David J. Herman, MD, FACP
David J. Herman, MD, FACP, is currently the Hospital Epidemiologist and Physician Leader of the Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Program at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. Dr. Herman also serves as the Chairman of the Infection Control Committee at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset. Dr. Herman’s areas of interest include Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections, HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. In addition to being named “Castle Connolly Guide to Top Doctors” in New York Metro area annually since 1999 — 29 years in a row — Dr. Herman has also been recognized as Physician Leader of the Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Program at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center and a Hospital Epidemiologist.
Affiliations
- Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset
- Saint Peter’s University Hospital
Memberships
- American College of Physicians, Fellow
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Infectious Diseases Society of New Jersey
Education
- Fellowship: University of Minnesota
- Residency: Northwestern University – Chicago
- Medical School: University of Missouri – Columbia
- Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Leadership Roles
- Medical Director for Infection Control/Stewardship/Epidemiology – Penn Medicine – Princeton Medical Center
- Chairman of the Infection Control Committee at Penn Medicine – Princeton Medical Center
- Chairman of the Infection Control Committee at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset
Faculty Appoinments
- Clinical Associate Professor at Rutgers — Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Awards & Honors
- Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors – 2022
- Middlesex & Mercer Counties Medical Society 2022 Leadership Award
- Penn Medicine Princeton Health, Exceptional Doctor Leadership Award, 2021
- “Castle Connolly Guide to Top Doctors” in New York Metro area, 1999–present
- Graduated Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania
- Volunteer faculty-teaching award in 1996 from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- New York magazine’s “The Best Doctors in the New York Metropolitan Area” in 2000 and 2003
- “Top Doctor in NJ” by New Jersey Monthly magazine 2003, 2007–2022
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