Michael Ohl, MD, MSPH
Professor of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Introduction
Our work focuses on the development, evaluation, and implementation of strategies for delivering team-based health care and prevention services in rural settings, where resources are often limited. We are particularly interested in delivery systems that combine telehealth, integrated electronic health records, population registries, and innovative models for inter-professional collaboration. Current projects center on care for persons with HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with the Iowa Department of Public Health, we are also implementing and evaluating a telehealth model for delivering HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in rural areas of Iowa ("Iowa TelePrEP").
Dr. Ohl is also an investigator with the Center for Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) and the Rural Health Resource Center at the Iowa City VA.
Current Positions
- Professor of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases
- Section Chief, Infectious Diseases, Iowa City VA Healthcare System
Education
- MD, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
- Resident, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
- Fellow, Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Fellow, Health Services Research, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- MSPH, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
Licenses & Certifications
- Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
- Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
- Certification, American Board of Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine
Selected Publications
- Vaughan Sarrazin, M. S., Ohl, M. E., Richardson, K. K., Asch, S. M., Gifford, A. L. & Bokhour, B. G. (2018). Patient and Facility Correlates of Racial Differences in Viral Control for Black and White Veterans with HIV Infection in the Veterans Administration. AIDS patient care and STDs 32 (3) 84-91. DOI: 10.1089/apc.2017.0213. PMID: 29620926.
- van Epps, P., Maier, M., Lund, B., Howren, M. B., Beck, B., Beste, L., Skolnik, A., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M. & Ohl, M. E. (2018). Medication Adherence in a Nationwide Cohort of Veterans Initiating Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to Prevent HIV Infection. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 77 (3) 272-278. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001598. PMID: 29210835.
- Goto, M., Perencevich, E. N. & Ohl, M. E. (2018). Immortal Time Bias in Assessing Evidence-Based Care Processes for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia-Reply. JAMA internal medicine 178 (2) 296. DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7950. PMID: 29404616.
- Mosher, H., Zhou, Y., Thurman, A. L., Sarrazin, M. V. & Ohl, M. E. (2017). Trends in Hospitalization for Opioid Overdose among Rural Compared to Urban Residents of the United States, 2007-2014. Journal of hospital medicine 12 (11) 925-929. DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2793. PMID: 29091981.
- Goto, M., McDanel, J. S., Jones, M. M., Livorsi, D. J., Ohl, M. E., Beck, B. F., Richardson, K. K., Alexander, B. & Perencevich, E. N. (2017). Antimicrobial Nonsusceptibility of Gram-Negative Bloodstream Isolates, Veterans Health Administration System, United States, 2003-20131. Emerging infectious diseases 23 (11) 1815-1825. DOI: 10.3201/eid2311.161214. PMID: 29047423. PMCID: PMC5652419.
- Goto, M., Schweizer, M. L., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M. S., Perencevich, E. N., Livorsi, D. J., Diekema, D. J., Richardson, K. K., Beck, B. F., Alexander, B. & Ohl, M. E. (2017). Association of Evidence-Based Care Processes With Mortality in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at Veterans Health Administration Hospitals, 2003-2014. JAMA internal medicine 177 (10) 1489-1497. DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.3958. PMID: 28873140. PMCID: PMC5710211.
- McDanel, J. S., Roghmann, M. C., Perencevich, E. N., Ohl, M. E., Goto, M., Livorsi, D. J., Jones, M., Albertson, J. P., Nair, R., O'Shea AMJ & Schweizer, M. L. (2017). Comparative Effectiveness of Cefazolin Versus Nafcillin or Oxacillin for Treatment of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infections Complicated by Bacteremia: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 65 (1) 100-106. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix287. PMID: 28379314.
- Schafer, K. R., Albrecht, H., Dillingham, R., Hogg, R. S., Jaworsky, D., Kasper, K., Loutfy, M., MacKenzie, L. J., McManus, K. A., Oursler, K. A., Rhodes, S. D., Samji, H., Skinner, S., Sun, C. J., Weissman, S. & Ohl, M. E. (2017). The Continuum of HIV Care in Rural Communities in the United States and Canada: What Is Known and Future Research Directions. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 75 (1) 35-44. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001329. PMID: 28225437. PMCID: PMC6169533.
- Appenheimer, A. B., Bokhour, B., McInnes, D. K., Richardson, K. K., Thurman, A. L., Beck, B. F., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M., Asch, S. M., Midboe, A. M., Taylor, T., Dvorin, K., Gifford, A. L. & Ohl, M. E. (2017). Should Human Immunodeficiency Virus Specialty Clinics Treat Patients With Hypertension or Refer to Primary Care? An Analysis of Treatment Outcomes. Open forum infectious diseases 4 (1) ofx005. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx005. PMID: 28480278. PMCID: PMC5413997.
- Moeckli, J., Stewart, K. R., Ono, S., Alexander, B., Goss, T., Maier, M., Tien, P. C., Howren, M. B. & Ohl, M. E. (2016). Mixed-Methods Study of Uptake of the Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) Telemedicine Model for Rural Veterans With HIV. The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12200. PMID: 27557039.