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Physician-in-Chief, Department of Medicine
Director, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Pathogens
Division of Infectious Disease, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
BA, cum laude, Political Economy of Labor, University of Rochester
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Co-Chair, Brown Infectious Diseases Committee on Biological Defense and Emerging
Pathogens, Brown Medical School, 2001 to present
Hospital Emergency Preparedness Committee, Memorial Hospital of RI, 2001 to present
Previous Appointments
Attending Physician and Consultant, Infectious Diseases, St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bedford, MA 1996-2001
Primary Care Physician and Consultant, Hawthorn Medical Assoc., LLC, North Dartmouth, MA, 1996-2001
Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA, 1996-1999
Consultant, Infectious Diseases, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, 1994-1996
Principal Scientist and Head, Section of Protective Immunity, Department of Vaccines for HIV-1
Prevention, Division of Retrovirology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC, 1993-1996
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1993-1996
Chief of Medical Residents and Attending Staff, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, DC, 1989-1990
Current Research: Principal Investigator
Center for Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections, Rhode Island Department of Health
Protocol H-400-09 and H-400-12, The Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of ACAM2000 Smallpox Vaccine
in Adults with or without Previous Smallpox Vaccination - A Randomized, Double-Blind, Fixed Dose, Phase 3
Comparison between ACAM2000 and Dryvax® Smallpox Vaccine, Acambis Inc.
Novel Approaches to the Inhibition of Anthrax Toxin, National Institutes of Health
Honors and Awards
Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, Brown Medical School, 2002, 2004
Community Service Award, Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction, 2001
Bailey K. Ashford Research Award, semi-finalist, Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, 1993
Hewlett-Packard Top Medical Graduate Award, Tufts University School of
Medicine, 1986
Professional Memberships
American Academy of HIV Medicine
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Areas of Interest
Biological warfare, bioterrorism and defense, biological toxins and pathogens
Author of more than 60 original articles, book chapters and publications. |
