Dan Uslan, MD & Paul Allyn, MD Appointed to New Leadership Roles within UCLA Health & Department of Medicine

The department of medicine (DoM) is pleased to announce that after seven years of leadership within the division of infectious diseases, Dan Uslan, MD will step down from his role as division clinical chief and assume the role of chief infection prevention officer at UCLA Health. Over the past seven years, Dr. Uslan has been instrumental in overseeing the growth of ID inpatient consult services, expanding community practices, and recruiting outstanding clinician educators on the tiered incentive plan. He developed the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Program (OPAT) at UCLA with the support of ambulatory care leadership, nursing and pharmacy. Additionally, he conceived, fundraised, and launched the UCLA Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.

Dr. Uslan’s research interests include infection prevention, antibiotic use, medical device infections such as that include pacemaker infections, and epidemiology of infections. His clinical interests include bloodstream infections, surgical infections, endocarditis and other cardiovascular infections, and neurological infections. He will continue to provide clinical care and mentorship in the division of infectious diseases in addition to his new role.