Emily Cartwright

Department of Medicine
Associate Professor

emily.jeanne.cartwright@emory.edu

Overview

Emily J. Cartwright, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She is the Director of the Hepatitis C program at the Atlanta VA health care system and serves as a consultant to the Strategy and Implementation Unit in the Division of Viral Hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She received her BS degree from Washington University in St. Louis and her Medical Doctorate degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship at Emory University. She was an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her clinical and research interests focus on the treatment and prevention of chronic hepatitis C infection including in persons living with HIV. In her research, she seeks to utilize innovation in health care delivery systems to improve screening, management, and cure of patients with chronic hepatitis C and measure the long-term impact of chronic hepatitis C infection on health outcomes.

Academic Appointment

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University

Education

Degrees

Medical Doctor from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Bachelors of Science from Washington University in St. Louis

Research

Publications

Analysis of Repeat Hepatitis C Viremia After Sustained Virologic Response in a Large Cohort of U.S. Veterans.
Clin Infect Dis
01/09/2025 Authors: Matelski A; Gregoire B; Beste LA; Varley CD; Lowy E; Cartwright EJ; Morgan TR; Ross DB; Rozenberg-Ben-Dror K; Maier MM
Success of the US Veterans Health Administration's Hepatitis C Virus Care Continuum in the Direct-acting Antiviral Era.
Clin Infect Dis Volume: 78 Page(s): 1571 - 1579
06/14/2024 Authors: Varley CD; Lowy E; Cartwright EJ; Morgan TR; Ross DB; Rozenberg-Ben-Dror K; Beste LA; Maier MM
CDC's New Hepatitis C Virus Testing Recommendations for Perinatally Exposed Infants and Children: A Step Towards Hepatitis C Elimination.
J Womens Health (Larchmt) Volume: 33 Page(s): 695 - 701
06/01/2024 Authors: Panagiotakopoulos L; Miele K; Cartwright EJ; Kamili S; Furukawa N; Woodworth K; Tong VT; Kim SY; Wester C; Sandul AL
Opportunities for Enhanced Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Through Improved Screening and Testing Efforts.
J Infect Dis Volume: 229 Page(s): S350 - S356
05/08/2024 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Patel PR
Advancing Hepatitis C Elimination through Opt-Out Universal Screening and Treatment in Carceral Settings, United States.
Emerg Infect Dis Volume: 30 Page(s): S80 - S87
04/01/2024 Authors: McNamara M; Furukawa N; Cartwright EJ
Associations Between HIV and Severe Mpox in an Atlanta Cohort.
J Infect Dis Volume: 229 Page(s): S234 - S242
03/26/2024 Authors: Aldred B; Scott JY; Aldredge A; Gromer DJ; Anderson AM; Cartwright EJ; Colasanti JA; Hall B; Jacob JT; Kalapila A
Early Tecovirimat Treatment for Mpox Disease Among People With HIV.
JAMA Intern Med Volume: 184 Page(s): 275 - 279
03/01/2024 Authors: Aldred B; Lyles RH; Scott JY; Gromer DJ; Aldredge A; Workowski KA; Wiley Z; Titanji BK; Szabo B; Sheth AN
Increased Vaccine Uptake Among Eligible Patients at a Veterans Affairs Hospital Through an Inpatient COVID-19 Vaccination Program, Atlanta, Georgia, 2021.
Public Health Rep Volume: 139 Page(s): 94 - 101
01/01/2024 Authors: Fujita AW; Goolsby TA; Powell KM; Cartwright EJ
Alcohol Use and Sustained Virologic Response to Hepatitis C Virus Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy.
JAMA Netw Open Volume: 6 Page(s): e2335715
09/05/2023 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Pierret C; Minassian C; Esserman DA; Tate JP; Goetz MB; Bhattacharya D; Fiellin DA; Justice AC; Lo Re V
Using Active Surveillance to Identify Monoclonal Antibody Candidates Among COVID-19-Positive Veterans in the Atlanta VA Health Care System.
Fed Pract Volume: 40 Page(s): 304 - 308
09/01/2023 Authors: DeSilva KE; Paras AT; Goolsby TA; Chan BJ; Epstein LH; Harris NM; Cartwright EJ; Moanna A; Oliver NT
Updated Operational Guidance for Implementing CDC's Recommendations on Testing for Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Volume: 72 Page(s): 766 - 768
07/14/2023 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Patel P; Kamili S; Wester C
Hepatitis C care cascade in a large academic healthcare system, 2012 to 2018.
Medicine (Baltimore) Volume: 102 Page(s): e32859
03/10/2023 Authors: Nakayama J; Hertzberg VS; Ho JC; Simpson RL; Cartwright EJ
Treating Hepatitis C in Individuals With Previous Incarceration: The Veterans Health Administration, 2012-2019.
Am J Public Health Volume: 113 Page(s): 162 - 165
02/01/2023 Authors: Hawks L; Wang EA; Butt AA; Crystal S; Keith McInnes D; Re VL; Cartwright EJ; Puglisi LB; Haque LYK; Lim JK
Association Between Alcohol Use Disorder and Receipt of Direct-Acting Antiviral Hepatitis C Virus Treatment.
JAMA Netw Open Volume: 5 Page(s): e2246604
12/01/2022 Authors: Haque LY; Fiellin DA; Tate JP; Esserman D; Bhattacharya D; Butt AA; Crystal S; Edelman EJ; Gordon AJ; Lim JK
Safe co-administration of direct-acting antivirals and direct oral anticoagulants among patients with hepatitis C virus infection: An international multicenter retrospective cohort study.
J Viral Hepat Volume: 29 Page(s): 1073 - 1078
12/01/2022 Authors: McDaniel K; Utz AE; Akbashev M; Fuller KG; Boyle A; Davidson K; Marra F; Shah S; Cartwright EJ; Arora AA
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes in men with HIV.
AIDS Volume: 36 Page(s): 1689 - 1696
10/01/2022 Authors: Li G; Park LS; Lodi S; Logan RW; Cartwright EJ; Aoun-Barakat L; Casas JP; Dickerman BA; Rentsch CT; Justice AC
Diagnosis and Clinical Manifestations of Acute Hepatitis C Infection in People Living with HIV.
AIDS Patient Care STDS Volume: 36 Page(s): 172 - 177
05/01/2022 Authors: O'Shea J; Oliver N; Cartwright EJ
Outcomes using direct-acting antiviral hepatitis-C treatment in older versus younger Veterans.
J Am Geriatr Soc Volume: 69 Page(s): 3602 - 3607
12/01/2021 Authors: Blanquicett CJ; Raavi T; Mirk A; Johnson TM; Jaglal M; Cartwright EJ
Brucellosis Initially Misidentified as Ochrobactrum anthropi Bacteremia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 8 Page(s): ofab473
10/01/2021 Authors: Gopalsamy SN; Ramakrishnan A; Shariff MM; Gabel J; Brennan S; Drenzek C; Farley MM; Gaynes RP; Cartwright EJ
Predictors of progression through the cascade of care to a cure for hepatitis C patients using decision trees and random forests.
Comput Biol Med Volume: 134 Page(s): 104461
07/01/2021 Authors: Nakayama JY; Ho J; Cartwright E; Simpson R; Hertzberg VS
THE HCV TREATMENT CASCADE BY INCARCERATION STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT HIV
Volume: 36 Page(s): S174 - S174
07/01/2021 Authors: Hawks L; Wang E; Butt A; Crystal S; McInnes K; Lo Re V; Lim J; Cartwright E; Puglisi L; McGinnis KA
Using vibration controlled transient elastography and FIB-4 to assess liver cirrhosis in a hepatitis C virus infected population.
Medicine (Baltimore) Volume: 100 Page(s): e26200
06/11/2021 Authors: Saleem N; Miller LS; Dadabhai AS; Cartwright EJ
Hepatitis C Care Continuum in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Positive Cohort: Data From the HIV Atlanta Veterans Affairs Cohort Study.
Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 7 Page(s): ofaa085
04/01/2020 Authors: Adekunle RO; DeSilva K; Cartwright EJ
Metabolic Syndrome in HIV/HCV Co-infected Patients.
Curr Treat Options Infect Dis Volume: 11 Page(s): 351 - 371
12/01/2019 Authors: Collins LF; Adekunle RO; Cartwright EJ
Provider verification of electronic health record receipt and nonreceipt of direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection.
Ann Epidemiol Volume: 28 Page(s): 808 - 811
11/01/2018 Authors: Rentsch CT; Cartwright EJ; Gandhi NR; Brown ST; Rodriguez-Barradas MC; Goetz MB; Marconi VC; Gibert CL; Re VL; Fiellin DA
Receipt and virologic outcomes of HCV direct-acting antivirals by alcohol use and HIV status
Volume: 27 Page(s): 94 - 95
08/01/2018 Authors: Rentsch CT; Esserman DA; Cartwright EJ; Tate JP; Fiellin DA; Justice AC; Lo Re V
Acute Kidney Injury in a Patient on Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate After Initiation of Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 5 Page(s): ofy189
08/01/2018 Authors: Serota DP; Franch HA; Cartwright EJ
Prevalence of baseline NS5A resistance associated substitutions in a real world cohort of veterans with chronic genotype 1 HCV infection
Volume: 68 Page(s): S298 - S298
04/01/2018 Authors: Oliver N; Levy S; Cartwright EJ
An evaluation of a bucket chlorination campaign during a cholera outbreak in rural Cameroon.
Waterlines Volume: 37 Page(s): 266 - 279
01/01/2018 Authors: Murphy J; Cartwright E; Johnson B; Ayers T; Worthington W; Mintz ED
Treatment of Hepatitis C with Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir in Elderly Veterans
Volume: 65 Page(s): S100 - S100
05/01/2017 Authors: Blanquicett CJ; Mirk A; Cartwright E
Efficacy of Sofosbuvir Plus Ribavirin in Veterans With Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 2 Infection, Compensated Cirrhosis, and MultipleComorbidities.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol Volume: 15 Page(s): 282 - 288
02/01/2017 Authors: Ho SB; Monto A; Peyton A; Kaplan DE; Byrne S; Moon S; Copans A; Rossaro L; Roy A; Le H
Do coinfection patients with HIV/HCV respond differently to new hepatitis C treatments than HCV monoinfected patients? Data from HAVACS and the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Volume: 53 Page(s): 78 - 78
12/01/2016 Authors: Guest J; Rai R; Cartwright E
A Multistate Investigation of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype I 4,[5],12:i:- Infections as Part of an International Outbreak Associated with Frozen Feeder Rodents.
Zoonoses Public Health Volume: 63 Page(s): 62 - 71
02/01/2016 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Nguyen T; Melluso C; Ayers T; Lane C; Hodges A; Li X; Quammen J; Yendell SJ; Adams J
Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation During Successful Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus With Sofosbuvir and Simeprevir.
Clin Infect Dis Volume: 61 Page(s): 1304 - 1306
10/15/2015 Authors: Collins JM; Raphael KL; Terry C; Cartwright EJ; Pillai A; Anania FA; Farley MM
Hepatitis C virus screening practices and seropositivity among US veterans born during 1945 - 1965.
BMC Res Notes Volume: 7 Page(s): 449
07/14/2014 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Rentsch C; Rimland D
Diarrheal illness among US residents providing medical services in Haiti during the cholera epidemic, 2010 to 2011.
J Travel Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 55 - 57
01/01/2014 Authors: Schilling KA; Cartwright EJ; Stamper J; Locke M; Esposito DH; Balaban V; Mintz E
Recurrent epidemic cholera with high mortality in Cameroon: persistent challenges 40 years into the seventh pandemic.
Epidemiol Infect Volume: 141 Page(s): 2083 - 2093
10/01/2013 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Patel MK; Mbopi-Keou FX; Ayers T; Haenke B; Wagenaar BH; Mintz E; Quick R
Pichia anomala (Candida pelliculosa) fungemia in a patient with sickle cell disease.
Mycopathologia Volume: 176 Page(s): 273 - 277
10/01/2013 Authors: Chan AW; Cartwright EJ; Reddy SC; Kraft CS; Wang YF
Novel drugs in the management of difficult-to-treat hepatitis C genotypes.
Hepat Med Volume: 5 Page(s): 53 - 61
01/01/2013 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Miller L
Listeriosis outbreaks and associated food vehicles, United States, 1998-2008.
Emerg Infect Dis Volume: 19 Page(s): 1 - 9
01/01/2013 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Jackson KA; Johnson SD; Graves LM; Silk BJ; Mahon BE
Vibrio mimicus infection associated with crayfish consumption, Spokane, Washington, 2010.
J Food Prot Volume: 75 Page(s): 762 - 764
04/01/2012 Authors: Kay MK; Cartwright EJ; Maceachern D; McCullough J; Barzilay E; Mintz E; Duchin JS; Macdonald K; Turnsek M; Tarr C
Impact of integration of hygiene kit distribution with routine immunizations on infant vaccine coverage and water treatment and handwashing practices of Kenyan mothers.
J Infect Dis Volume: 205 Suppl 1 Page(s): S56 - S64
03/01/2012 Authors: Briere EC; Ryman TK; Cartwright E; Russo ET; Wannemuehler KA; Nygren BL; Kola S; Sadumah I; Ochieng C; Watkins ML
Integration of routine vaccination and hygiene interventions: a comparison of 2 strategies in Kenya.
J Infect Dis Volume: 205 Suppl 1 Page(s): S65 - S76
03/01/2012 Authors: Ryman TK; Briere EC; Cartwright E; Schlanger K; Wannemuehler KA; Russo ET; Kola S; Sadumah I; Nygren BL; Ochieng C
Rapid assessment of cholera-related deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010.
Emerg Infect Dis Volume: 17 Page(s): 2139 - 2142
11/01/2011 Authors: Routh JA; Loharikar A; Fouch M-DB; Cartwright EJ; Roy SL; Ailes E; Archer WR; Tappero JW; Roels TH; Dahourou G
Risk factors early in the 2010 cholera epidemic, Haiti.
Emerg Infect Dis Volume: 17 Page(s): 2136 - 2138
11/01/2011 Authors: O'Connor KA; Cartwright E; Loharikar A; Routh J; Gaines J; Fouch M-DB; Jean-Louis R; Ayers T; Johnson D; Tappero JW
Transmission of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (formerly Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) to tissue-allograft recipients: a report of two cases.
J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume: 92 Page(s): 1501 - 1506
06/01/2010 Authors: Cartwright EJ; Prabhu RM; Zinderman CE; Schobert WE; Jensen B; Noble-Wang J; Church K; Welsh C; Kuehnert M; Burke TL
Pleural effusion in a patient with AIDS.
Clin Infect Dis Volume: 46 Page(s): 1887 - 1927
06/15/2008 Authors: Cartwright E; Rouphael N; Jain S; Ilksoy N

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