Background

Education:

• A.B., Sarah Lawrence College, 1973
• M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, 1978

Post-Graduate Training:

• Internal Medicine Residency, University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 1978-81
• Chief Medical Resident, University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 1981-82
• Infectious Diseases Fellowship, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1982-84

Health Care System and UMass Medical School Appointments:

• Clinical Chief, Infectious Diseases and Immunology UMMHC
• Member, Antibiotic Subcommittee and Infection Contol Committee, UMMHC
• Medical Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, (MACET)
  Division of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2000-present
• Co-Director INFECTIONS Course, UMassMedical School 
• Director, Getchell Ward TB program

Board Certification:

• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1982
• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), 1986
• Diplomate, American Board of Medical Microbiology, 1993

Honors and Awards:

• Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Society Kenneth Kaplan Clinician of theYear 2011
• National Merit Scholar
• Circle of Excellence Award - Physician of the year: MCCM Quality Improvement
• Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America
• Teaching Award, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Brighton, MA
• Best Doctors in America

Research/Clinical Interests

• Bartonella (Rochalimaea)
• Gram positive bacteria
• Fungal infections
• Antibacterial agents
• Antimicrobial agents and resistance
• Transplant-related infections
• Tuberculosis