Research
Dr. Adam S. Komorowski is a Canadian-Italian infectious diseases consultant, medical microbiologist, methodologist, and Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Medicine with a cross-appointment to the Dept. of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (PMM). Within PMM, Adam serves as the program director for the medical microbiology fellowship program. He completed a BSc in microbiology and immunology at the University of Toronto, his medical degree in Ireland, and his medical microbiology residency and MSc in Health Research Methodology (advisor: Dr. D. Mertz) at McMaster University, where his thesis focused on using whole genome sequencing to study Serratia marcescens complex transmission. From 2024-2026, Adam studied non-pharmacologic pandemic interventions through a fellowship with the Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration at Kellogg College, University of Oxford. Adam's research programme broadly focuses on using evidence-based medicine to improve the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, with special interests in invasive fungal infections and diagnostic test accuracy study methodology. He is an active principal investigator/co-investigator on multiple CIHR-funded studies and has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers, including guidelines co-authored with the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Adam's other roles include serving as an associate deputy editor of Open Forum Infectious Diseases, as well as membership in the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and the editorial advisory board of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Dr. Komorowski is NOT ACCEPTING requests to supervise graduate students or undergraduate thesis projects, and is unable to reply to such requests. Dr. Komorowski IS ACCEPTING inquiries from qualified medical students and medical residents for voluntary research assistant roles in infectious diseases, medical microbiology, and/or research methodology.
Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.
41 publications.
Daptomycin and linezolid salvage therapy for persistent ampicillin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia in a patient with possible anaphylaxis to β-lactam and glycopeptide antimicrobials: A case report.
Phuong N, Collins J, Li LX, Messieh M, Drucker Iarovich M, Blankstein U, Komorowski AS
RE: Impact of beta-blockers on prognostic outcomes in solid cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sharma A, Komorowski AS, Jerzak KJ
Skeletal muscle candidiasis presenting as degenerative pathology with partial dissolution of myofibers
Lam C, Bellini J, Grant S, Komorowski AS, Lu J-Q
The Impact of Beta Blockers on Survival in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sharma AE, Chan S, Komorowski AS, Cao X, Gao Y, Kshatri K, Desai K, Kuksis M, Rosen M, Sachdeva A
Molecular Epidemiology of Clinical Infections Caused by Serratia marcescens Complex in a Tertiary Care Hospital System: Insights From Whole-Genome Sequencing
Komorowski AS, Surette MG, Rossi L, Tertigas D, Gaskin M, Shekarriz S, McArthur AG, Smieja M, Mertz D
Detection of non-travel-associated, ceftriaxone non-susceptible Neisseria gonorrhoeae FC428-like harbouring the mosaic penA60 allele in Ontario, Canada
Komorowski AS, Eshaghi A, Burbidge J, Johnson K, Saunders A, Zygmunt A, Hasso M, Almohri H, Martin I, Patel SN
AeroVax: study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial to evaluate safety and immunogenicity of a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine delivered by inhaled aerosol to humans
Komorowski AS, Mbuagbaw L, Jeyanathan M, Afkhami S, Swinton M, D'Agostino MR, Howie K, Medina MFC, Gauvreau GM, Brister DL
Abstract P4-12-30: The Impact of Beta Blocker Use on the Survival of Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Chan S, Komorowski A, Cao X, Gao Y, Kshatri K, Desai K, Kuksis M, Rosen M, Sachdeva A, Kojundzic I
Cerebrospinal fluid galactomannan detection for the diagnosis of central nervous system aspergillosis: a diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis
Komorowski AS, Hall CW, Atwal S, Johnstone R, Walker R, Mertz D, Piessens EA, Yamamura D, Kasper EM
Verification, Analytical Sensitivity, Cost-effectiveness, and Comparison of 4 Candida auris Screening Methods
Komorowski AS, Aftanas P, Porter V, Katz K, Kozak RA, Li XX
Research institutes and memberships
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research (IIDR)
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