; Schroeder TJ; Annest JL
  • Emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events: demonstration for a national surveillance system.
    Ann Emerg Med Volume: 45 Page(s): 197 - 206
    02/01/2005 Authors: Budnitz DS; Pollock DA; Mendelsohn AB; Weidenbach KN; McDonald AK; Annest JL
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