Helen Stankiewicz Karita, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Helen Stankiewicz Karita specializes in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in patients with a compromised immune system. She also performs high-resolution anoscopy for the detection of HPV-related diseases in the anal canal.

Dr. Stankiewicz Karita earned her M.D. at the Nacional del Nordeste University in Argentina. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Her research interests include primary and secondary prevention of HPV-related cancers and clinical trials of vaccines and therapeutics.
Education
Post-Graduate Training, 6/2018 - Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Washington
Master of Science, 12/2018 - Epidemiology, University of Washington
Post-Graduate Training, 6/2015 - Internal Medicine Residency, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Medical Doctor, 12/2009 - College of Physicians and Surgeons, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
Websites
Publications

  1. Hanft W, Stankiewicz Karita H, Khorsandi N, Vohra P, Plotzker R. Sexually transmitted human papillomavirus and related sequelae. Volume 38 of Issue 1. 2025. PMID: 39950806


  3. Whitfield NN, Hogan CA, Chenoweth J, Hansen J, Hsu EB, Humphries R, Mann E, May L, Michelson EA, Rothman R, Self WH, Smithline HA, Karita HCS, Steingrub JS, Swedien D, Weissman A, Wright DW, Liesenfeld O, Shapiro NI. A standardized protocol using clinical adjudication to define true infection status in patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected infections and/or sepsis. Volume 110 of Issue 1. 2024. PMID: 38850687


  4. Vasavada A, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Lin J, Schouten J, Hawes SE, Barnabas RV, Wasserheit J, Feng Q, Winer RL. Methylation markers for anal cancer screening: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of people living with HIV, 2015-2016. Volume 155 of Issue 6. 2024. PMID: 38680109


  5. Chhonker YS, Aldhafiri WN, Soni D, Trivedi N, Steinbronn C, Johnson C, Karita HCS, Paasche-Orlow MK, Barnabas R, Arnold SL, Murry DJ. Simultaneous LC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of Azithromycin, Hydroxychloroquine and its metabolites in SARS-CoV-2(-/ +) populations using dried blood spots. Volume 13 of Issue 1. 2023. PMID: 37777555


  6. Villalba Ramos JR, Pereira Brunelli JG, Stankiewicz Acosta IC, Benitez Estigarribia GG, Stankiewicz Karita HC. Disseminated Skin Lesions in a Patient Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Volume 10 of Issue 6. 2023. PMID: 37305846


  7. Steinbronn C, Chhonker YS, Stewart J, Leingang H, Heller KB, Krows ML, Paasche-Orlow M, Bershteyn A, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Agrawal V, Laufer M, Landovitz R, Wener M, Murry DJ, Johnston C, Barnabas RV, Arnold SLM. A linked physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for hydroxychloroquine and metabolite desethylhydroxychloroquine in SARS-CoV-2(-)/(+) populations. Volume 16 of Issue 7. 2023. PMID: 37118968


  8. Scherer EM, Backer M, Carvajal K, Danziger-Isakov L, Frey S, Howard LM, Scaggs Huang F, Kottkamp AC, Reid T, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Teoh Z, Wald A, Whitaker J, Wiley Z, Ofotokun I, Edwards KM, Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium (IDCRC) Mentorship Program Writing Group. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Unmasked the Challenges Faced by Early-Stage Faculty in Infectious Diseases: A Call to Action. Volume 76 of Issue 4. 2023. PMID: 36131321


  9. Deming ME, Dong TQ, Agrawal V, Mills MG, Huang MLW, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Wener MH, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger P, Luk A, Hoffman RM, Stewart J, Kottkamp AC, Bershteyn A, Chu HY, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Johnston CM, Wald A, Barnabas R, Brown ER, Neuzil KM. Detection and Kinetics of Subgenomic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA Viral Load in Longitudinal Diagnostic RNA-Positive Samples. Volume 226 of Issue 5. 2022. PMID: 35150571


  10. Bershteyn A, Dahl AM, Dong TQ, Deming ME, Celum CL, Chu HY, Kottkamp AC, Greninger AL, Hoffman RM, Jerome KR, Johnston CM, Kissinger PJ, Landovitz RJ, Laufer MK, Luk A, Neuzil KM, Paasche-Orlow MK, Pitts RA, Schwartz MD, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Thorpe LE, Wald A, Zheng CY, Wener MH, Barnabas RV, Brown ER. Self-Assessed Severity as a Determinant of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Symptom Specificity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Volume 75 of Issue 1. 2022. PMID: 35152299


  11. Kumbhakar R, Neradilek M, Barnabas RV, Stewart J, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Landovitz RJ, Kissinger PJ, Jerome KR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Bershteyn A, Chu HY, Neuzil KM, Greninger AL, Luk A, Wald A, Brown ER, Johnston C. Using time-weighted average change from baseline of SARS-CoV-2 viral load to assess impact of hydroxychloroquine as postexposure prophylaxis and early treatment for COVID-19. Volume 94 of Issue 12. 2022. PMID: 35940869


  12. Stewart J, Krows ML, Schaafsma TT, Heller KB, Brown ER, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Brown CE, Leingang H, Liou C, Bershteyn A, Schwartz MD, Agrawal V, Friedman-Klabanoff D, Eustace S, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger P, Hosek SG, Chu HY, Celum C, Baeten JM, Wald A, Johnston C, Barnabas RV. Comparison of Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Location Diversity of Participants Enrolled in Clinic-Based vs 2 Remote COVID-19 Clinical Trials. Volume 5 of Issue 2. 2022. PMID: 35157053


  13. Stankiewicz Karita HC, Dong TQ, Johnston C, Neuzil KM, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger PJ, Bershteyn A, Thorpe LE, Deming M, Kottkamp A, Laufer M, Landovitz RJ, Luk A, Hoffman R, Roychoudhury P, Magaret CA, Greninger AL, Huang ML, Jerome KR, Wener M, Celum C, Chu HY, Baeten JM, Wald A, Barnabas RV, Brown ER. Trajectory of Viral RNA Load Among Persons With Incident SARS-CoV-2 G614 Infection (Wuhan Strain) in Association With COVID-19 Symptom Onset and Severity. Volume 5 of Issue 1. 2022. PMID: 35006245


  14. Johnston C, Brown ER, Stewart J, Karita HCS, Kissinger PJ, Dwyer J, Hosek S, Oyedele T, Paasche-Orlow MK, Paolino K, Heller KB, Leingang H, Haugen HS, Dong TQ, Bershteyn A, Sridhar AR, Poole J, Noseworthy PA, Ackerman MJ, Morrison S, Greninger AL, Huang ML, Jerome KR, Wener MH, Wald A, Schiffer JT, Celum C, Chu HY, Barnabas RV, Baeten JM, COVID-19 Early Treatment Study Team. Hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin for treatment of early SARS-CoV-2 infection among high-risk outpatient adults: A randomized clinical trial. Volume 33. 2021. PMID: 33681731


  15. Bershteyn A, Schwartz MD, Thorpe LE, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger P, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Laufer MK, Hoffman RM, Landovitz RJ, Paolino K, Barnabas RV. Taking a stand against the politicization of medical research: how 'swinging the pendulum' poses a hazard to clinical trials, study participants, and the progress of science. Volume 17 of Issue 1. 2020. PMID: 33284056


  16. Barnabas RV, Brown ER, Bershteyn A, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Johnston C, Thorpe LE, Kottkamp A, Neuzil KM, Laufer MK, Deming M, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger PJ, Luk A, Paolino K, Landovitz RJ, Hoffman R, Schaafsma TT, Krows ML, Thomas KK, Morrison S, Haugen HS, Kidoguchi L, Wener M, Greninger AL, Huang ML, Jerome KR, Wald A, Celum C, Chu HY, Baeten JM, Hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 PEP Study Team. Hydroxychloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection : A Randomized Trial. Volume 174 of Issue 3. 2020. PMID: 33284679


  17. Stankiewicz Karita HC, Waterboer T, Magaret A, Doody DR, Pawlita M, Brenner N, Galloway DA, Wald A, Madeleine MM. Humoral Response to HPV16 Proteins in Persons with Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion or Anal Cancer. Volume 29 of Issue 11. 2020. PMID: 32883662


  18. Stankiewicz Karita HC, Stankiewicz Acosta C, Simmons JD. A Young Woman With Ulcerated Skin Lesions on Her Lower Extremities. Volume 71 of Issue 4. 2020. PMID: 32797219


  19. Valinetz E, Stankiewicz Karita H, Pottinger PS, Jain R. Novel Administration of Clofazimine for the Treatment of Mycobacterium avium Infection. Volume 7 of Issue 6. 2020. PMID: 32548205


  20. Kates OS, Fisher CE, Stankiewicz-Karita HC, Shepherd AK, Church EC, Kapnadak SG, Lease ED, Riedo FX, Rakita RM, Limaye AP. Earliest cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) identified in solid organ transplant recipients in the United States. Volume 20 of Issue 7. 2020. PMID: 32330356


  21. Stankiewicz Karita HC, Magaret A, Huang ML, Jerome KR, Feng Q, Wald A. Quantitative Oral HPV16 and HPV18 Detection in Persons Attending Dental Clinics. Volume 47 of Issue 2. 2020. PMID: 31804297


  22. Stankiewicz Karita HC, Hauge K, Magaret A, Mao C, Schouten J, Grieco V, Xi LF, Galloway DA, Madeleine MM, Wald A. Effect of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine to Interrupt Recurrence of Vulvar and Anal Neoplasia (VIVA): A Trial Protocol. Volume 2 of Issue 4. 2019. PMID: 30977845


  23. Bajema KL, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Tenforde MW, Hawes SE, Heffron R. Maternal Hepatitis B Infection and Pregnancy Outcomes in the United States: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Volume 5 of Issue 6. 2018. PMID: 29992174


  24. Stankiewicz Karita HC, Moss NJ, Laschansky E, Drolette L, Magaret AS, Selke S, Gardella C, Wald A. Invasive Obstetric Procedures and Cesarean Sections in Women With Known Herpes Simplex Virus Status During Pregnancy. Volume 4 of Issue 4. 2017. PMID: 29308404