Education

1989-1993 BS Siena College, Albany NY

1993-1997 DO New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury NY

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT.

Awards and Honors

2000 Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal

2002 Resident of the Year, Navy Chapter, American College of Physicians

2002 Recipient of the Neil Holland Award for excellence during residency

2003 Navy Achievement Medal

2005 Army Commendation Medal

2006 Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal

2011 Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal

2013 James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine

2014 Staff Teacher of the Year, Navy Chapter, American College of Physicians

2015 Master Clinician Award, WRNMMC Bethesda

2015 LTG Claire L Chennault Award, National Capitol Consortium 2015

Publications

Whitman TJ

, Ferguson MA, Decker CF. Cardiac Dysrhythmia following Smallpox Vaccination. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37:1579-1580.

Susi B, Whitman TJ, Burgess TH, Blazes DL, Martin GJ, Frileich D. Rapid Diagnostic Test for Plasmodium falciparum in 32 Marines Medically Evacuated from Liberia with a Febrile Illness. Ann Intern Med 2005; 142(6):476-7.

Hartzell J, Aronson N, Nagaraja S, Whitman TJ, Hawkes C, Wortmann G. Varicella Zoster Virus Meningitis Complicating Sodium Stibogluconate Treatment for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006; 74(4):591-592.

Whitman TJ, Richards AL, Paddock CD, Tamminga CL, Sniezek PJ, Jiang Ju, Byers DK, Sanders JW. Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia. Emerg Infect Dis 2007; 13(2):334-6.

Whitman TJ. Infection Control Challenges Related to War Wound Infections in the ICU Setting. J Trauma 2007; 62: S53.

Whitman TJ, Qasba SS, Timpone JG, Babel BS, Kasper MR, English JF, Sanders JW, Hujer KM, Hujer AM, Endimiani A, Eshoo MW, Bonomo RA. Occupational Transmission of Acinetobacter baumannii from a United States Serviceman Wounded in Iraq to a Health Care Worker. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 47:439-43.

Whitman TJ. Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Dis Mon 2008; 54(12):780-6.

Ake JA, Massung RF, Whitman TJ, Gleeson TD. Difficulties in the diagnosis and management of a US servicemember presenting with possible chronic Q fever. J Infect. 2010; 60(2):175-7.

Hospenthal DR, Crouch HK, English JF, Leach F, Pool J, Conger NG, Whitman TJ, Wortmann GW, Murray CK, Cordts PR, Gamble WB. Response to infection control challenges in the deployed setting: Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. J Trauma 2010; 69 Suppl 1:S94-101.

Whitman TJ, Coyne PE, Magill AJ, Blazes DL, Green MD, Milhous WK, Burgess TH, Freilich D, Tasker SA, Azar RG, Endy TP, Clagett CD, Deye GA, Shanks GD, Martin GJ. An Outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in U.S. Marines Deployed to Liberia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2010; 83(2): 258-265.

Huang XZ, Frye JG, Chahine MA, Cash DM, Barber MG, Babel BS, Kasper MR, Whitman TJ, Lindler LE, Bowden RA, Nikolich MP. Genotypic and Phenotypic Collelations of Multidrug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus Complex Strains Isolated from Patients at the National Naval Medical Center. J Clin Microbiol 2010; 48:4333-4336.

Whitman TJ, Herlihy RK, Schlett CD, Murray PR, PhD, Grandits GA, Ganesan A, Brown M, Mancuso JD, Adams WB, Tribble DR. Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Cloths to Prevent Skin and Soft-Tissue Infection in Marine Recruits: A Cluster-Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Effectiveness Trial. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010; 31(12):1207-1215.

Crum-Cianflone NF, Eberly LE, Duplessis C, Maguire J, Ganesan A, Faix D, Defange G, Bai Y, Iverson E, Lalani T, Whitman TJ, Blarie BJ, Brandt C, Macalino G, Burgess T. Immunogenicity of a Monovalent 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine in an Iummunocompromised Population: a Prospective Study Comparing HIV-Infected Adults with HIV-Uninfected Adults. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 52(1):138-46.

Crum-Cianflone NF, Iverson E, Defang G, Blair PJ, Eberly L, Maguire J, Md AG, Faix D, Duplessis C, Lalani T, Whitman TJ, Brandt C, Macalino G, Millar EV, Burgess T. Durability of antibody responses after receipt of the monovalent 2009 influenza A (H1N1) vaccine among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults. Vaccine. 2011 Apr 12;29(17):3183-91.

Hospenthal DR, Crouch HK, English JF, Leach F, Pool J, Conger NG, Whitman TJ, Wortmann GW, Robertson JL, Murray CK. Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Colonization of Combat-Injured Personnel at Admission to Medical Centers After Evacuation From Afghanistan and Iraq. J Trauma 2011:71:S52-S57.

Campo JJ, Whitman TJ, Freilich D, Burgess TH, Martin GJ, Dooland, DL. Toward a surrogate marker of malaria exposure: modeling longitudinal antibody measurements under outbreak conditions. PLoS One 2011;6(7):e21826. Epub 2011 Jul 27.

Murray CK, Obremskey WT, Hsu JR, Andersen RC, Calhoun JH, Clasper JC, Whitman TJ, Curry TK, Fleming ME, Wenke JC, Ficke JR; Prevention of Combat-Related Infections Guidelines Panel. Prevention of infections associated with combat-related extremity injuries. J Trauma 2011;71(2Suppl 2):S235-57.

Hospenthal DR, Murray CK, Andersen RC, Bell RB, Calhoun JH, Cancio LC, Cho JM, Chung KK, Clasper JC, Colyer MH, Conger NG, Costanzo GP, Crouch HK, Curry TK, D'Avignon LC, Dorlac WC, Dunne JR, Eastridge BJ, Ficke JR, Fleming ME, Forgione MA, Green AD, Hale RG, Hayes DK, Holcomb JB, Hsu JR, Kester KE, Martin GJ, Moores LE, Obremskey WT, Petersen K, Renz EM, Saffle JR, Solomkin JS, Sutter DE, Tribble DR, Wenke JC,

Whitman TJ, Wiesen AR, Wortmann GW; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Surgical Infection Society. Guidelines for the prevention of infections associated with combat-related injuries: 2011 update: endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America; Surgical Infection Society J Trauma. 2011 Aug;71(2 Suppl 2):S210-34.

Jackson A, Stevenson L, Coggeshall P, Whitman TJ. A patient returning from Africa finds a mass imbedded in the skin of her right foot. Clin Infect Dis 2012 55: 1273-1274.

Whitman TJ, Schlett CD, Grandits GA, Millar EV, Mende K, Hospenthal D, Murray PR, Tribble DR. Chlorhexidine gluconate reduces transmission of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 among Marine recruits. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012; 33(8): 809-816.

Johnson MD, Schlett CD, Grandits GA, Mende K, Whitman TJ, Tribble DR, Hospenthal DR, Murray PR. Chlorhexidine does not Select for Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a Community Setting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012 Oct;33(10):1061-3.

Schlett CD, Grandits GA, Millar EV, Whitman TJ, Tribble DR. Marine Recruit Adherence in a Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Prevention Trial: Implications for Recruit Research and Public Health Application. Mil Med 2012 Nov;177(11):1335-42.

Ganesan A, Krantz EM, Huppler Hullsiek K, Riddle MS, Weintrob AC, Lalani T, Okulicz JF, Landrum M, Agan B, Whitman TJ, Ross MJ, Crum-Cianflone NF. Determinants of incident chronic kidney disease and progression in a cohort of HIV-infected persons with unrestricted access to health care. HIV Med 2013 Feb:14(1):65-76.

Drinkwater DC, Davidson-Moncada J, Heckendorn E, Myers J, Whitman TJ. A Patient with Ulcerated Nodules on His Face. Clin Infect Dis 2014;58(6):839, 901-902.

Wallace RM, Stanek D, Griese S, Krulak, D, Vora NM, Pacha L, Kan V, Said M, Williams C, Burgess TJ, Clausen SS, Austin C, Gabel J, Lehman M, Finelli LN, Selgaggi G, Joyce P, Gordin F, Benator D, Bettano A, Cersovsky S, Blackmore C, Jones SV, Buchanan BD, Fernandez AI, Dineli D, Agnes K Clark A, Gill J, Irmler M, Blythe D, Mitchel K, Whitman TJ, Zapor MJ, Sorich S, Witkop C, Jenkis P, Mora P, Droller D, Tuner, S, Dunn L, Willams P, Richards C, Ewing G, Chapman K, Corbitt C, Girimont T, Franka R, Feldman KA. A large scale, rapid public health response to rabies in an organ recipient and the previously undiagnosed organ donor. Zoonoses Public Health 2014 Mar 27.

Morgan MK, Whitman TJ, Cohen JI, Pittaluga S, Mitchum MD, Jarell D, Burgess TH. A Patient with Fever and Rash. Clin Infect Dis 2014;59(1):95, 136-137.

Ganesan A, Mesner O, Okulicz JF, O’Bryan T, Deiss RG, Lalani T, Whitman TJ, Weintrob AC, Macalino G, Agan BK. A Single Dose of Benzathine Penicillin G is as Effective as Multiple Doses of Benzathine Penicillin G for the Treatment of HIV-Infected Persons with Early Syphilis. Clin Infect Dis 2015;60(4):653-60.

Koren, M, Wang X, Blaylock JM, Okulicz JF, Whitman TJ, Deiss RG, Ferguson TM, O’Bryan TA, Sanchez JL, Lalani T, Agan BK, Macalino GE, Ganesan A. Brief report; The epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in a large cohort of HIV-infected patients, 2006-2014. MSMR 2016 Mar;23(3):11-5.

McGann P, Snesrud E, Maybank R, Corey, B, Ang AC, Clifford R, Hinkle M, Whitman T, Lesho E, Schaecher KE. Escherichia coli Harboring mrc-1 and blaCTX-M on a Novel IncF Plasmid: Frist report of mcr-1 in the USA. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016 Jun 20;60(7):4420-1.

Snesrud E, Ong AC, Corey B, Kwak YI, Clifford R, Gleeson T, Wood S, Whitman TJ, Lesho EP, Hinkle M, McGann P. Analysis of Serial Isolates of mcr-1-positive Escherichia coli Reveals a Highly Active ISApl1 Transposon. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017 Apr 24;61(5).

Perkins M, Bradley W, Lalani T, Agan B, Whitman T, Ferguson T, Okulicz J, Ganesan A. Prevalence of Post-Treatment Controller Phenotype is Rare in HIV-infected Persons after Stopping Antiretroviral Therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017 July ;75(3):364-369.

Lee T, Hutter J, Masel J, Joya C, Whitman, T. Guidelines for the Prevention of Travel-Associated Illness in Older Adults. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2017 3:10 DOI 10.1186/s40794-017-0054-0.

Lloyd BA, Murray CK, Shaikh F, Carson ML, Blyth DM, Schnaubelt ER, Whitman TJ, Tribble DR. Early infectious outcomes following addition of fluoroquinolone or aminoglycoside to posttrauma antibiotic prophylaxis in combat-related open fracture injuries. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2017 DOI 10.1097/TA