John P. Bonnewell MD, MSc
John P. Bonnewell
MD, MSc
Assistant Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine; Medical Microbiology
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Medical Microbiology, Duke University (2021)
- Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Duke University (2020)
- MS, Global Health, Duke University (2020)
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Brown University (2017)
- MD, Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine (2014)
- BA, Religion, Centre College (2010)
Employment:
- Assistant Professor of Oncology, Internal Medicine; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (2021-present)
- Director, Clinical Microbiology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (2021-present)
Awards and Honors:
- Global Health Fellowship (2019)
- Alpha Omega Alpha (2014)
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- July 2019–June 2021
Sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa: a prospective observational study of clinical characteristics, management, outcomes, and barriers to care in northern Tanzania
NIH, Fogarty International Center
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
$15,000
Journal Articles:
- Bonnewell JP, Crump JA, Egger JR, Sakita FM, Hertz JT, Kilonzo KG, Maro VP, Rubach MP. (2025) Sepsis in Northern Tanzania: A Prospective Observational Study of Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes for Adolescents and Adults With Sepsis. Open forum infectious diseases (Jan), 12(1): ofae722. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae722
- Ngocho JS, Liu J, Kalengo NH, Kipengele AH, Maro A, Mujage B, Senyael N, Gratz J, Kilonzo KG, Kinabo G, Lwezaula BF, Lyamuya F, Marandu A, Mbwasi R, Mmbaga BT, Mosha C, Carugati M, Madut DB, Bonnewell JP, Maze MJ, Maro VP, Crump JA, Houpt ER, Rubach MP. (2024) TaqMan Array Card real-time polymerase chain reaction panel to detect pathogens in whole blood of febrile inpatients in northern Tanzania, 2016-2019. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (Dec).
- Madut DB, Rubach MP, Allan KJ, Thomas KM, de Glanville WA, Halliday JEB, Costales C, Carugati M, Rolfe RJ, Bonnewell JP, Maze MJ, Mremi AR, Amsi PT, Kalengo NH, Lyamuya F, Kinabo GD, Mbwasi R, Kilonzo KG, Maro VP, Mmbaga BT, Lwezaula B, Mosha C, Marandu A, Kibona TJ, Zhu F, Chawla T, Chia WN, Anderson DE, Wang LF, Liu J, Houpt ER, Martines RB, Zaki SR, Leach A, Gibbons A, Chiang CF, Patel K, Klena JD, Cleaveland S, Crump JA. (2024) Epidemiologic and genomic characterization of an outbreak of Rift Valley fever among humans and dairy cattle in northern Tanzania. The Journal of infectious diseases (Nov).
- El-Atoum M, Gailor ME, Segal BH, Bonnewell JP, Almyroudis NG. (2024) Microbiology of Actinomyces Species Isolated From Patients With Invasive Disease and Contaminated Samples in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Open forum infectious diseases (Oct), 11(10): ofae580. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae580
- Moorthy GS, Madut DB, Kilonzo KG, Lwezaula BF, Mbwasi R, Mmbaga BT, Ngocho JS, Saganda W, Bonnewell JP, Carugati M, Egger JR, Hertz JT, Tillekeratne LG, Maze MJ, Maro VP, Crump JA, Rubach MP. (2023) Antibacterial Utilization for Febrile Illnesses and Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infections in Northern Tanzania. Open Forum Infect Dis (Aug), 10(8) doi:10.1093/ofid/ofad448
- Chen G, Herr M, Nowak J, Ho C, Almyroudis N, Attwood K, Bonnewell J, Walsh M, Segal B, Ross M, McCarthy P, Hahn T. (2023) Cytomegalovirus reactivation after CD19 CAR T-cell therapy is clinically significant. Haematologica (Feb), 2(108): 615-620.
- 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. (2021) 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 network open (Dec), 4(12): e2136398. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36398
- Madut DB, Rubach MP, Bonnewell JP, Cutting ER, Carugati M, Kalengo N, Maze MJ, Morrissey AB, Mmbaga BT, Lwezaula BF, Kinabo G, Mbwasi R, Kilonzo KG, Maro VP, Crump JA. (2021) Trends in fever case management for febrile inpatients in a low malaria incidence setting of Tanzania. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (Dec), 26(12): 1668-1676. doi:10.1111/tmi.13683
- Maze MJ, Elrod MG, Biggs HM, Bonnewell J, Carugati M, Hoffmaster AR, Lwezaula BF, Madut DB, Maro VP, Mmbaga BT, Morrissey AB, Saganda W, Sakasaka P, Rubach MP, Crump JA. (2020) Investigation of Melioidosis Using Blood Culture and Indirect Hemagglutination Assay Serology among Patients with Fever, Northern Tanzania. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (Dec), 103(6): 2510-2514. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0160
- Bonnewell J, Magaziner S, Fava JL, Montgomery MC, Almonte A, Carey M, Chan PA. (2020) A survey of syphilis knowledge among medical providers and students in Rhode Island. SAGE open medicine (Jan), 8: 2050312120902591. doi:10.1177/2050312120902591
- Bonnewell JP, Farrow L, Dicks KV, Cox GM, Stout JE. (2020) Geographic analysis of latent tuberculosis screening: A health system approach. PloS one (Jan), 15(11): e0242055. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242055
- Wuerth BA, Bonnewell JP, Wiemken TL, Arnold FW. (2016) Trends in Pneumonia Mortality Rates and Hospitalizations by Organism, United States, 2002-2011(1). Emerging infectious diseases (Sep), 22(9): 1624-7. doi:10.3201/eid2209.150680
Professional Memberships:
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- American Society for Microbiology
Presentations:
- "Diagnosis and epidemiology of bloodstream infection: An update and lessons from a cancer center in the COVID-19 era" Catholic Health Teaching Conference (2022)
- "Diagnosis and epidemiology of bloodstream infection: An update and lessons from a cancer center in the COVID-19 era" UB Jacobs School of Medicine Grand Rounds (2022)
- "Blood cultures at Roswell Park: a few principles and problems" Quarterly Medical Staff Meeting, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (2021)
- "Blood cultures at Roswell Park: principles and problems" Transplant and Cellular Therapy Educational Conference, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (2021)
- "Addressing the Challenges of Sepsis Care in Sub-Saharan Africa" Division of Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2021)
- "Current Considerations for Using Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19: Hype, Hope, and Evidence Update" Division of Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds, Duke University Medical Center (2020)
- "Convalescent plasma therapy for SARS-CoV-2" Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Duke University Medical Center (2020)
- "Geographic analysis of Latent Tuberculosis Screening" Duke University Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds (2019)
- "Geographic Analysis of Latent Tuberculosis Screening: A Health System Approach" Duke-UNC Tuberculosis Conference, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2019)
- "Sepsis: A Global and Regional Perspective" Emergency Department Clinical Conference, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center
Service Activities:
- CLSI M56 Anaerobes Document Development Committee; Contributor (2020–present)