Daniel Minter, MD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Daniel Minter is an infectious diseases specialist who cares for patients with a broad range of bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic infections. He has a special interest in caring for immunocompromised patients (e.g., from organ transplantation or cancer treatment) as well as patients with neurologic infections. He also attends on the medicine teaching wards, where he enjoys working with residents and students.

He is heavily involved in medical education across a variety of settings. In addition to direct teaching, he is the co-director for the School of Medicine IDS 113 course, a longitudinal curriculum which seeks to reinforce understanding and application of the foundational sciences during medical students' clinical rotations. He co-directs the UCSF ID Division Grand Rounds series and is the co-director for the UCSF ID fellowship Transplant ID track.
Education
2023 - Infectious Diseases Fellowship, UCSF
2021 - Internal Medicine Residency, USCF
2018 - MD, UCSF
Honors and Awards
  • Featured Educator for January 2025, IDSA MedEd Community of Practice, 2025
  • Rxceptional Preceptor Award from UCSF Pharmacy Residents, UCSF, 2024
  • Harry Hollander Award for Clinical Reasoning Teaching, UCSF, 2024
Websites
Publications

  1. Minter DJ, Chow FC. Neurosyphilis. 2025. PMID: 40891640


  2. Minter DJ, Wang TW, Rader A, Barton KD, Skalla LA, Boucher HW, Collyar D, Miller J, Sutton KN, Oakes M, Ruffin F, King HA, Doernberg SB. A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement in Patients With Complicated Urinary Tract Infections. 2025. PMID: 40794658


  3. Murrill MT, Velásquez GE, Szumowski JD, Phillips A, Kim A, Yazdany J, Roberts ET, Habib AR, Ramirez Batlle H, Salazar J, Minter DJ, Louie JK, Ernst JD. Tuberculosis infection screening recommendations for targeted immunotherapies: comparison of U.S. prescribing information, clinical resources and quality measures. 2025. PMID: 40778184


  4. Minter DJ, Phadke VK. "Clinical Dilemmas in Infectious Diseases"-A New Series in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Volume 80 of Issue 4. 2025. PMID: 40152905


  5. Spottiswoode N, Minter DJ, Friedman-Moraco R. Rewriting the Script. Volume 80 of Issue 4. 2025. PMID: 39600205


  6. Gupta S, Minter DJ, Lora M, Phadke VK. Articulating What Makes Sense: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning. Volume 40 of Issue 5. 2025. PMID: 39843669


  7. Minter DJ, Frank AK, Pierce L, Schwartz B, Narayana S. Response to: 'A confidentiality conundrum: Case tracking for medical education'. 2025. PMID: 39797639


  8. Minter DJ, Frank AK, Pierce L, Schwartz B, Narayana S. Response to: 'Is the practice of case-tracking a substitute for traditional feedback?' 2025. PMID: 39797629


  9. Penner JC, Minter DJ, Abdoler EA, Parsons AS. Reasoning on Rounds Volume 2: a Framework for Teaching Management Reasoning in the Inpatient Setting. Volume 40 of Issue 6. 2024. PMID: 39707100


  10. Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB. The positioning of ceftobiprole in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. 2024. PMID: 38466317


  13. Minter DJ, Parsons AS, Abdoler E. Reasoning Report: Engineering Case Conferences to Maximize Clinical Reasoning Education for All Learners. Volume 39 of Issue 15. 2024. PMID: 38980464


  14. Penner JC, Shipley LC, Minter DJ. Reply to: Summary Statements or Problem Representations for Reasoning on Rounds? Volume 39 of Issue 4. 2023. PMID: 38091167


  15. Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB. Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia-Controversies in Clinical Practice. 2023. PMID: 37950887


  17. Salazar JW, Minter DJ, Tseng ZH, Santhosh L. Exercises in Clinical Reasoning: Beyond the Surface. Volume 38 of Issue 14. 2023. PMID: 37592120


  18. Penner JC, Shipley LC, Minter DJ. Reasoning on Rounds: a Framework for Teaching Diagnostic Reasoning in the Inpatient Setting. Volume 38 of Issue 13. 2023. PMID: 37580633


  19. Nguyen MT, Mentreddy A, Schallhorn J, Chan M, Aung S, Doernberg SB, Babik J, Miles K, Yang K, Lydon E, Minter DJ, Gonzales J, Shantha J, Doan T, Seitzman GD. Isolated Ocular Mpox without Skin Lesions, United States. 2023. PMID: 37130504


  20. Pohlman FW, Minter DJ, Cunningham HE, DiNardo K, Onwuemene OA. Coagulation Conundrum: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning. Volume 38 of Issue 2. 2022. PMID: 36441368


  21. Rezigh A, Garza-Garcia GA, Minter D, Shekarchian S. Mirror Mirror: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning. Volume 38 of Issue 1. 2022. PMID: 36266378


  22. Nematollahi S, Minter DJ, Barlow B, Nolan NS, Spicer JO, Wooten D, Cortes-Penfield N, Barlow A, Chavez MA, McCarty T, Abdoler E, Escota GV. The Digital Classroom: How to Leverage Social Media for Infectious Diseases Education. Volume 74 of Issue Suppl_3. 2022. PMID: 35568480


  23. Penner JC, Le S, Shipley LC, Murdock HM, Minter DJ, Nematollahi S. Morning report goes virtual: learner experiences in a virtual, case-based diagnostic reasoning conference. Volume 9 of Issue 1. 2021. PMID: 34348421


  24. Minter DJ, Patel A, Ganeshan S, Nematollahi S. Medical Communities Go Virtual. Volume 16 of Issue 6. 2021. PMID: 33147130


  25. Chan H, Nematollahi S, Manesh R, Geha RM, Minter DJ. More Is Less. Volume 16 of Issue 4. 2021. PMID: 32966193


  26. Minter DJ, Richie M, Kumthekar P, Hollander H. Stalking the Diagnosis. 2021. PMID: 33789016


  27. Habig G, Hannon M, Minter DJ, Moleski S. Exercises in Clinical Reasoning: Digesting a Bloated Differential Diagnosis. Volume 36 of Issue 7. 2021. PMID: 33765235


  28. Minter DJ, Geha R, Manesh R, Dhaliwal G. The Future Comes Early for Medical Educators. Volume 36 of Issue 5. 2020. PMID: 32875502


  29. Hamaguchi R, Nematollahi S, Minter DJ. Picture of a pandemic: visual aids in the COVID-19 crisis. Volume 42 of Issue 3. 2020. PMID: 32880394


  30. Minter DJ, Geha RM, Boslett BA, Chung SA, Ramani B, Manesh R. The Right Frame. 2019. PMID: 30933677


  31. Minter DJ, Manesh R, Cornett P, Geha RM. Putting Schemas to the Test: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning. Volume 33 of Issue 11. 2018. PMID: 30066116


  33. Minter DJ, Kotwani P, Kohn LL, Maurer T, Lai AR. Sole-Searing Pain: Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma. Volume 130 of Issue 11. 2017. PMID: 28711553


  34. Winkler EA, Minter D, Yue JK, Manley GT. Cerebral Edema in Traumatic Brain Injury: Pathophysiology and Prospective Therapeutic Targets. Volume 27 of Issue 4. 2016. PMID: 27637397


  35. Minter DJ, Mejia R, Salas I, Thrasher J, Pérez-Stable EJ. Tobacco point-of-sale advertising in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina and compliance with the new tobacco advertising restrictions. Volume 26 of Issue 2. 2016. PMID: 27030591


  36. Conhaim J, Easton CR, Becker MI, Barahimi M, Cedarbaum ER, Moore JG, Mather LF, Dabagh S, Minter DJ, Moen SP, Moody WJ. Developmental changes in propagation patterns and transmitter dependence of waves of spontaneous activity in the mouse cerebral cortex. Volume 589 of Issue Pt 10. 2011. PMID: 21486817


  37. Frutkin AD, Otsuka G, Stempien-Otero A, Sesti C, Du L, Jaffe M, Dichek HL, Pennington CJ, Edwards DR, Nieves-Cintrón M, Minter D, Preusch M, Hu JH, Marie JC, Dichek DA. TGF-[beta]1 limits plaque growth, stabilizes plaque structure, and prevents aortic dilation in apolipoprotein E-null mice. Volume 29 of Issue 9. 2009. PMID: 19325140