Chief, Division of Mycobacterial & Respiratory Infections
Professor, Medicine
National Jewish Health
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Charles L. Daley, MD, is the chief of the Division of Mycobacterial and Respiratory Infections at National Jewish Health (NJH) in Denver, CO and a professor of medicine at NJH, the University of Colorado, and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He then went on to complete his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr Daley’s academic interests include tuberculosis (TB) global health policy and clinical and translational research related to TB and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections. He has served on and chaired expert panels for the World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American Thoracic Society. He has participated on multiple guideline panels for these organizations, including guidelines that address diagnosis, treatment (drug-susceptible and drug resistant) and prevention of tuberculosis. Dr Daley chaired the revision of the multi-society sponsored NTM Treatment Guideline. For his work in global TB control, he was awarded the World Lung Health Award by the American Thoracic Society. Dr Daley was previously an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and European Respiratory Journal.