Fellowship, Infectious Disease, University of South Florida, 1996
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, 1994
MD, Medicine, University of South Florida, 1991
BS, Biology, University of South Florida, 1987
Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs
Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease
Awards/Honors
Inclusion into the Influenza Vaccination Honor Roll - Presented to Lakeland Regional Health (Immunization Action Coalition - 2019)
Certificate of recognition for contributions (Institute for Patient Safety, Discovery and Standard Work, Lakeland Regional Health - 2018)
Fellow, Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America - 2011)
Nine Awards 2001-2010 (Florida Tax Watch's Davis Productivity Award - 2010)
Fellow, American College of Physicians (American College of Physicians - 2009)
Secretary of Health Special Recognition (State of Florida - 2003)
Certificate of Commendation (Florida Department of Health - 2002)
Secretary of Health's Special Recognition (Florida Deparment of Health - 2002)
Elected to Membership (Omega Alpha, National Medical Honor Society - 1991)
Most Outstanding Medical Student in Internal Medicine (American College of Physicians - 1991)
Memberships
Member (Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Council USF IFAS Extension Polk County, 2017 - Present)
Member (Healthcare Information and Management Society, 2013 - Present)
Member (Hospital Financial Management Association, 2013 - Present)
Member (Florida Infectiou Disease Society, 2010 - Present)
Member (Bioterrorism Preparedness Advisory Committee, Florida Dept. of Health, 2002 - 2012)
Medical Consultant (American Red Cross Local Disaster Health Services, 1999 - 2012)
Fellow (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc., 1995 - Present)
Member (Infectious Disease Society, 1994 - Present)
Member (American Society of Internal Medicine, 1993 - Present)
Fellow (American College of Physicians, 1991 - Present)
Member (American Medical Association, 1987 - Present)
Recent Publications
Connors, Brooks, Sciurba, Krishnan, Bledsoe, Kindzelski, Baucom, Kirwan, Eng,
Martin, Zaharris, Everett, Castro, Shapiro, Lin, Hou, Pepine, Handberg, Haight, DO et, al Effect of Antithrombotic Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Outpatients
With Clinically Stable Symptomatic COVID-19: The ACTIV-4B Randomized Clinical
TrialJAMA. PMID: 34633405 PMCID: PMC8506296 doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.17272. 326(17) : 1703-1712, 2021.
Zeger L William J Haight D. Factors Associated with Hospital Length of Stay for Heart Failure (Abstract)QCOR 2018 Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions. : 263, 2018.
Reich JD, Haight D, Reich ZS. A comparison of the incidence of undiagnosed congenital heart disease in hospital born and home born children.Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine. , 2017.
Haight D. Flu Shot ChoicesCentral Florida Medical News. , 2012.
Vong S, Fiore AE, Haight DO, Li J, Borgsmiller N, Kuhnert W, Pinero F, Boaz K, Badsgard T, Mancini C, Nainan OV, Wiersma S, Bell BP. Vaccination in the county jail as a strategy to reach high risk adults during a community-based hepatitis A outbreak among methamphetamine drug users.Vaccine. 23(8) : 1021-8, 2005.
Ormerod LD, Larkin JA, Margo CA, Pavan PR, Menosky MM, Haight DO, Nadler JP, Yangco BG, Friedman SM, Schwartz R, Sinnott JT. Rapidly progressive herpetic retinal necrosis: a blinding disease characteristic of advanced AIDS.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 26(1) : 34-45; discussion 46-7, 1998.
Haight DO, Esperanza LE, Greene JN, Sandin RL, DeGregorio R, Spiers AS. Case report: cutaneous manifestations of cryptococcosis.The American journal of the medical sciences. 308(3) : 192-5, 1994.
Haight DO, Toney JF, Greene JN, Sandin RL, Vincent AL. Liver abscess following blunt trauma: a case report and review of the literature.Southern medical journal. 87(8) : 811-3, 1994.
Positions Held
Former Director (Florida Department of Health in Polk County, 1996 - 2012)