{"id":1062,"date":"2019-04-11T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/?page_id=1062"},"modified":"2019-04-11T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:35:01","slug":"infectious-diseases-lonks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/infectious-diseases-lonks\/","title":{"rendered":"Infectious Diseases – Investigators – Lonks"},"content":{"rendered":"

John R. Lonks, MD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"John Richard Lonks, MD, is currently Director of Infectious Diseases Inpatient Consult Service at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.<\/p>\n

He is Chair of the Infection Control Committee and Hospital Epidemiologist at The Miriam Hospital and Co-chair of the Lifespan Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee for The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Newport Hospital and Gateway Health. Infection Control interests include reducing nosocomial C. difficile<\/em>. Currently he is studying prior antibiotic exposure before the development of nosocomial C. difficile<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Lonks is Co-Director of the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases pathophysiology and anti-infective pharmacology course for the first-year medical students at the Warren Alpert Medical School. He is interested in innovative ways of teaching and learning.
\nHe has explored the mechanism of pneumococcal resistance, particularly as it pertains to macrolide antibiotics. This program has characterized the clinical failure of therapy with macrolides among individuals with invasive pneumococcus treated with macrolide antibiotics.<\/p>\n

Key Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glavis-Bloom J, Vasher S, Marmor M, Fine AB, Chan PA, Tashima KT, Lonks JR<\/strong>, Kojic EM. Candida and cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: a case of lead and native aortic valve endocarditis and literature review. Mycoses. 2015 Nov;58(11):637-41.<\/p>\n

Chan PA, Robinette A, Montgomery M, Almonte A, Cu-Uvin S, Lonks J<\/strong>, Chapin K, Kojic EM, Hardy E. Extragenital infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A Review of the Literature. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016:2016:5758387. Doi: 10.1155\/20166\/5758387.Epub 2016 Jun 5<\/p>\n

Rice LB, Desbonnet C, Tait-Kamradt A, Garcia-Solache M, Lonks J<\/strong>, Moon TM, D\u2019Andr\u00e9a \u00c9D, Page R, Peti W. Structural and Regulatory Changes in PBP4 Trigger Decreased \u00df-Lactam Susceptibility in Enterococcus faecalis. MBio. 2018 Apr 3;9(2). pii: e00361-18. doi: 10.1128\/mBio.00361-18.<\/p>\n

Hauser N, Cervera-Hernandez ME, Lonks J<\/strong>, Zaidi N. Rare but not forgotten: A case of meningitis due to ceftriaxone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. IDCases. 2018 Jan 31;11:73. doi: 10.1016\/j.idcr.2018.01.008. eCollection 2018.<\/p>\n

Lonks JR<\/strong>. Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship. RI Med J 2018 Jun1;101(5):35-37. <\/p>\n

Contact Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

John R. Lonks, MD
\nDirector, Inpatient Infectious Diseases Consult Service
\nHospital Epidemiologist
\nThe Miriam Hospital
\nAssociate Professor of Medicine
\nAlpert Medical School of Brown University
\n164 SUMMIT AVE
\nPROVIDENCE, RI, 02906
\nPhone: 401-793-4620
\nEmail: jlonks@lifespan.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Additional links of interest:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Profile at Brown.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John R. Lonks, MD John Richard Lonks, MD, is currently Director of Infectious Diseases Inpatient Consult Service at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is Chair of the Infection Control Committee and Hospital Epidemiologist at The Miriam Hospital and Co-chair of the Lifespan Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee for The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Newport Hospital and Gateway Health. Infection Control interests include reducing nosocomial C. difficile. Currently he is studying prior antibiotic exposure before the development of nosocomial C. difficile. Dr. Lonks is Co-Director of the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases pathophysiology and anti-infective pharmacology course for the first-year medical students at the Warren Alpert Medical School. He is interested in innovative ways of teaching and learning. He has explored the mechanism of pneumococcal resistance, particularly as it pertains to macrolide antibiotics. This program has characterized the clinical failure of therapy with macrolides among individuals with invasive pneumococcus treated with macrolide antibiotics. Key Publications: Glavis-Bloom J, Vasher S, Marmor M, Fine AB, Chan PA, Tashima KT, Lonks JR, Kojic EM. Candida and cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: a case of lead and native aortic valve endocarditis and literature review. Mycoses. 2015 Nov;58(11):637-41. Chan PA, Robinette A, Montgomery M, Almonte A, Cu-Uvin S, Lonks J, Chapin K, Kojic EM, Hardy E. Extragenital infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A Review of the Literature. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016:2016:5758387. Doi: 10.1155\/20166\/5758387.Epub 2016 Jun 5 Rice LB, Desbonnet C, Tait-Kamradt A, Garcia-Solache M, Lonks J, Moon TM, D\u2019Andr\u00e9a \u00c9D, Page R, Peti W. Structural and Regulatory Changes in PBP4 Trigger Decreased \u00df-Lactam Susceptibility in Enterococcus faecalis. MBio. 2018 Apr 3;9(2). pii: e00361-18. doi: 10.1128\/mBio.00361-18. Hauser N, Cervera-Hernandez ME, Lonks J, Zaidi N. Rare but not forgotten: A case of meningitis due to ceftriaxone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. IDCases. 2018 Jan 31;11:73. doi: 10.1016\/j.idcr.2018.01.008. eCollection 2018. Lonks JR. Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship. RI Med J 2018 Jun1;101(5):35-37. Contact Information: John R. Lonks, MD Director, Inpatient Infectious Diseases Consult Service Hospital Epidemiologist The Miriam Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine Alpert Medical School of Brown University 164 SUMMIT AVE PROVIDENCE, RI, 02906 Phone: 401-793-4620 Email: jlonks@lifespan.org Additional links of interest: Profile at Brown.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1062","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1062\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownmedicine.org\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}