Joel E. Mortensen, PhD
Title
Director, Diagnostic Infectious Diseases Testing Laboratory (Microbiology and Virology)
Appointment
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
Email
joel.mortensen@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-7328
Fax
513-636-8850
Credentials
BS: Biology, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, 1979
PhD: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1983
Residency: Accredited Postdoctoral Residence Program in Medical and Public Health Microbiology; Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Pathology, Houston, Texas 1983-85
Certification: Certified Laboratory Consultant, American Medical Technologists, 1998
Practice Location:
Main Campus of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Awards and Honors
- First Place Award 1993 National AMT Technical Writing Award, American Medical Technologists
- First Place Award 1994 National AMT Technical Writing Award, American Medical Technologists
- Marilyn Coward Award, Northern California Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, 2002
- Special Recognition Award, American Medical Technologists, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, July 2004
Research
In vitro activity of antimicrobial agents; clinical microbiology testing.
Publications, Most Recent
Mazzola G.J., J. E. Mortensen, L. A. Miller, and J. A. Poupard. The growth and survivability of Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates subjected to various environmental conditions.Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 153-164, 2003.
Mortensen, J.E, Case Six – A Laotian Man with a Cough. In Cases in Clinical Microbiology. Mortensen, J.E. (series editor). Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues. Vol. 5, No. 1. p. 164-169, 2003.
Mortensen, J.E. Antibacterial Agents: Mechanisms of Action, Mechanisms of Resistance. A Review Course. Colorado Association for Continuing Medical Laboratory Education, Denver, Colorado, 2003.
Mortensen, J.E., D. Blecker-Shelly. Case Seven – Central to the Issue. In Cases in Clinical Microbiology. Mortensen, J.E. (series editor). Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues. Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 222-226, 2003.
McNulty, C, G.L. Rodgers, J.E. Mortensen, An Overview of the Topical Antimicrobial Agents used in the Treatment of Burn Wounds.Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues. Vol. 6, No. 2. pp. 74-78, 2004.
Oefinger, P. M. Loffelholz, J.E. Mortensen. The Original Code Warriors: Basic Clinical Virology. A Review Course. Colorado Association for Continuing Medical Laboratory Education, Denver, Colorado, 2004.
Pfeffer, J., J.E. Mortensen. Case Ten – A Boy and his Dog. In Cases in Clinical Microbiology. Mortensen, J.E. (series editor). Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues. Vol. 6, No. 3. pp. 128-129, 2004.
Kruer, E.M., J.E. Mortensen. Case Eleven – Just Another Coag-Negative Staph. In Cases in Clinical Microbiology. Mortensen, J.E. (series editor). Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues. Vol. 7, No. 1. pp. 18-22, 2005.
Mortensen J.E., M. Bernier, L. D. Gray, S. Dolan, N.D. Hanson, E.S. Moland, B. Abdalhamid. New Quality Control Strain for use in Routine Testing for Production of Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamases by Enterobacteriaceae.Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol. 43 No. 5 p. 2545, 2005.
Zaoutis T.E., E. Foraker, K.L. McGowan, J. Mortensen, J. Campos, T.J. Walsh, J.E. Klein. Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida spp. Isolated from Pediatric Patients: A Survey of 4 Children's Hospitals.Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 52, pp. 295-298, 2005.
DeBurger B.A. and J.E. Mortensen. Quality Assurance at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center.Journal of Continuing Education: Topics and Issues. Vol. 8, No. 1. pp. 20-26, 2006.
Yoon S.S., R. Coakley, G.W. Lau, S.V. Lymar, B. Gaston, A.C. Karabulut, R.F. Hennigan, S. Hwang, G. Buettner, M.J. Schurr, J.E. Mortensen, J.L. Burns, D. Speert, R.C. Boucher and D.J. Hassett. Anaerobic killing of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa by acidified nitrite derivatives under cystic fibrosis airway conditions.Journal of Clinical Investigation vol. 116, pg. 436-446, 2006.
Abstracts, Most Recent
Mortensen, J.E., M. Bernier, L. Gray, S. Doland, E. S. Moland, B. Abdalhamid, N. D. Hanson; A New Quality Control Strain for Routine Testing for Production of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL). Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, September, 2003.
Reynolds, J. , J. E. Mortensen, J. Huppert. Utility of Trichomonas vaginalis culture in a Public Health setting. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, May 2004.
Mortensen, J.E., M. Gerrety, J. C. Reynolds. Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria meningitidis from Patients in the Cincinnati Tri-state Region (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana). American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, May 2004.
Gray, L.D., C. Steigler, P. Schifrin, J. E. Mortensen. Pilot Study of the Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria Routinely Isolated from Companion Animals in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, May 2004.
Srikant Iyer,B., M. Gerber, W. Pomerantz , J. E. Mortensen, R. Ruddy. The Effect of Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Influenza on the Management of Febrile Infants Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department. 2004 PAS and ESPR Annual Meetings. April 2004.
Stadler, L., J. E. Mortensen, C.Ventrola, M. A. Gerber. Impact of Introduction of the Heptavalent Conjugated Pneumococcal Vaccine (PCV-7) on Outpatient Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteremia in Children less than 3 Years of Age. 2004 PAS and ESPR Annual Meetings. April 2004.
Huppert J.S., H. Deitch , J. E. Mortensen , M. Staat, M. Gerber, P. Hillard. Epidemiology of Non-Sexually Transmitted Vulvar Ulcers in Pediatric and Adolescent Females, poster presentation at the Annual Clinical Meeting of the North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG), New Orleans, LA, May 19-21, 2005.
Gerrety, M. and J. E. Mortensen. Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus agalactiae from Patients in the Cincinnati Tri-state Region (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana). American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, June 2005.
DeBurger, B. and J. E. Mortensen. Automated Detection of Bacterial Growth in Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimens (CSF): Preliminary Studies using the Bactec 9240 System. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, June 2005.
Mortensen, J.E. and C. Ventrola. A Multi Center Evaluation of the ImmunoCard Stat!" RSV Test. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, June 2005.
Diorio, D., J.E. Mortensen, C. Ventrola and M. N. Nikiforova. Prevalence of Human Metapneumovirus in Pediatric Population: Detection by Real-Time RT-PCR and Nucleotide Sequencing. Annual Meeting of the Association of Molecular Pathology, 2006.
Presentations, Most Recent
"Cases in Clinical Microbiology," New Jersey Society for Clinical Laboratory Science – Spring Seminar, Iselin, New Jersey, April 9, 2003.
"What to do when there is No NCCLS Guidelines," New Jersey Society for Clinical Laboratory Science – Spring Seminar, Iselin, New Jersey, April 9, 2003.
"Microbiology in Pediatric Patients," West Virginia Regional Workshops, Pipestem, West Virginia, April 29, 2003.
"Cases in Clinical Microbiology," E.G. Scott Memorial Symposium, Wilmington, Delaware, Sept. 15, 2003.
"Update on STD Testing in Adolescents," Pediatric Grand Rounds, Paula Braverman, MD, Joel Mortensen, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, November, 2003.
"The Microbiology of Respiratory Specimens from Patients with CF," Pathology Grand Rounds, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2004.
"CF Microbiology," PSCLS National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 13, 2004.
"What's New in the 2004 NCCLS Antimicrobial Testing Standards?" PSCLS National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 13, 2004.
"What's New in the 2004 NCCLS Antimicrobial Testing Standards?" AMT National Meeting, Los Angeles, California, June 30, 2004.
"Cases in Clinical Microbiology," AMT National Meeting, Los Angeles, California, June 30, 2004.
"Microbiology of Cystic Fibrosis," Dade Days Regional Workshops - Dade MicroScan, Philadelphia, West Virginia, September 2004.
"Regional Laboratory Response Network," South Central Assoc. for Clinical Microbiology – Regional Meeting, Lawenceburg, Indiana, October 5, 2004.
"Pets, Vets, Humans and Antibiotics - Anything in Common," Cincinnati Regional Veterinary Association Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 23, 2004.
"Laboratory Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance," Regional Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, March, 2005.
"Emerging Issue and Organisms," AMT National Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, July 3, 2005.
"Things that Crawl in the Night," AMT National Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, July 3, 2005.
Grand Rounds in Clinical Laboratory Microbiology and Infectious Disease "Cases in a Pediatric Hospital" Audioteleconference for the Colorado Association for Continuing Medical Laboratory Education, July 27, 2005.
"Arthropods: ectoparasites and vectors" 23rd Annual Clinical Microbiology Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, March 10-11, 2006.
"Cases in Clinical Microbiology" 23rd Annual Clinical Microbiology Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, March 10-11, 2006.
Professional Organization Memberships
- South Central Association for Clinical Microbiology
- American Medical Technologists
- American Society for Microbiology
- Eastern Pennsylvania Branch,
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Public Health Association
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- South Central Association for Clinical Microbiology
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