Daniel Scott Dodson, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
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Locations and Contact
Phone: 916-734-3112
Additional Numbers
Clinic Fax
Clinic Referral Phone
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Philosophy of Care
Medical care is a partnership between patients, families, and care providers. I believe in keeping patients and families fully informed and working together to provide the best possible care for every patient.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Dodson specializes in care of infectious diseases in children. He has experience with a variety of acute and chronic conditions and cares for patients with impaired immunity.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Dodson's academic interests focus on optimizing antimicrobial use in all clinical settings with a special emphasis in pediatric care settings outside of academic hospitals. He has worked with community hospitals, including critical access hospitals, to better understand and improve antimicrobial stewardship for pediatric patients.
Division
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Center/Program Affiliation
Undergraduate School
B.S., Brigham Young University, Provo UT 2008
Medical School
M.D., University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor MI 2015
Other School
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles CA 2012
Internship
Pediatrics, University of Utah/Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City UT 2015-2016
Residency
Pediatrics, University of Utah/Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City UT 2016-2018
Fellowship
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora CO 2018-2021
Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial stewardship and Public health (LEAP) Fellow, Sponsored by the CDC, 2020, 2021
Dodson DS, Heizer HR, Gaensbauer JT. Sequential Intravenous-Oral Therapy for Pediatric Streptococcus anginosus Intracranial Infections.Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 6;9(1):ofab628. eCollection 2022 Jan.
Dodson DS, Dominguez SR, MacBrayne CE, Williams MC, Parker SK. Vancomycin-Nonsusceptible Enterococci Mediated by vanC at a Large Children's Hospital: Prevalence, Susceptibility, and Impact on Care of Enterococcal Bacteremia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 May 6;7(5):ofaa160. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa160. PMID:32478121.
Dodson DS, Goldenberg AJ, Davis MM, Singer DC, Tarini BA. Parent and public interest in whole-genome sequencing. Public Health Genomics. 2015;18(3):151-9. doi:10.1159/000375115. Epub 2015 Mar 6. PMID:25765282.