David K. Warren, MD, MPH

Chief, UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor, UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases

David K. Warren, MD, joined UNMC as the chief of the division of infectious diseases in January 2025.

Dr. Warren, who also holds a Master of Public Health degree, was previously a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He also served as the director of the Clinical Research Training Center at Washington University and as director of the university’s Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Program. In St. Louis, he also previously served as the Hospital Epidemiologist for Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Dr. Warren’s clinical expertise is in infection prevention and he has a track record of CDC and NIH funding. He specializes in clinical research in hospital epidemiology and infection prevention, with a special focus on the epidemiology and prevention of device-related infections and surgical site infections, plus improving diagnostic stewardship of microbiological testing to accurately diagnose infectious diseases. He also has a clinical interest in orthopedic infectious diseases. Dr. Warren has a long history of mentorship both with infectious diseases fellows and students in the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Program.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dr. Warren attended the University of Pittsburgh for medical school before going to Washington University in St. Louis for internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship.

He met his wife during residency (she is an internist) and they have two children – a daughter living in Phoenix and a son who is currently a sophomore at the  University of Colorado. Dr. Warren enjoys the outdoors, especially hiking and biking. One of his favorite vacations was a two-week trip to Colorado and Utah to go hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park, the Gunnison Wilderness Area, and Arches National Park.