Cheryl Main

, MD, FRCPC

Associate Professor
Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Division: Clinical Pathology

Director, Medical Microbiology Residency Program
Associate Member, Department of Medicine

Hamilton General Hospital, 1-117
Hamilton, Ontario
905-527-4322, ext. 46182
mainc@hhsc.ca

Education and Professional Standing

• FRCPC Medical Microbiology, McMaster University, 2004
• FRCPC Infectious Diseases, McMaster University, 2004
• FRCPC Internal Medicine, McMaster University, 2002
• MD, McMaster University, 1998
• BSc Honours, Biology and Pharmacology, 1994
• CanMEDs train-the-trainer resource for Health Advocate 2008
• CanMEDs train-the-trainer resource for Communicator 2007

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Interests

Research & Clinical Focus

• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Quality Assurance
• Laboratory Safety
• Educational Research

Academic Interests

• Program Director for Medical Microbiology Residency Program
• CanMEDs Faculty Teaching
• Faculty Education
• Patient Safety Activities

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Selected Publications

• Main CL, Carusone SC, Davis K, Loeb M. Compliance with personal precautions against exposure to bloodborne pathogens among laboratory workers: a Canadian survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 29(1): 66-8. 2008.
• Main C. Treatment of septic arthritis. CMAJ. 177(8); 899. 2007.
• Chernesky M, Jang D, Luinstra K, Chong S, Smieja M, Cai W, Hayhoe B, Portillo E, MacRitchie C, Main C, Ewert R. High analytical sensitivity and low rates of inhibition may contribute to detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in significantly more women by the APTIMA Combo 2 Assay. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44(2); 400-405. 2006.
• Leonard B.J.L, Morris A.M, Harper W, Rutherford C, Main C. Capnocytophaga species: An unusual clinical presentation and diagnostic dilemma.Microbiology Checksample No.MB 06-8(MB-341). 49(8). 2006.
• Weir E, Main C. Invasive group A streptococcal infections. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 175(1); 32. 2006
• Main CL, Jayaratne P, Haley A, Rutherford C, Smaill F and Fisman D. An Outbreak of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a correctional facility in Southern Ontario. Canadian J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 16(6); 343-48. 2005.
• Loeb M, Main C, Walker-Dilks C, Eady A. Antimicrobial drugs for treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;(4):CD003340.