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Blake Buchan, PhD, DABMM

Professor

Locations

  • Pathology - Children's

Specialties

  • Microbiology

Languages

  • English

Education

  • PhD
  • DABMM-Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology

Biography

Dr. Buchan is a Professor in the Department of Pathology, ӰԺ, and the Director of Clinical Microbiology, Serology, and Molecular Infectious Disease at Children’s Wisconsin. In his role as Professor, Dr. Buchan participates in the education of Pathology Residents as well as Infectious Disease Fellows and Medical students during their rotations Microbiology and Molecular Pathology. He leads trainees in practical, didactic, and discussion sessions related to education in clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics. In his role as Director for Clinical Microbiology Dr. Buchan oversees all aspects of the clinical microbiology laboratory including test interpretation, review of daily results, and council of technologists. He provides consultation with clinicians to aid in appropriate laboratory utilization and serves on multiple hospital committees including Infection prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship. In addition, Dr. Buchan has an active research program, serving as Principal Investigator for numerous clinical trials involving novel diagnostic assays for the identification of bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens.

Research Interests

Molecular Diagnostics

MALDI-TOF

Publications

  • (Rivera F, Reeme A, Graham MB, Buchan BW, Ledeboer NA, Valley AM, Munoz-Price LS.) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Apr;43(4):454-460 PMID: 33985611 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105848855 05/15/2021

  • (Wolk DM, Young S, Whitfield NN, Reid JL, Thornberg A, Carroll KC, Buchan BW, Davis TE, Salimnia H.) J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Aug 18;59(9):e0248420 PMID: 34232066 PMCID: PMC8373019 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113721106 07/08/2021

  • (Buchan BW, Gerstbrein D, Cruz A, Hoff J, Sievert E, Ledeboer NA, Faron ML.) Am J Clin Pathol. 2021 Jun 17;156(1):24-33 PMID: 33940605 PMCID: PMC8135719 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85108387082 05/04/2021

  • (Buchan BW, Yao JD.) Clin Microbiol Newsl. 2021 Jun 01;43(11):89-96 PMID: 34035555 PMCID: PMC8138692 05/27/2021

  • (Abid MB, Chhabra S, Buchan B, Graham MB, Abedin S, Thapa B, D'Souza A, George B, Hamadani M.) Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2021 Mar;14(1):65-70 PMID: 33058787 PMCID: PMC7543702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092735525 10/16/2020

  • (Keegan J, Buchan BW, Ledeboer NA, Zhou Z, Hong JC, Graham MB, Munoz-Price LS.) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Mar;42(3):287-291 PMID: 32933595 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092160301 09/17/2020

  • (Sapozhnikov J, Huang A, Revolinski S, Ledeboer NA, Buchan BW.) Am J Clin Pathol. 2021 Feb 11;155(3):455-460 PMID: 32949141 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102099001 09/20/2020

  • (Buchan BW, Yao JD.) Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 1 June 2021;43(11):89-96 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85106928950 06/01/2021

  • (Buchan BW, Hoff JS, Gmehlin CG, Perez A, Faron ML, Munoz-Price LS, Ledeboer NA.) Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 Sep 08;154(4):479-485 PMID: 32687186 PMCID: PMC7454307 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85091263722 07/21/2020

  • (Muñoz-Price LS, Nattinger AB, Rivera F, Hanson R, Gmehlin CG, Perez A, Singh S, Buchan BW, Ledeboer NA, Pezzin LE.) JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Sep 01;3(9):e2021892 PMID: 32975575 PMCID: PMC7519420 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85091807867 09/26/2020

  • (McGee WM, Faron ML, Neil JR, Kronewitter SR, Buchan BW, Ledeboer NA, Stephenson JL Jr.) Clin Mass Spectrom. 2020 Aug;17:12-21 PMID: 34820520 PMCID: PMC8600995 07/18/2020

  • (McGee WM, Faron ML, Neil JR, Kronewitter SR, Buchan BW, Ledeboer NA, Stephenson JL.) Clinical Mass Spectrometry. August 2020;17:12-21 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089093667 08/01/2020