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Michael Silverman

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Cross-Appointed Associate ProfessorDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Michael Silverman

Cross-Appointed Associate Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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42 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

363

Citations

h-index

139

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

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Latest papers

Diagnosing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: clinical features, neuroimaging findings, confirmatory testing and proposed diagnostic algorithm.
Practical neurology · 2026
Malakoplakia in Immunocompromised Hosts: A Case Series and Literature Review.
Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
Pyoderma gangrenosum presenting to an infectious diseases clinic: A 2024 case series.
SAGE open medical case reports · 2026

All 79 publications

Latest funding

Exploring the untold story of COVID-19: Understanding the wider and future impacts of the pandemic and finding solutions to improve population health, resiliency, and preparedness
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$455,243
Metabolic and Metagenomic effects of repopulation of the intestinal microbiome in patients with severe unexplained atherosclerosis
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$321,300

All 2 grants and awards

79 publications.

Diagnosing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: clinical features, neuroimaging findings, confirmatory testing and proposed diagnostic algorithm.

Sawicka KM, Houpt J, Sangam K, Sivro A, Roy F, Sharma M, Silverman M, Hammond R, Budhram A

Practical neurology2026

DOI: 10.1136/pn-2025-004648 PMID: 41554642

Malakoplakia in Immunocompromised Hosts: A Case Series and Literature Review.

Bishara A, Saeed H, Akkielah L, BuMurah N, Driman DK, Silverman M, Rahimi Shahmirzadi R

Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)2026

DOI: 10.3390/diseases14080284 PMID: 42645092

Pyoderma gangrenosum presenting to an infectious diseases clinic: A 2024 case series.

Kellen F, Silverman M, Shojaei E, Rahimi Shahmirzadi M, Ataie L

SAGE open medical case reports2026

DOI: 10.1177/2050313x261463941 PMID: 42517131

Integrating AI into infection control: Evaluating the accuracy and consistency of four leading platforms across three regions.

Julkipli J, Alanazi A, Saw YT, Zainulabid UA, Delport J, Gupta R, Silverman M, Shahmirzadi MR, Elsayed S, AlMutawa F

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2026

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2025-0019 PMID: 42403495

Adherence to cervical screening and follow-up care in HIV-positive women at a Canadian tertiary care centre.

Foote R, Julkipli J, Alanazi A, Bishara A, BuMurah N, Azizam NA, Adams J, Silverman M, Shahmirzadi MR

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2026

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2025-0038 PMID: 42403491

Prebiotic modulation of FMT donor microbiota enhances MASLD-relevant taxa and functions in an in vitro gut model.

Al KF, Jia S, Silverman M, Reid G, Burton JP, Parvathy SN

Journal of applied microbiology2026

DOI: 10.1093/jambio/lxag074 PMID: 41823302

Fecal microbiota transplantation plus immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma: the phase 2 FMT-LUMINate trial.

Duttagupta S, Messaoudene M, Hunter S, Desilets A, Jamal R, Mihalcioiu C, Belkaid W, Marcoux N, Fidelle M, Suissa D, Ponce M, Geiger M, Malo J, Piccinno G, Punčochář M, Filin A, Heidrich V, Rusu D, Mbaye B, Durand S, Ben Aissa I, Puller V, de Lahondès R, Blais N, Tehfe M, Owen S, Bélanger K, Parvathy SN, Shieh B, Raphael J, Lenehan J, Breadner D, Rothenstein J, Rozza N, Maillou J, Nili S, Prifti DK, Pinto F, Armanini F, Kim-Schulze S, Marron TU, Kroemer G, Derosa L, Zitvogel L, Silverman M, Segata N, Maleki Vareki S, Routy B, Elkrief A

Nature medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-04186-5 PMID: 41606121

Concurrent Mold, Mycobacterial, and Viral Infections in a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient Undergoing Lung Transplantation for Graft-Versus-Host Disease.

Akkielah L, Leung W, Wang S, Ataie L, Xenocostas A, Syed A, Hsu YR, Silverman M, AlMutawa F, Rahimi Shahmirzadi M

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2026

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33030145 PMID: 41892173

Dual Invasive Fungal Infections After Kidney Transplantation: A Case Report.

Akkielah L, Bishara A, Sowerby LJ, Johnson J, Weir MA, Chiu M, Alshafai L, Silverman M, Rahimi Shahmirzadi MR

Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2026

DOI: 10.3390/jof12080621 PMID: 42646149

Clinical use of dalbavancin in Canada: the clear study final results.

Zhanel GG, Silverman M, Bhalla J, Baxter M, Rahimi R, Wong M, Mirzanejad Y, MacLaggan T, Shchepanik K, Wise H, Irfan N, Girouard G, Dhami R, Kucey M, Stankus V, Schmidt K, Poulin S, Connors W, Chagla Z, Serebryanskyy A, Tascini C, Tessier JF, Keynan Y, Walkty A, Karlowsky JA

Expert review of anti-infective therapy2026

DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2026.2740112 PMID: 42788820

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Michael Silverman

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Diagnosing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: clinical features, neuroimaging findings, confirmatory testing and proposed diagnostic algorithm.

Malakoplakia in Immunocompromised Hosts: A Case Series and Literature Review.

Pyoderma gangrenosum presenting to an infectious diseases clinic: A 2024 case series.

Integrating AI into infection control: Evaluating the accuracy and consistency of four leading platforms across three regions.

Adherence to cervical screening and follow-up care in HIV-positive women at a Canadian tertiary care centre.

Prebiotic modulation of FMT donor microbiota enhances MASLD-relevant taxa and functions in an in vitro gut model.

Fecal microbiota transplantation plus immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma: the phase 2 FMT-LUMINate trial.

Concurrent Mold, Mycobacterial, and Viral Infections in a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient Undergoing Lung Transplantation for Graft-Versus-Host Disease.

Dual Invasive Fungal Infections After Kidney Transplantation: A Case Report.

Clinical use of dalbavancin in Canada: the clear study final results.

Exploring the untold story of COVID-19: Understanding the wider and future impacts of the pandemic and finding solutions to improve population health, resiliency, and preparedness

Metabolic and Metagenomic effects of repopulation of the intestinal microbiome in patients with severe unexplained atherosclerosis

Frequent collaborators

Nick Daneman

Lena Serghides

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Gary Garber

Monica Taljaard

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Mona Loutfy

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Noah Ivers

Jamie Brehaut

Jennifer Shuldiner

Noah Ivers

Gary Garber

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Srinivas Murthy

Zain Chagla

Karim Ali

Mina Tadrous

Peter Daley

Yoav Keynan

Blayne Welk

Ana Cabrera

Ruchika Gupta

Robert Hammond