Medical Epidemiologist
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Patricia Schirmer, MD, CIC
Medial Epidemiologist
Department of Veterans Affairs
Public Health Surveillance and Research
Dr. Schirmer is a Medical Epidemiologist for VA’s Public Health Surveillance and Research. Her areas of expertise and interests include antimicrobial stewardship, influenza and influenza-like illness, epidemiology of H1N1, zika, COVID, sexually transmitted illnesses, and lookback investigations. Dr. Schirmer’s scientific publications include articles on antimicrobial usage measures, dengue, Haemophilus influenza, oseltamivir, tuberculosis, zika, and COVID.