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Daniel Haight, MD, FACP, FSHEA

Daniel Haight, MD, FACP, FSHEA, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, CMD

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, USF Morsani College of Medicine

Vice President of Community Health, Lakeland Regional Health

Medical Director, Infection Prevention, Lakeland Regional Health

Certified Medical Director, Post-Acute Long-Term Care Facilities

Contact Info

Education

  • 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

  • Recognized as a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA - 2024)
  • Poster Presentation 3rd Place (Second Annual Central Florida Research Symposium - 2024)
  • Distinguished Partner Recognition to LRH Team (Member of Team) (American Cancer Society’s Hospital Systems Capacity Building Project HPV Vaccine Effort Supported by the US Centers for Disease Prevention - 2023)
  • 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

  • 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)
  • Member (Bioterrorism Preparedness Advisory Committee, Florida Dept. of Health, 2002 - 2012)
  • Medical Consultant (American Red Cross Local Disaster Health Services, 1999 - 2012)

Recent Publications

  • Khanani AA and Haight DO ShopTalk – Barbers as partners in health promotion: reviewing social determinants of health, revisiting cardiology pioneers, and moving forward. American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research and Practice, Elsevier. 43, 2024.
  • Khanani, AA, Haight DO ShopTalk — Barbers as Partners in Health Promotion: Revisiting Cardiology Pioneers and Moving Forward . Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Central Florida Multidisciplinary Research Symposium, Lakeland Regional Health. 3rd place award, 2024.
  • Farahvashi P, Loveday V, Haight DO, Bizanti A Facing Monkeypox Poster presented at the Inaugural Central Florida Multidisciplinary Research Symposium, Lakeland Regional Health. , 2023.
  • 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 OutpatientsWith Clinically Stable Symptomatic COVID-19: The ACTIV-4B Randomized ClinicalTrial JAMA. 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.
  • 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.
  • Haight D. Flu Shot Choices Central Florida Medical News. , 2012.
  • 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, 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.
  • 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.

Positions Held

  • Former Medical Director (Florida Presbyterian Homes, INC 2021 - 2025)
  • Former Director (Florida Department of Health in Polk County, 1996 - 2012)