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Charles L. Daley, M.D.
Associate Professor

University of California San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital
Box 0841, Bldg NH 5K1
San Francisco, California 94143
phone: (415) 206-4694
fax: (415) 695-1551
email: cdaley@itsa.ucsf.edu

 


Dr. Daley received his M.D. degree from the University of Mississippi in 1983. He was a resident in Internal Medicine, chief resident, and pulmonary and critical care fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. In 1991, he joined the faculty at San Francisco General Hospital where he is Chief of the Pulmonary Clinic and Medical Director of the TB Training Center at the F. J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center. Dr. Daley is past-president of the California Tuberculosis Controllers Association and president-elect of the California Thoracic Society. His major academic interests include medical education and clinical and epidemiologic research with tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Research Interests

Tuberculosis continues to plague much of the world, killing more adults than any other infectious disease. The parallel pandemic of HIV infection has contributed to a resurgence of tuberculosis in many areas of the world. Moreover, in some areas, levels of multidrug resistant tuberculosis have reached alarming levels. A recent report by the Institute of Medicine has called for the development and evaluation of new diagnostic tests for latent tuberculosis infection and active disease as well as the development of new antituberculosis drugs, treatment regimens, and vaccines. Dr. Daley and his colleagues are actively involved in such studies of new diagnostic tests and treatment regimens.

Since 1999, Dr. Daley has been the San Francisco site director of a multicenter Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This consortium is currently involved in several clinical trials of new regimens, pharmacokinetic studies of antiretroviral agents and rifabutin, and a new rifapentine-based regimen for treatment of latent infection. Dr. Daley, along with Dr. Phil Hopewell and Dr. Chip Chambers (Chief of Infectious Diseases at SFGH), are also part of the NIH-funded Tuberculosis Research Unit (TBRU). Their role in this multicenter research group is to coordinate domestic Phase I and II clinical trials with new drugs and vaccine candidates.

Dr. Daley has coordinated the study of the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis with Phil Hopewell and Peter Small (Stanford) since 1993. By utilizing genotyping techniques, the group has written extensively about the transmission and pathogenesis of tuberculosis in San Francisco. The research group has now genotyped over 2000 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and has a large dataset that is available for analysis.

Medical Education Interests

Dr. Daley was a recipient of a Tuberculosis Academic Award, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insititute. The award was used to develop a curriculum in tuberculosis education at UCSF. In this regard, Dr. Daley developed an integrated curriculum and a large number of standardized test questions. As Medical Director of the CDC-funded TB Training Center at the F. J. Curry National TB Center, he has helped to develop a number of innovative education and training materials, including satellite courses, audiotapes, videotapes, CD-ROMs, and internet-based CME courses.

Dr. Daley coordinates a training program in International Tuberculosis Control that is funded by the Fogarty Foundation. This program, which is under the direction of Lee Riley at UC Berkeley, allows interested individuals from other countries to come to UCSF (and UCB) for 1-2 years for course work, clinical training, and research.

Recent Publications

Daley CL, Mugusi F, Chen L, et al. Pulmonary complications of HIV infection in Tanzania: role of bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;154:105-110.

Daley CL, Hahn JA, Moss A, Hopewell PC, Schecter GF. Incidence of tuberculosis in injection drug users in San Francisco. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;157:19-22.

Chin DP, De Riemer K, Small PM, Ponce de Leon A, Steinhart R, Schecter GF, Daley CL, Moss Ar, Paz A, Jasmer RM, Agasino CB, Hopewell PC. Interaction of factors contributing to the incidence of tuberculosis in San Francisco. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158:1797-1803.

DeRiemer K, Schecter GF, Hopewell PC, Daley CL. Epidemiology of tuberculosis diagnosed at death in San Francisco. Internat J Tuberc Lung Dis 1999;3:488-493.

Yeh RW, Hopewell PC, Daley CL. Simultaneous infection with two strains of M. tuberculosis identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Internat J Tuberc Lung Dis 1999;3:537-539.

Behr MA, Warren SA, Ponce de Leon A, Salamon H, Daley CL, Hopewell PC, Small PM. Infectivity of AFB smear-negative tuberculosis patients in San Francisco. Lancet 1997:53;444-449.

Jasmer RM, Hahn J, Small PM, Daley CL,et al. A molecular epidemiologic analysis of tuberculosis trends in San Francisco, 1991-1997. Ann Intern Med 1999;130:971-978.

Jasmer RM, Snyder DC, Chin DP, Cuthbert SS, Paz EA, Hopewell PC, Daley CL. Twelve months of isoniazid compared to four months of isoniazid and rifampin for persons with radiographic evidence of previous tuberculosis: an outcome and cost effectiveness analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;162:1648-1652.

Conde MB, Soares SLM, Mello FQ, Rezende VM, Almeida LL, Reingold A, Daley CL, Kritski AL. Prospective comparison of sputum induction with fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Experience at an AIDS reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;162:2238-2240.

Ziv E, Daley CL, Blower S. Early therapy for latent infection. Am J Epidemiol 2001;4:381-385.

 

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