Todd Lasco

Associate Professor

todd.lasco@bcm.edu

Scientific Director, Clinical Microbiology, Diagnostic Immunology, and Molecular Diagnostic Laboratories: Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

PhD from Texas A&M Health Science Center: 12/2002 - College Station, Texas, United States; Medical Sciences

American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM): #1135 (01/01/2022 - 12/31/2025); American Society for Microbiology; The American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM), established by ASM in 1959, administers certifications recognized by federal and state governmental agencies as a significant component toward meeting licensure requirements to direct laboratories engaged in the microbiological diagnosis of human disease.

Watson KJ, Trautner B, Russo H, Phe K, Lasco T, Pipkins T, Lembcke B, Al Mohajer M.. " Using clinical decision support to improve urine culture diagnostic stewardship, antimicrobial stewardship, and financial cost: A multicenter experience. " Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 May ; 41 (5) : 564-570.
Pubmed PMID: 32131910.
Brehm T, Lasco T, Al Mohajer M.. " The impact of direct inoculation of ascites into blood culture bottles on ascites culture positivity. " Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol.. 2024 May 17; 4 (1) : e85.
Pubmed PMID: 38774119.
Al Mohajer M, Lasco T.. " The Impact of Initial Specimen Diversion Systems on Blood Culture Contamination. " Open Forum Infect Dis.. 2023 Apr 5; 10 (5) : ofad182.
Pubmed PMID: 37152189.
Pathak A, Pham C, Shay S, Lasco T, Al Mohajer M.. " The impact of the FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel on empiric antibiotic prescriptions in patients with suspected community-acquired meningitis " Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.. 2024 Jul 26; 4 (1) : e104.