Education

Amherst College                                                                           B.A.         1981      Biology

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry           M.D.        1987      Medicine

Post-Graduate Training

1987-1990           Internal Medicine Residency, University Hospital, Boston Univ. School of Medicine

1990-1993           Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Board Certification

1990      Internal Medicine,  American Board of Internal Medicine

1992      Infectious Diseases,  American Board of Internal Medicine

Health Care System and UMMS Appointments:

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School

2000-present    Member, UMMS Institutional Biosafety Committee

2004-present    Chair, UMMS Institutional Biosafety Committee

Honors

• 1996      Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Award.  “In recognition of dedication to care of HIV infected people in the Merrimack Valley”
• 2009      Merrimack Valley Area Health Education Center & Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Award.  For “years of dedicated services in the field of HIV Care”
• 2013      Sister Willie Leadership Award.  For “dedication, compassion & commitment to enhance the lives of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS”.  Lowell World AIDS Day Committee

Research Interests

• HIV pathogenesis
• Viral immunology and vaccine development
• SARS associated coronavirus
• Epstein Barr Virus

Clinical Focus

• Comprehensive care for HIV-infected adults.  
• Specialty care of individuals with hepatitis C virus and other infectious diseases.