John Bonnewell, MD, MSc

Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Virology Laboratories
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

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Locations

Roswell Park Main Campus
1-800-ROSWELL (1-800-767-9355)

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Research Interests:

  • Clinical management and outcomes of sepsis in both high- and low-/middle-income countries, laboratory diagnosis and management of bloodstream infection, molecular diagnostics for bacteriology

Positions

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Assistant Professor of Oncology
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Virology Laboratories
  • Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
  • Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

Background

Education and Training

  • 2010-2014 - MD - University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
  • 2018-2020 - MSc - Global Health, Duke University, Durham, NC

Residency

  • 2014-2017 - Internal Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI

Fellowship

  • 2020-2021 - Medical Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
  • 2017-2020 - Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Board Certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases
  • American Board of Pathology - Medical Microbiology

Honors & Awards

  • 2019-2020 - Global Health Fellow, NIH Fogarty International Center

Publications

Bonnewell JP, Rubach MP, Madut DB, Carugati M, Maze MJ, Kilonzo KG, Lyamuya F, Marandu A, Kalengo NH, Lwezaula BF, Mmbaga BT, Maro VP, Crump JA. Performance Assessment of the Universal Vital Assessment Score vs Other Illness Severity Scores for Predicting Risk of In-Hospital Death Among Adult Febrile Inpatients in Northern Tanzania, 2016-2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2136398. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36398. PMID: 34913982; PMCID: PMC8678687.

Bonnewell JP, Crump JA, Egger JR, Sakita FM, Hertz JT, Kilonzo KG, Maro VP, Rubach MP. Sepsis in Northern Tanzania: A Prospective Observational Study of Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes for Adolescents and Adults With Sepsis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 14;12(1):ofae722. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae722. PMID: 39877396; PMCID: PMC11773359.

Bonnewell JP, Farrow L, Dicks KV, Cox GM, Stout JE. Geographic analysis of latent tuberculosis screening: A health system approach. PLoS One. 2020 Nov 9;15(11):e0242055. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242055. PMID: 33166372; PMCID: PMC7652260.

Bonnewell J, Magaziner S, Fava JL, Montgomery MC, Almonte A, Carey M, Chan PA. A survey of syphilis knowledge among medical providers and students in Rhode Island. SAGE Open Med. 2020 Feb 4;8:2050312120902591. doi: 10.1177/2050312120902591. PMID: 32110401; PMCID: PMC7000862.

Chen G, Herr M, Nowak J, Ho C, Almyroudis N, Attwood K, Bonnewell J, Walsh M, Segal B, Ross M, McCarthy P, Hahn T. Cytomegalovirus reactivation after CD19 CAR T-cell therapy is clinically significant. Haematologica. 2023 Feb 1;108(2):615-620. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281719. PMID: 36263844; PMCID: PMC9890024.