Biosketch

Dr. David Henderson is deputy director for clinical care and associate director for quality assurance and hospital epidemiology at the NIH Clinical Center. He first came to NIH in 1979 as the hospital epidemiologist, a position he still holds.

His research focuses on the risks of occupational infection with blood-borne infectious diseases and the threat of emerging infections to public health.

After earning his medical degree from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr. Henderson completed an internship and residency in internal medicine and a two-year fellowship in infectious diseases at Harbor-UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) Medical Center. Subsequently, he was assistant professor of medicine at UCLA School of Medicine.

Dr. Henderson has received three NIH Director's Awards. He has also merited a Public Health Service Special Recognition Award, a CC Director's Award, a Director's Merit Award for Significant Achievement from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary's Distinguished Service Award, received from former HHS secretary Tommy Thompson.

An invited speaker internationally, Dr. Henderson also is a frequent invited consultant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as dozens of book chapters. His membership in medical organizations focuses particularly on those with involvement in infectious diseases, epidemiology, and AIDS. He is a member of both the Public Policy Committee and the Bioterrorism Subcommittee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Awards

Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001; NIH Director’s Award, 2001,1998, and 1992; Director’s Merit Award for Significant Achievement, National Institute for Mental Health, 2001; Clinical Center Director’s Award, 1998; fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1992; fellow, American College of Physicians, 1989

Selected Publications

BOOKS/BOOK CHAPTERS

Henderson DK. Chapter 5.02b. Preventing occupational infection with the human immunodeficiency virus in the healthcare environment. In Powderly WG and Cohen J (Eds): Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed. Mosby, London, England, UK 2003, 1217-22.

Henderson DK, Gerberding JL. Occupational and nonoccupational exposure management. . In Dolin R, Masur H, and Saag MS (Eds): AIDS Therapy, 2nd ed.. Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia PA, 2003.327-46.

Henderson DK, Beekmann SE. Chapter 78: Nosocomial viral hepatitis in health-care workers. In, Mayhall CG (Ed): Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, 3rd Edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2004, 1337-60.

Beekmann SE, Henderson DK. Chapter 79: Nosocomial human immunodeficiency virus infection in health-care workers. In, Mayhall CG (Ed): Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, 3rd Edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2004, 1361-79.

Beekmann SE, Henderson DK. Bacteremia due to percutaneous intravascular devices. Chapter 300. In, Mandell GL, Bennett JE , and Dolin R (Eds): Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 6th Edition Elsevier, Churchill, Livingstone New York, 2005, 3347-61.

Henderson DK. Nosocomial herpesvirus infections. Chapter 305, In, Mandell GL, Bennett JE , and Dolin R (Eds): Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 6th Edition Elsevier, Churchill, Livingstone New York, 2005, 3409-20.

Henderson DK, Gerberding JL. Human immunodeficiency irus in healthcare settings. Chapter 304, In, Mandell GL, Bennett JE , and Dolin R (Eds): Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 6th Edition Elsevier, Churchill, Livingstone New York, 2005.

Henderson DK. Hospital preparedness for emerging and highly contagious infectious diseases. Chapter 14, In, Mandell GL, Bennett JE , and Dolin R (Eds): Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 6th Edition Churchill, Livingstone New York, 2005, 192-202.

Henderson DK, Employee Health/Occupational Medicine, Biosafety, and Infection Control. Chapter 21, In, Lautenbach E , and Woeltje K (Eds): Practical Handbook for Hospital Epidemiologists. 2nd Edition Charles B. Slack Thorofare, NJ, 2004, 241-57.

Henderson DK, Fishman NO. Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Chapter 305. In, Goldman L, and Bennett JC, (Eds): Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 22nd Edition. Elsevier Pu

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Henderson DK, Bennett JE, Huber M. Long-lasting, specific immunologic unresponsiveness associated with cryptococcosis. J Clin Invest 1982;69:1185-90.

Henderson DK, Saah AJ, Zak BJ, et al. Risk of nosocomial infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus-III (HTLV-III) in a large cohort of intensively exposed health care workers. Ann Intern Med 1986;104:644-7.

Fahey BJ, Koziol DE, Banks SM, Henderson DK. Frequency of nonparenteral occupational exposures to blood and body fluids before and after universal precautions training. Amer J Med 1991;90:145-53.

Gerberding JL, Henderson DK. Managing occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens: Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus. Clinical Infect Dis 1992;14:1179-85.

Lee L, Anderson V, Piringer P, Boone J. Henderson DK. An epidemiologic approach to quality improvement, quality assurance and clinical research. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1992;13:545-52.

Henderson DK. Postexposure antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis: embracing risk for safety’s sake. N Engl J Med 1997;337(21):1542-3.

Henderson DK. Postexposure chemoprophylaxis for occupational exposures to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. JAMA 1999; 281(10):931-6.

Lee LM, Henderson DK. Tolerability of Postexposure Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for Occupational Exposures to HIV, Drug Safety 2001: 24(8); 587-97.

Henderson DK. Managing occupational risks for hepatitis C transmission in the healthcare setting. Clin Microbiol Rev 2003;16(3):546-68.

Henderson DK. Preventing nosocomial transmission of resistant organisms—managing methicillin-resistant staphylococci as a paradigm. Amer J Med. 2006; 119;65: 45-52.