Michael O. Frank, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases; Professor

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Locations

Froedtert Hospital
Infectious Disease Clinic - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

Infectious Disease

Languages

English

Infectious Disease Clinic

(414) 805-6444

Education

MD - Doctor of Medicine
FACP-Fellow of the American College of Physicians
FIDSA - Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society

Biography

Michael Frank, MD is the Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Dr. Frank received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, in 1988. Dr. Frank completed his internal medicine residency from the University of Virginia Medical Center in 1991, and his infectious disease fellowship from the same institution in 1994. Dr. Frank was on the faculty at Indiana University, including as the infectious diseases fellowship program director there, before coming to MCW in 1999 to direct the HIV care and research program. Between 2004 and 2017, Dr. Frank was the program director for the MCW internal medicine residency program. Since 2008, he has also served as the Vice Chair for Education in the MCW Department of Medicine. Dr. Frank assumed the role of Division Chief of Infectious Disease in January 2017.

Research Interests

Dr. Frank’s research area of interest is in treatment of HIV infection. He is currently the principal investigator at MCW for two NIH-funded clinical trials of new management strategies for persons living with HIV.

Severity of Cytokine Release Syndrome and Its Association with Infections after T Cell-Replete Haploidentical Related Donor Transplantation.

(Abid MB, Hamadani M, Szabo A, Hari PN, Graham MB, Frank MO, Collier WS, Abedin S, Jerkins JH, Pasquini MC, Runaas L, Shah NN, Chhabra S.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Sep;26(9):1670-1678 PMID: 32562858 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087739042 06/21/2020
Inappropriate Communication During Internal Medicine Fellowship Recruitment: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.

(Williams CM, Alweis RL, O'Connor AB, Dalal B, Rai D, Abdullah A, Kopelman R, Cornett P, Frank MO, Luther VP, Muchmore EA.) Am J Med. 2019 Jun;132(6):770-775 PMID: 30851262 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85064274051 03/10/2019
Problematic communications during 2016 fellowship recruitment in internal medicine.

(Cornett PA, Williams C, Alweis RL, McConville J, Frank M, Dalal B, Kopelman RI, Luther VP, O'connor AB, Muchmore EA.) J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2017;7(5):277-281 PMID: 29147467 PMCID: PMC5676963 11/18/2017
Adoption of a Uniform Start Date for Internal Medicine Fellowships and Other Advanced Training: An AAIM White Paper.

(Barrett JC, Alweis R, Frank M, O'Connor A, McConville JF, Adams ND, Arfons L, Bernard S, Bradley T, Buckley JD, Cohen E, Cornett P, Elkins S, Kopelman R, Luther VP, Petrusky J, McNeill DB, Omar B, Palapiano N, Roth T, Satko S, Fried ED, Muchmore EA.) Am J Med. 2015 Sep;128(9):1039-43 PMID: 26071819 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84940394323 06/15/2015
The Quality of Written Feedback by Attendings of Internal Medicine Residents.

(Jackson JL, Kay C, Jackson WC, Frank M.) J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jul;30(7):973-8 PMID: 25691242 PMCID: PMC4471022 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84931560993 02/19/2015
The relationship between internal medicine residency graduate performance on the ABIM certifying examination, yearly in-service training examinations, and the USMLE Step 1 examination.

(Kay C, Jackson JL, Frank M.) Acad Med. 2015 Jan;90(1):100-4 PMID: 25271892 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84920857612 10/02/2014
Serum immunoglobulin G analysis to establish a delayed diagnosis of chronic cough due to Bordetella pertussis.

(Bock JM, Burtis CC, Poetker DM, Blumin JH, Frank MO.) Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Jan;146(1):63-7 PMID: 21987649 PMCID: PMC3951152 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84857166138 10/12/2011
Why Residents Consider Working Beyond the Duty Hour Limits: Implications of the ACGME 2011 Duty Hour Standards.

(Fletcher KE, Nickoloff S, Whittle J, Jackson JL, Frank M, Schapira MM.) J Grad Med Educ. 2011 Dec;3(4):571-3 PMID: 23205212 PMCID: PMC3244329 12/04/2012
An infectious diseases consult

(Frank M, Graham MB.) Neurocritical Care. 1 January 2009:364-371 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84926122258 01/01/2009
CNS blastomycosis in a young man working in fields after Hurricane Katrina.

(Szeder V, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Frank M, Jaradeh SS.) Neurology. 2007 May 15;68(20):1746-7 PMID: 17502562 05/16/2007
Veillonella parvula meningitis: case report and review of Veillonella infections.

(Bhatti MA, Frank MO.) Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Sep;31(3):839-40 PMID: 11017846 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034457837 10/06/2000
Comparison of intraocular to plasma HIV-1 viral burden in patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis.

(Ciulla TA, Schnizlein-Bick CT, Danis RP, Frank MO, Wheat LJ.) Am J Ophthalmol. 1999 Feb;127(2):221-3 PMID: 10030574 02/25/1999