Paul Cornia, MD | Division of General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

Medicine

Director, VA Hospitalist Service and Preoperative Medicine Consult Clinic

Section Head for Hospital Medicine, VA Puget Sound

Faculty Information

Biography

Education & Training:

Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine

Cleveland, OH

1992–1996

Residency in Internal Medicine

University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals

Seattle, WA

1996–1999

Chief Residency in Medicine

Seattle VA Medical Center

Seattle, WA

1999–2000

Honors:

Alpha Omega Alpha

1996

Robert Petersdorf Award

2011

Contact

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Research & Clinical Interests

Clinical Interests:

Perioperative medicine
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Diabetic foot infection

Publications

Publications:

Cornia PB, Amory JK, Fraser S, Saint S, Lipsky BA. Computer-based order entry decreases duration of indwelling urinary catheterization in hospitalized patients. Am J Med. 2003; 114 (5):404–7. PMID: 12714131.
Cornia PB, Lipsky BA, Dhaliwal G, Saint S. Clinical problem-solving: Red snapper or Crab? N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 1443–8.
Cornia PB, Lipsky BA, Saint S, Gonzales R. Nothing to cough at. N Engl J Med. 2007; 357: 1432–7.
Cornia PB, Hersh AL, Lipsky BA, Newman TB, Gonzales R. Does this coughing adolescent or adult patient have pertussis? JAMA. 2010; 304(8): 890–6. PMID: 20736473.
Lipsky BA, Berendt AR, Cornia PB, et al. Executive summary: 2012 IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for The Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2012; 54(12): 1679–84. PMID: 22619239.
Cornia PB, Lipsky BA. Chronic Cough. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jan 12;376(2):183. PubMed PMID: 28079336.