Svenja J. Albrecht, MD, MPH, CTropMed

Svenja J. Albrecht, MD, MPH, CTropMed

Professor

Department:
SOM-Medicine-ID

Email:
salbrecht@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5560

Education

Johns Hopkins University, CTropMed, Tropical Medicine2010
Johns Hopkins University, MPH, Public Health2010
University of Pennsylvania, Research Fellowship, Infectious Disease2006
University of Pennsylvania, Fellowship, Infectious Diseases2005
University of Pennsylvania, Residency, Internal Medicine2003
University of Pennsylvania, Internship, Internal Medicine2001
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, MD, Medicine2000
Rutgers University, BS, Business/Accounting1994

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Fibroscan, Echosens08/2016 - Present
Re-certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine10/2015 - Present
Re-certification, Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine10/2014 - Present
Certification, Public Health, National Board of Public Health Examiners08/2010 - Present
Certification, CTropMed, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene12/2010 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi Medical Licensure, Mississippi06/2007 - Present
Certification, Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine10/2005 - 12/2015
Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine10/2003 - 12/2013

Current Positions

Director, School of Medicine07/2023 - Present
Medical Director, Outpatient Antimicrobial Service, School of Medicine07/2021 - Present
Medical Director and Faculty Expert04/2019 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Medicine07/2017 - Present
Director, School of Medicine03/2017 - Present
Faculty2016 - Present
Director, School of Medicine01/2008 - Present
Director07/2007 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Faculty Expert, TeleECHO Nursing Home COVID, UMMC11/2020 - 08/2021
Education Coordinator, Division of Infectious Disease2015 - 06/2017
Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Director2013 - 06/2017
Assistant Professor, University of MS Medical Center, Department of Medicine07/2007 - 06/2017

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, A Multicenter, Single-Arm Prospective Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of GLE/PIB 8-Week Treatment in Adults and Adolescents with Acute Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection06/2021 - Present
Extramural, Cidara Phase 3 RESTORE Study, Principal Investigator05/2019 - 02/2022
Extramural, Cidara Phase 2 STRIVE Study, Principal Investigator01/2018 - 01/2020
Extramural, A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Alafenamide (F/TAF)Fixed-Dose Combination Once Daily for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men and Are At Risk of HIV-1 Infection11/2016 - 07/2017

Publications

Accepted manuscript

George A, Rayborn S, Herrington P, Albrecht S, Billings A. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Hepatitis C Treatment via Project ECHO for a 24-year-old Rural Patient with New-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis. Accepted Manuscript (For Publication in September 2023 issue, The Journal of Family Practice).2023

Submitted manuscript

Sarah J. Willis, Stephen R. Cole, Daniel Westreich, Andrew Edmonds, Christopher B. Hurt, Svenja Albrecht, Kathryn Anastos, Michael Augenbraun, Margaret Fischl, Audrey L. French, Aley G. Kalapila, Roksana Karim, Marion G. Peters, Michael Plankey, Eric C. Seaberg, Phyllis C. Tien and Adaora A. Adimora Chronic hepatitis C virus infection, depression, and HIV disease progression among women initiating antiretroviral therapy Submitted manuscript

Journal Article

Edmonds A, Haley DF, Edwards JK, Ramirez C, French AL, Tien PC, Plankey M, Sharma A, Augenbraun M, Seaberg EC, Workowski K, Alcaide ML, Albrecht S, Adimora AA. Health Insurance and Initiation of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C in US Women with HIV. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 6:ciad2042023
Jhaveri TA, Williams S, Kancharla S, Frame IJ, Cruse A, Albrecht SJ, Stryjewska BM, Webb RM. The Brief Case: Delayed Diagnosis of Cutaneous Mycobacterial Infection in Rural Mississippi. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Dec 21;60(12):e00307222022
Jhaveri TA, Williams S, Kancharla S, Frame IJ, Cruse A, Albrecht SJ, Stryjewska BM, Webb RM. Closing the Brief Case: Delayed Diagnosis of Cutaneous Mycobacterial Infection in Rural Mississippi. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Dec 21;60(12):e0030822.2022
Lucar J, Wingler MJB, Cretella DA, Ward LM, Sims Gomillia CE, Chamberlain N,
Shimose LA, Brock JB, Harvey J, Wilhelm A, Majors LT, Jeter JB, Bueno MX,
Albrecht S, Navalkele B, Mena LA, Parham J. Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and
Outcomes of Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19: Early Experience from an Academic
Medical Center in Mississippi.
South Med J. 2021 Mar;114(3):144-149
2021
Barber KE, Albrecht S, Stover KR. Persistent cryptococcal meningitis treated with antiretroviral therapy and alternative antifungals. J Pharmacol. 2019; 10:35-372019
Willis SJ, Cole SR, Westreich D, Edmonds A, Hurt CB, Albrecht S, Anastos K, Augenbraun M, Fischl M, French AL, Kalapila AG, Karim R, Peters MG, Plankey M, Seaberg EC, Tien PC, Adimora AA. Chronic hepatitis C virus infection and subsequent HIV viral load among women with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy. AIDS (London, England), 2018 Mar 13;32(5):653-6612018
Albrecht SJ, Nolan RL. Top Ten Facts You Need to Know about Zika Virus. J Miss State Med Assoc. 2016;57:4-52016
Zamora A, Payne C, Hansen D, Albrecht S, Herrin V, Azad K, Webb R Sporopachydermia cereana Sepsis in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: First Reported Case in the United States Infect Dis Clin Practice.2015; 23:152-42015
Morse M, Kessler J, Albrecht S, Kim R, Thakur R, Nthobatsang R, Radisowa K, Maunatlala C, Macgregor RR, Friedman H Induced Sputum for Diagnosis of Crypotococcal Pneumonia in Botswana International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2009;13:149-502009
Morse M, Kessler J, Albrecht S, Kim R, Thakur R, Nthobatsang R, Radisowa K, Maunatlala C, Yang W, Macgregor RR, Friedman H Induced Sputum Improves the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Hospitalized Patients in Gaborone, Botswana International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2008 Nov; 12(11): 1279-852008
Albrecht SJ, Fishman NO, Kitchen J, Nachamkin I, Bilker W, Hoegg C, Samel C, Barbagallo S, Arentzen J, Lautenbach E Re-emergency of Gram-Negative Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections Archives of Internal Medicine 2006;166:1289-942006

Abstracts

Anne L. Gao, Marty Schoenle, Chloe L. Thio, William O. Osburn, Andrea L. Cox, Eric C Seaberg, Christine U Oramasionwu, Mallory D Witt, Michael Plankey, Anjali Sharma, Michael Augenbraun, Joel Milam1, Phyllis C Tien, Kimberly Workowski, Anandi N Sheth, Svenja Albrecht, Audrey French, Maria Alcaide, Andrew I. Flyak, Justin R. Bailey A new assay for the quantification of HCV E2- or E1-dependent neutralizing antibody responses in polyclonal plasma HCV-Flavi 2023, 29th International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus, Flaviviruses, and Related Viruses, Atlanta (Accepted for presentation)2023
Billingsley BC, Albrecht, S. An Interesting Case of Polymicrobial Cardiac Device-Related Endocarditis Involving Burkholderia Species and Kodamaea. ACP Regional Chapter Meeting, Meridian MS2023
Cecile D. Lahiri, Michael A. Yu, Logan Gerig, C. Christina Mehta, Joffi Musonge-Effoe, Jennifer C. Price, Phyllis C. Tien, Amanda B. Spence, Svenja Albrecht, Maria L. Alcaide, Adaora A. Adimora, Audrey L. French, Michael H. Augenbraun, Kathryn Anastos, Jessica A. Alvarez LIVER STEATOSIS AND FIBROSIS IN WOMEN WITH HIV BY INTEGRASE INHIBITOR USE Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Seattle, Washington2023
Michael Andrew Yu, Logan Gerig, C. Christina Mehta, Oyindamola Bidemi Yusef, Joffi Musonge-Effoe, Jessica A Alvarez, Jennifer Price, Phyllis Tien,
Amanda B. Spence, Svenja Albrecht, Maria Alcaide, Adaora Adimora, Alison Abraham, Audrey L French, Michael Augenbraum, Kathryn Anastos, Cecile Lahiri. Noninvasive Assessment of Change in Hepatic Fibrosis Following Initiation of Integrase Inhibitors in Women Living with HIV ID Week (joint annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)
2022
Valencia Oglesby, Svenja Albrecht. Disseminated Gonococcal Infection: A Not So Common Manifestation of N. gonorrhoeae Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), 2021 Southern Regional Meeting (virtual)2021
Valencia Oglesby, Svenja Albrecht. Disseminated Gonococcal Infection: A Not So Common Manifestation of N. gonorrhoeae ACP Abstract Day, October 2020 (Virtual)2020
Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus - Not Horsing Around, a Serious Infection in Humans. Alabama/Mississippi ACP Chapter Scientific Meeting - Birmingham, AL. June 2020. Cancelled due to COVID-192020
Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus - Not Horsing Around, a Serious Infection in Humans Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting - Birmingham, AL, May 2020, accepted but cancelled due to COVID-192020
Andrew Edmonds,Danielle F. Haley,Jessie K. Edwards, Catalina Ramirez, Audrey French, Phyllis Tien, Michael W. Plankey,7 Mardge Cohen,8 Anjali Sharma,9 Michael Augenbraun, Eric C. Seaberg, Kimberly A. Workowski, Hector Bolivar, Svenja Albrecht,Adaora A. Adimora15 HEALTH INSURANCE AND DIRECT-ACTING HCV ANTIVIRAL INITIATION IN US WOMEN WITH HIV Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), 20202020
Logan H. Ramsey, B.S.; Thompson W. Liddell, M.D; Svenja J. Albrecht, MD Primary Meningococcal Conjunctivitis: Case Report and Literature Review UMMC ACP Abstract Day2017
Malorie Holmes, MD; John Bridges, MD; Thompson Liddell, MD; M. Morgan McLeod, MD; Jimmy Stewart, MD; Svenja Albrecht, MD Grabbing the bull by the horns: Source control as the solution in MRSA prostatitis with bacteremia UMMC ACP Abstract Day2017
Shaoxin Lu, MS3, Ryan A. Williams, MD, Svenja Albrecht, MD, Venkatraraman Palabindala, MD, Rahat Noor, MD Bad to the Bone: Chasing the Culprit of Persistent MSSA Bacteremia UMMC ACP Abstract Day2017
Clifford E. Coile, Svenja Albrecht, Jason Parham, and Risa Webb Spinal Epidural Abscess Following Non-Penetrating Lower Back Injury ACP Chapter Meeting2017
Clifford E. Coile, Svenja Albrecht, Jason Parham, and Risa Webb Spinal epidural abscess following non-penetrating lower back injury UMMC ACP Abstract Day2016
Tyler Sims, Angela Fielder,Svenja Albrecht, Kimberly Harkins Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Secondary to Mycobacterium Avium Complex Presenting With Florid Leukocytosis UMMC ACP Abstract Day2016
Andrew Bartlett, MD; William Horton, MD; Michael Boler, DO; Jorge Salazar, MD; Svenja Albrecht, MD; Michael Hall, MD Infective Endarteritis Leading to Discovery of Undiagnosed Coarctation of the Aorta in an Adult UMMC ACP Abstract Day2016
LeBlanc B, Edwards M, Albrecht S When a Tattoo Repair Goes Wrong UMMC ACP Abstract Day - October 30, 20152015
Freeman H, Guyton J, Albrecht S, Butler K, Minor D. Developing and implementing a community health advocate training program. Proceedings of the Mid South Pharmacy Residents Conference. Fogelman Executive Conference Center, May 2012;962012
Freeman H, Guyton J, Minor D, Albrecht S, Butler K. The Clinical Impact of Potential Drug Interactions Associated with Boceprevir and Telaprevir in Hepatitis C 2012 UMMC Research Day2012
Albrecht S, Caviedes L, Sheen P, Arenas F, Fuentes P, Valencia T, Kawai V, Soto G, Martin L, Williams DL, Gilman RH, Evans CA. Comparison of different molecular and culture-based stool techniques in pulmonary tuberculosis American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2010; 83:1-2752010
Albrecht SJ, Gilman RH, Sheen P, Arenas F, Kawai V, Soto G, Williams DL, Evans CA Comparison of molecular and culture-based stool testing for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 20092009
Albert DA, Albrecht S, Graham D, Ripka S, Prevalence of Low Back Pain Amongst Remote Riverine Populations in the Peruvian Amazon American College of Rheumatology. 20082008
Albrecht SJ, Fishman NO, Hoegg C, Samel C, Barbagallo S, Arentzen J, Bilker W, Lautenbach E. Gram-Negative Orhanisms (GNO) on the Rise: A Shift in the Epidemiology of Primary Heathcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections.2004 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) 20042004

Presentations

Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hepatitis C Elimination in 2023: A Review of Current Approaches to Meet WHO Targets, Centro San Vicente, Webinar05/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Conference Update: My Takeaways from AASLD 2022, Centro San Vicente, Webinar03/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Global Progress in the Treatment of Hepatitis C in 2022, Centro San Vicente, Webinar11/2022
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Strategies for De-Prescribing PPIs, Centro San Vicente, Webinar07/2022
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Re-Treatment of Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir/Voxilaprevir Failures, Centro San Vicente, Webinar06/2022
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir and Co-Administration of Psychotropic Drugs, Centro San Vicente, Webinar02/2022
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Protease-Inhibitor Based Antiviral Therapy and Hepatic Dysfunction Risk, Centro San Vicente, Webinar11/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Conference Updates: My Key Takeaways from the 2021 International EASL Congress, Centro San Vicente, Webinar09/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Strategies for Hepatitis C Elimination, Centro San Vicente, Webinar07/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hepatitis C Treatment Simplification, Centro San Vicente, Webinar06/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Use of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir in PWIDs and Other Marginalized Populations, Centro San Vicente, Webinar03/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir in Persons with Injection Drug Use and Others with Adherence Concerns, Centro San Vicente, Webinar09/2020
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, COVID-19 and Liver Disease, Centro San Vicente, Webinar08/2020
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, What to Choose When: A Closer Look at First-Line Antiviral Options, Centro San Vicente, Webinar05/2020
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, HCV Resistance Primer and RAS Testing, Centro San Vicente, Webinar04/2020
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Current Updates in the IDSA/AASLD Guidelines, Centro San Vicente, Webinar03/2020
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Tele-ECHO for Hepatitis C Management in Primary Care, Community Health Care Association of MS, Spring Meeting 2020, CHCAMS, MS03/2020
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Overview of Hepatitis C Therapies, Centro San Vicente, Webinar12/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Initial Evaluation and Management of the HCV-Positive Patient, Centro San Vicente, Webinar11/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hepatitis C Screening and Diagnosis for Primary Care Providers, Centro San Vicente, Webinar10/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, HCV Project ECHO for Community Health Centers in MS, Community Health Center Association of MS (CHCAMS), 2019 Fall Clinical Conference, Mississippi10/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Global Health Seminar: Malaria and other Parasitic Infections in the Tropics, Mississippi College, Clinton MS10/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Arboviral Infections: Local and Global Impact, Mississippi College, Clinton MS10/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hepatitis C Resources and "Toolkit", Centro San Vicente, Webinar09/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hepatic and Extrahepatic Impact of Hepatitis C and Associated Morbidity and Mortality, Centro San Vicente, Webinar08/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Approach to the Newly Diagnosed Hepatitis C Patient, Centro San Vicente, Webinar07/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fibrosis Assessment and Implications on Morbidity and Mortality Including HCC Risk, Centro San Vicente, Webinar06/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Hepatitis C Cascade, Centro San Vicente, Webinar05/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Acute Viral Hepatitis C Infection, Centro San Vicente, El Paso, Texas04/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hepatitis C for the Primary Care Physician in 2019, Annual Meeting, Family Medicine Update, Jackson, MS03/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, SE Regional AETC Meeting: HCV Case Studies and Special Populations, Vanderbilt, Memphis, TN03/2018
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mississippi State Department of Health Invited Webinar: Hepatitis C, MSDH, Webinar12/2017
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Open Arms: HCV Training for the Primary Care Setting, AETC, Jackson, MS11/2017
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Baby Boomers: The Birth of HCV, AETC, Hilton, Jackson, MS05/2017
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hepatitis C Management in HIV Coinfection, AETC, Jackson, MS06/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Viral Hepatitis in HIV Patients, AETC, Jackson, MS12/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Statewide Clinical HIV Update: Viral Hepatitis in HIV, AETC, Jackson, MS12/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Women's AMA Chapter Invited Lecture: UMMC's Global Health Programs and Experience in Peru, AMWA, Jackson, MS04/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Stanley W. Chapman Infectious Disease Symposium, Lecturer: Viral Hepatitis, Jackson, MS01/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Stanley W. Chapman Infectious Disease Symposium, Symposium Chair/Organizer, Jackson, MS01/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, UMMC's Tropical Medicine Experience in Peru, Global Health Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS11/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Annual Statewide HIV Update: HCV and HIV, AETC, Jackson, MS12/2010
Poster Presentation, Comparison of different molecular and culture-based stool techniques in pulmonary tuberculosis, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA10/2010
Platform Presentations, Comparison of molecular and culture-based stool testing for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, Johns Hopkins Capstone Presentations, Baltimore, MD05/2010
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Annual HIV Clinical Forum: Co-Morbidity HIV/HCV, AETC, Jackson, MS12/2009
Poster Presentation, Comparison of molecular and culture-based stool testing for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico12/2009
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advanced HIV Clinical Training, AETC/UMMC, Jackson, MS06/2009
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advanced HIV Clinical Training, AETC/UMMC, Jackson, MS03/2009
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, UMMC's Global Health Programs and Experience in Peru, Central Medical Society Meeting12/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, HIV & Hepatitis C, AETC, Jackson, MS09/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advanced HIV Clinical Training, AETC/UMMC, Jackson, MS08/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Healthy MS Summit: New CDC Guidelines, AETC/UMMC, Jackson, MS05/2008
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, HIV Update: Treatment, Delta AETC, Vicksburg, MS03/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advanced HIV Clinical training, AETC/UMMC, Jackson, MS03/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advanced HIV Clinical Training, AETC/UMMC, Jackson, MS12/2007
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, International HIV Tour, AETC, Jackson, MS12/2007
Platform Presentations, Gram-Negative Orhanisms (GNO) on the Rise: A Shift in the Epidemiology of Primary Heathcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA04/2004

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

2018 Doctor's Day Certificate of Appreciation Recipient, UMMC’s Office of Development2018
Delta Omega Alpha Public Health Honor Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health2010
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School2000

Professional Membership and Service

Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), Member2019 - Present
IDSA, Meeting Participant, National ID Training Program Directors meeting2014 - 2016
European Association for Liver Diseases, Member2014 - 2017
MS State Medical Association, Member2014 - 2016
Infectious Disease Society of America, Member2013 - Present
ASTMH, Presenter, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2010
Delta Omega Alpha, Member2010 - Present
American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Member2010 - 2017
SHEA, Presenter, Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare and Epidemiology of America2004
AOA, Member2000 - Present

Committee Service

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS, Member2019 - 2021
ABIM Infectious Disease Maintenance of Certification Exam Standard Setting Panel 2017, Diplomate2017 - 2017
House Officer Selection Committee, Department of Medicine, Member2016 - 2020
Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), Division of Infectious Diseases, Member2016 - 2017
MS State Department of Health HCV Advisory Committee, Member2015 - 2019
Clinical Competency Committee (CCC), Division of Infectious Diseases, Chair2014 - Present
Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), Division of Infectious Diseases, Ad Hoc Member2014 - 2016
The Stanley W. Chapman Infectous Disease Symposium Planning Committee, Co-Chair2013 - 2014
Career Development Mentoring Committee (Dr. Sajneet Khangura), Member2012 - 2013
Public Health Committee, Member2012 - 2016
Liver Transplant Planning Committee, Member2009 - 2010

Community Service

Infectious Disease Faculty, TeleECHO Centro San Vicente, TX, Content Expert04/2019 - Present
Pre-med college mentorship and shadowing program 2017 (Precepted: Laura Wiggins)07/2017 - 07/2017
High School Medical Career Coaching Program, Advisor, Student mentored: Mark Yeates08/2016 - 08/2016
Collaboration with MSDH for Hepatitis Awareness Month program, Faculty Collaborator05/2014 - 05/2014
Collaboration with MSDH for HCV education, testing, and linkage to care community outreach programs, Faculty Advisor2013 - 12/2013
UMMC Global Health Interest Group, Member2013 - 06/2016
Jackson Free Clinic (Jackson, MS), Faculty Volunteer2012 - Present
Medical Mission Peruvian Amazon (Annual, Peru), Faculty Volunteer2008 - Present
Delta AETC MS, Clinical Mentoring and Preceptorship in Viral Hepatitis2007 - Present
Volunteer, Princess Marina Hospital - Gaborone, Botswana, Research Fellow/Clinician Educator11/2005 - 06/2006
Volunteer, Princess Marina Hospital - Gaborone, Botswana, Clinician Educator09/2005 - 11/2005
Volunteer, Health Volunteers Overseas Kampala, Uganda, Medical Student and Resident Education05/2003 - 06/2003
Volunteer (Lugulu, Kenya), Clinician Educator06/2002 - 07/2002

Other Service

Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: Soluble markers of inflammation and pulmonary function in women with hepatitis C exposure living with and without human immunodeficiency virus, Reviewer, study proposal06/2023 - Present
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: Role of anti-HBV Neutralizing Antibodies During Treatment-Induced Control of Chronic Hepatitis B, Reviewer, study proposal04/2023 - Present
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer:Relationship of Alcohol Biomarkers with HIV Outcomes, Clinical Co-Morbidities, and COVID-related policies., Reviewer, study proposal12/2022 - 02/2023
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: Quantifying the diversity and frequency of noncanonical protein coding spliced HBV RNA in HIV-HBV coinfection and HBV monoinfection., Reviewer, study proposal12/2022 - 01/2023
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer:Gut microbial composition, microbial translocation and NAFLD/NASH in the MWCCS., Reviewer, study proposal11/2022 - 12/2022
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer:Alcohol/HIV Biomarker/biosensor Information (AHBBI) Repository., Reviewer, study proposal03/2022 - 04/2022
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and liver-related events and death in the tenofovir era., Reviewer, study proposal03/2022 - 03/2022
Host candidate inflammatory genes and progression of liver disease in HIV/HCV co-infected women, study proposal reviewer, Reviewer02/2022 - 02/2022
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: Hepatitis B surface antigen clearance in HIV-HBV co-infected people receiving HBV-active ART., Reviewer, study proposal02/2022 - 02/2022
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: Host candidate inflammatory genes and progression of liver disease in HIV/HCV co-infected women., Reviewer, study proposal01/2022 - 01/2022
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer:Food Insecurity, Food “Deserts,” and the Risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Women with HIV., Reviewer, study proposal10/2021 - 10/2021
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: HIV, Liver Fibrosis Severity and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Immune Responses in Women., Reviewer, study proposal08/2021 - 08/2021
Advisor, National Panel for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), 2021, Advisor06/2021 - 06/2021
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: Assessing the impact of integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in people living with HIV (PLWH), Reviewer, study proposal06/2021 - 06/2021
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: NA-ACCORD: Extrahepatic benefits of direct acting antiviral therapy among people co-infected with HIV and HCV, Reviewer, study proposal05/2021 - 06/2021
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: Metabolomic Signatures of liver fibrosis and steatosis in women with or at-risk for HIV., Reviewer, study proposal04/2021 - 04/2021
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: MWCCS hepatitis B and C baseline testing in former MACS participants., Reviewer, study proposal02/2021 - 03/2021
Immune Correlates of Acute HBV Recovery in HIV-infected and -uninfected subjects., reviewer study proposal, Reviewer09/2020 - 09/2020
HIV, HCV, and Gender Effects on Liver, Bone, and Vascular Health, study proposal reviewer, reviewer05/2020 - 06/2020
Hospitalizations for Hepatitis C in Mississippi, 2014-2018 – A Hidden Epidemic05/2020 - 05/2020
Journal of Public Health in the Deep South05/2020 - Present
Change in plasma microRNAome in HCV cure in HIV+/HIV- women and men, study proposal reviewer, Reviewer, study proposal05/2020 - 05/2020
MMI Rater for Medical School Admission Interviews07/2019 - 05/2020
Mitochondrial-Nuclear Genetic Interactions in Spontaneous HCV Clearance, Reviewer, Reviewer, study proposal06/2019 - 06/2019
Can you identify this expanding plaque. Reviewer for Clinical Case Reports06/2019 - 06/2019
GWIMS Mentoring Program for Women Faculty, Mentor05/2019 - 06/2020
Reviewer: Relationships between NAFLD, physical function and the frailty phenotype among MACS men04/2019 - 05/2019
Clinical Case Reports03/2019 - Present
Reviewer Clinical Case Reports - ScholarOne Manuscripts03/2019 - 04/2019
Facilitator for IMP-1 Small Group Meetings 2019-2020, M1 Small Group Facilitator2019 - 04/2020
Reviewer: : Identification of Novel Bioactive Lipid Metabolites for Predicting Liver-related Outcomes in Persons Co-Infected with HIV and HCV10/2018 - 10/2018
Womens Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Co-Author:“Statin use and fibrosis progression in HIV/HCV-coinfected women”, Co-author06/2018 - 06/2018
Womens Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Co-Author: HCV cure and Kidney Health: A prospective, observational cohort study of HCV Genotype 1 and 4 infected adults with and without HIV infection, Reviewer03/2018 - 03/2018
Intern Coaching Program, Department of Medicine, Coach10/2017 - 12/2018
Department of Medicine ACP Abstract Day, Referee 201710/2017 - 10/2017
International Medical Graduate Infectious Disease Rotation, Observership Coordination and Preceptorship (Lucas Chen)06/2017 - 06/2017
Fibroscan Interpretations: Women’s Interagency HIV Study, Fibroscan Specialist04/2017 - Present
Pre-Judging Panel, Abstract Day 201610/2016 - 10/2016
Department of Medicine ACP Abstract Day, Referee 201610/2016 - 10/2016
International Medical Graduate Infectious Disease Rotation, Obervership Coordination and Preceptorship (Anukrati Shukla)09/2016 - 09/2016
International Medical Graduate Infectious Disease Rotation, Observership Coordination and Preceptorship (Ishani Ganta)07/2016 - 07/2016
International Medical Graduate Infectious Disease Rotation, Obsevership Coordination and Preceptorship (Krutika Pandiya)07/2016 - 07/2016
Womens Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Co-Author: Estimating the Effect of Hepatitis C on HIV Clinical Outcomes, Co-Author, Concept Sheet03/2016 - 03/2021
Faculty, Mississippi AIDS Education and Training Center, Training faculty2016 - Present
Womens Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Co-Author: Immune Correlates of Spontaneous Control of HCV Infection during HAART, Co-Author, Concept Sheet06/2015 - 07/2015
Womens Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Reviewer: Polymorphisms in NTCP and TDP2 Genes and Hepatitis B Outcomes, Proposal Reviewer02/2015 - 06/2015
Education Corrodinator, Division of Infectious Diseases2015 - 06/2017
Womens Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Co-Author: Uptake of HCV Antiviral Therapy in the WIHS, Co-author, concept sheet02/2014 - 02/2014
The Stanley W. Chapman Infectious Disease Symposium, Course Director2014 - 2014
Womens Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Co-Author: The Strand Continues: Hair Concentrations of Antiretrovirals and New Hepatitis C Drugs in WIHS V as Markers of Adherence and Exposure, Co-Author, Concept Sheet09/2013 - 10/2013
Womens Interagency HIV Study, Proposal Co-Author: Effect of HIV/HCV Coinfection on Liver, Bone, and Vascular Health, Co-Author, Concept Sheet08/2013 - 09/2013
WIHS/MACS Hepatitis Working Group, Member06/2013 - Present
Collaborative Support for MSDH Grant U51PS004070-01; CDC-RFA-PS13-1303 MS Viral Hepatitis Prevention11/2012 - 10/2013
Collaborative Support for MSDH proposal PS12-1209 Viral Hepatitis, Early Identification and Linkage to Care for Persons with Chronic HBV and HCV Infections10/2012 - 10/2012
American Journal of the Medical Sciences (Ad Hoc Reviewer), Ad Hoc Reviewer2012 - 12/2019
Director, Infectious Diseases Viral Hepatitis Program2008 - Present

Teaching Experience

Population Health, Lecture, Lecturer, Global Health for the Preventive Medicine PractitionerSpring 2023 - 2023
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Divisional Conference: A Common Clinical ID Problem with (Two) Unusual EtiologiesSpring 2023
Medicine, Course, Course Director, Med 636Annual 2023
Population Health, Lecture, Lecturer, Preventive Medicine: Travel MedicineSpring 2022
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Infectious Diseases Bugs and Drugs: Viral HepatitisFall 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Divisional Clinical and Research Conference: Hepatitis C in 2022Spring 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Department of Medicine Resident Lecture: Viral Hepatitis for Primary CareFall 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Department of Medicine Resident Lecture: Travel Medicine for Internists in 2022Fall 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Department of Medicine Resident Lecture: Viral Hepatitis, Part ASpring 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Department of Medicine Resident Lecture: Viral Hepatitis, Part BSpring 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M2 Medical Student Seminar on Global Health and Geographic Medicine (Virtual)Spring 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Journal Club: Effect of Cefepime/Enmetazobactam vs Piperacillin/Tazobactam on Clinical Cure and Microbiological Eradication in Patients with Complicated Urinary Tract Infection or Acute PyelonephritisFall 2022
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Literature Review: Viral Hepatitis 2022: HBV, HCV, and Hepatitis Delta.Summer 2022
Population Health, Lecture, Lecturer, International Health and Travel MedicineSpring 2021
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Divisional Literature Update, October 2021Fall 2021
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Infectious Diseases Bugs and Drugs: Q Fever and TyphusSpring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Infectious Diseases Bugs and Drugs: AnthraxSpring 2020
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2020
Medicine, Course, Course Director, MED 636Annual 2020
Medicine, Course, Preceptor, Infectious Disease M3 Ambulatory ElectiveAnnual 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Overview of Bartonella Infections (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travelers' Diarrhea (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Typhoid Fever (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Enteric Fever in the TropicsSpring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Chagas Disease in South America (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Micronutrient Deficiencies in Developing Countries (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Leprosy in the AmericasSpring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Malaria in the AmericasSpring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, What M4s Need to Know About Travel MedicineSpring 2020
Medicine, Course, Course Director, MED 663Annual 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Journal Club: Inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy does not adversely affect the clinical outcomes of patients with acute pyelonephritisSpring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Journal Club: : Literature Update: Viral hepatitisSpring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Disease Clinical Conference: Acute Hepatitis C - A case-based management review and expert panel discussionSpring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Geographic Medicine (M2 Microbiology)Spring 2019
Medicine, Course, Course Director, MED 636Annual 2019
Medicine, Course, Course Director, Amb Med 663Spring 2019
Medicine, Course, Preceptor, Infectious Disease M3 Ambulatory ElectiveAnnual 2019
Population Health, Lecture, Lecturer, Global Heatlh Interest Group: Overview of UMMC's global helath program in PeruSpring 2019 - 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Flavivirus Infections (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travel Medicine: Immunizations (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travel Medicine: Travelers' Diarrhea (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travel Medicine: Malaria Prophylaxis (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Bartonellosis (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Typhoid and Enteric Fever(M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Micronutrient Deficiencies in the Tropics (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Tetanus in the Tropics (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Chagas Disease (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Infectious Diseases Bugs and Drugs: Urinary Tract InfectionsSummer 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Infectious Diseases Bugs and Drugs: Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella Zoster VirusFall 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Infectious Diseases Bugs and Drugs: Plasmodium Species (Malaria)Fall 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Infectious Diseases Bugs and Drugs: Introduction to Helminth InfectionsFall 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Infectious Diseases Bugs and Drugs: Cestode and Intestinal Nematode InfectionsFall 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Journal Club: Impact of Beta-Lactam and Daptomycin Combination on Clinical Outcomes in Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, A Propensity Score-matched AnalysisFall 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Literature Update: Hepatitis and MoreFall 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, IMP-1: Small Group Facilitator 2019-2020Annual 2019
Medicine, M2 Microbiology Course Lecture: Geographic Medicine Clinical CorrelationSpring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, IMP-1Spring 2019
IMP-1, Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Behavior Change Small GroupFall 2019 - 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travel Medicine (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Immunizations (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travelers' Diarrhea (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Malaria Prophylaxis (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Bartonellosis (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Typhoid Fever (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Micronutrient Deficiencies (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Tetanus (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Chagas Disease (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Leprosy (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Buruli Ulcer (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, African Trypanosomiasis(ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2018
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2018
Medicine, Course, Course Director, MED 636Annual 2018
Medicine, Course, Preceptor, Infectious Disease M3 Ambulatory ElectiveAnnual 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Clinical Conference: Clostridium Difficile InfectionSpring 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, 2018 Update Skin and Soft Tissue Infections for Residents (IM resident conference)Winter 2018
Small Group, Facilitator, Anthrax (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2018
Small Group, Facilitator, HSV and VZV infections (ID Fellows Conference)Summer 2018
Small Group, Facilitator, Malaria (ID Fellows Conference)Fall 2018
Small Group, Facilitator, Intestinal Nematode Infections(ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Travel Medicine Lectures 1-4: Overview, Immunizations, Travelers' Diarrhea, and Malaria Prophylaxis (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Bartonellosis in Peru (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Enteric Fever (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Other Mycobacteria 1 and 2: Leprosy; BuruliSpring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Chagas (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Tetanus (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Micronutrients and Micronutrient Deficiencies in the Tropics (M4 Lecture MED 663)Spring 2017
Small Group, Facilitator, Cestodes (ID Fellows Conference)Summer 2017
Small Group, Facilitator, Stenotrophomonas and Acinetobacter (ID Fellows Conference)Fall 2017
Small Group, Facilitator, Burkholderia Cepacia (ID Fellows Conference)Fall 2017
Lecture, Lecturer, Hepatitis C in 2017Summer 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, HCV 2017 for Residents (IM resident conference)Winter 2017
Lecture, Lecturer, Journal Club: HCV Literature UpdateFall 2017
Lecture, Lecturer, Hepatitis C: DAA Systematic ReviewSummer 2017
Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Disease Core Lecture: Invasive AspergillosisSpring 2017
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2017
Medicine, Course, Course Director, MED 636Annual 2017
Medicine, Course, Preceptor, Infectious Disease M3 Ambulatory ElectiveAnnual 2017
Lecture, Lecturer, Zika Virus Infection: What Infectious Disease Consultants Should KnowSpring 2016
Lecture, Lecturer, Prolonged Antibiotics for Chronic Lyme Disease?Summer 2016
Small Group, Facilitator, Quinolone Therapy (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2016
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2016
Medicine, Preceptor, M3 Infectious Disease Ambulatory ID Rotation: Viral Hepatitis Clinic PreceptorAnnual 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Introduction to Travelers Health (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travelers' Diarrhea (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Buruli Ulcer in South America (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, American Trypanosomiasis and Chagas Control Programs in South America (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Relapsing Fever and other Tropical Borrelial Infections (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Tropical Rickettsioses (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Tetanus in the Tropics (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Micronutrient Deficiencies in the Tropics (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Carrion's Disease and South American Bartonellosis (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travel Immunizations and Malaria Prophylaxis (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Gastrointestinal Infections - Infectious Disease Core Lecture for Residents (Canvas Online Course)Spring 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Tick-Borne Illnesses - Infectious Disease Core Lecture for Residents (Canvas Online Course)Spring 2016
AETC Community Provider Training (Viral Hepatitis in HIV; Trainee: Dee Jones, Greenwood, MS), Preceptor, AETC Community Provider Training (Viral Hepatitis in HIV)Summer 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Viral Hepatitis (Internal Medicine resident conference)Fall 2016 - 2016
Lecture, Lecturer, Journal Club: Receipt of antibiotics in hospitalized patients and risk for clostridium difficile infection in subsequent patients who occupy the same bedFall 2016
Lecture, Lecturer, Hepatitis C Management: 2015 UpdateSpring 2015
Lecture, Lecturer, Unrecognized Chronic HCV Infection Among Baby BoomersSpring 2015
Small Group, Facilitator, Bartonella Infections (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2015
Small Group, Facilitator, MAC and other Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2015
Small Group, Facilitator, Burkholderia Infections (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2015
Small Group, Facilitator, Rickettsial Infections: R. ricketssii and R. akari (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2015
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Fever of Unknown Origin - MED 631 Internal Medicine Clerkship LectureSpring 2015
Medicine, Preceptor, M3 Infectious Disease Ambulatory ID Rotation: Viral Hepatitis Clinic PreceptorAnnual 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travel Medicine Overview (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Travel Associated Diarrheal Illness (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Mycobacterium Ulcerans and other Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in the Tropics (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Rickettsial Infections (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Non-Lyme Borrelioses in the Tropics (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, South American Trypanosomiasis (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Typhoid Fever (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Typhus Group Infections (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Nutritional Deficiencies in the Tropics (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Leprosy in the Tropics (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Endemic and Epidemic Typhus (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2015
Medicine, Preceptor, Tedizolid for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Internal Medicine Journal Club Faculty PreceptorFall 2014
Lecture, Lecturer, Hepatitis C: Update from the 2014 European Association for the Study of the LiverSpring 2014
Small Group, Facilitator, Gonorrhea (ID Fellows Conference)Fall 2014
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2014
Medicine, Preceptor, M3 Infectious Disease Ambulatory ID Rotation: Viral Hepatitis Clinic PreceptorAnnual 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Tetanus in the Developing World (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Bartonella and Rickettsia (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Intestinal Parasitic Infections (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Chagas Disease in South America (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Typhoid Fever (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Zinc and Vitamin Deficiencies in the Tropics (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Borrelial Infections other than Lyme Disease (M4 Lecture Tropical Medicine in Peru)Spring 2014
Lecture, Lecturer, Hepatitis C in 2013: Where are we Currently and What is the Future?Fall 2013
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2013
Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Ambulatory Medicine in Peru 2013, Lectures given: Tetanus; Typhus Group Infections; Typhoid; Buruli Ulcer; Chagas Disease; Travelers Diarrhea; Bartonellosis; Travelers' HealthSpring 2013
Small Group, Facilitator, Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (ID Fellows Conference)Fall 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Fever of Unknonw Origin: Internal Medicine Clerkship 631Fall 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Zoonotic Infections: Internal Medicine Resident Noon ConferenceFall 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Travel Medicine: Internal Medicine Resident Noon ConferenceFall 2012
Small Group, Facilitator, Microbial Keratitis (ID Fellows Conference)Summer 2012
Small Group, Facilitator, Leishmaniasis (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2012
Lecture, Lecturer, Birth Cohort Screening for Hepatitis C - CDC UpdateSpring 2012
SHRP, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Diarrheal Infections: Physician Assistant Lecture SeriesSpring 2012
SHRP, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Tropical Diseases: Physician Assistant Lecture SeriesSpring 2012
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, MED 631 Internal Medicine Clerkship Lecture: Fever of Unknown OriginSpring 2012
Medicine, Preceptor, M3 Infectious Disease Ambulatory ID Rotation: Viral Hepatitis Clinic PreceptorAnnual 2012
Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Ambulatory Medicine in Peru 2012, Lectures given: Typhus; Tropical Viral Infections; Typhoid; Buruli Ulcer; Chagas; Carrion's Disease; Leprosy; Relapsing Fever; Intestinal Helminths and Intestinal ProtozoaSpring 2012
Small Group, Facilitator, Pseudomonas Infections (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2011
Lecture, Lecturer, Incident Hepatitis C Infection Among US HIV-Infected MenSpring 2011
Small Group, Facilitator, Adenovirus Infections (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2011
Small Group, Facilitator, Sinusitis and Epiglottitis (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2011
Lecture, Lecturer, Advances in Hepatitis C treatment in 2011Winter 2011
Lecture, Lecturer, Protease Inhibitor BI 201335 in HCV TherapyWinter 2011
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Travel Medicine 2011 Update: Internal Medicine Resident Noon ConferenceWinter 2011
Lecture, Lecturer, Polymerase Inhibitor BI 207127 and Ribavirin in patients with chronic HCV InfectionWinter 2011
Small Group, Lecturer, Papillomaviruses (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2011
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2011
Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Ambulatory Medicine in Peru 2011, Lectures given: Micronutrient Deficiencies; Typhus; Typhoid; Bartonellosis; Leprosy; Relapsing Fever; Borreliosis; Tetanus; Chagas Disease; Travelers DiarrheaSpring 2011
Small Group, Facilitator, Pediculosis (ID Fellows Conference)Fall 2010
Small Group, Facilitator, Cryptosporidiosis (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2010
Lecture, Lecturer, Molecular Tools for Detection and Drug Susceptibility of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Stool Specimens from Patients with Pulmonary TBSpring 2010
Small Group, Facilitator, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers as Agents of Bioterrorism (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2010
Small Group, Facilitator, Mycobacterium Leprae Infection (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2010
Small Group, Facilitator, Blastomycosis (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2010
Lecture, Lecturer, Tetanus Update 2010Winter 2010
Lecture, Lecturer, What is New in Hepatitis C in 2010Winter 2010
Lecture, Lecturer, Molecular and Culture-Based Stool Techniques in Pulmonary TuberculosisWinter 2010
Medicine, Lecture, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2010
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, MED 631 Internal Medicine Clerkship Lecture: Fever of Unknown OriginSpring 2010
Medicine, Preceptor, M3 Infectious Disease Ambulatory ID Rotation: Viral Hepatitis Clinic PreceptorAnnual 2010
Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Ambulatory Medicine in Peru 2010, Lectures given: Bartonellosis; Leprosy; Onchocerciasis; Filariasis; Relapsing Fever; Borreliosis; Tetanus; Micronutrient Deficiencies; Typhus; Mosquito Borne Viral Infections; Typhoid; Chagas Disease; Travelers DiarrheaSpring 2010
Lecture, Lecturer, Hepatitis B: 2009 UpdateFall 2009
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Travel Medicine: Internal Medicine Resident Noon ConferenceFall 2009
Small Group, Facilitator, Infections in Asplenic Patients (ID Fellows Conference)Summer 2009
Small Group, Facilitator, Beta-Lactam Allergies (ID Fellows Conference)Summer 2009
Small Group, Facilitator, Botulism (ID Fellows Conference)Spring 2009
Lecture, Lecturer, Assessment of Liver Fibrosis by Transient Elastography in Persons with Hepatitis C or HIV-Hepatitis C CoinfectionSpring 2009
Small Group, Facilitator, Quinolone Antibiotics (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2009
Lecture, Lecturer, 2009 Update in Hepatitis CWinter 2009
Lecture, Lecturer, N95 Respirators to Prevent H1N1 in Healthcare WorkersWinter 2009
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2009
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, MED 631 Internal Medicine Clerkship Lecture: Fever of Unknown OriginSpring 2009
Course, Lecturer, Ambulatory Medicine in Peru 2009, Lectures given: Tetanus; Micronutrient Deficiencies; Typhus Group Infections; Typhoid; Buruli Ulcer; Chagas Disease; Travelers Diarrhea; Bartonellosis and Carrion's Disease; Leprosy; Relapsing Fever and BorreliosisSpring 2009
Small Group, Facilitator, Hepatitis A Virus (ID Fellows Conference)Fall 2008
Lecture, Lecturer, Neglected Infections of Poverty: Focus on the MS Delta and the American SouthFall 2008
Small Group, Facilitator, Colorado Tick Fever (ID Fellows Conference)Summer 2008
Lecture, Lecturer, Ultrasound Based Transient Elastography for Predicting Hepatic FibrosisSpring 2008
Small Group, Facilitator, Epidemic, Louse, Murine, and Scrub Typhus (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2008
Small Group, Facilitator, Brucella Infections (ID Fellows Conference)Winter 2008
Lecture, Lecturer, Preadmission Use of Statins and Outcomes After Hospitalization with PneumoniaWinter 2008
Lecture, Lecturer, Sequential Therapy versus Standard Therapy for Helicobacter PyloriWinter 2008
Small Group, Facilitator, Rotavirus (ID Fellows Conference)Summer 2008
Lecture, Lecturer, Noninvasive Methods to Determine Hepatic Fibrosis: What is Currently Available and How Good is It?Spring 2008
Course, Lecturer, Ambulatory Medicine in Peru 2008, Lectures given: Tetanus; Micronutrient Deficiencies; Typhus Group Infections; Mosquito Borne Viral Infections; Typhoid; Buruli Ulcer; Chagas Disease; Travelers Diarrhea; Bartonellosis and Carrion's Disease; Tropicla Dermatoses; Leprosy; Onchocerciasis and Filariasis; Viral Hepatitis in the Tropics; Relapsing Fever and Borreliosis; Schistosomiasis; Echinococcosis; Intestinal Helminths; Dengue, Leishmaniasis; Cysticercosis; Intestinal ProtozoaSpring 2008
Medicine, Course, Course Director, AMB MED 663Spring 2008

Directed Student Learning

Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Caroline Babin2023 - 2023
Research Advisor, Legionella Pneumonia
Advised: Tracy C. Rappai
2023 - Present
Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Tracy C. Rappai2023 - 2023
Research Advisor, Extramural Student Advisor, Quality Improvement Project: Hepatitis C Screening Rates of Baby Boomers within Primary Care, Advised: Morgan Davis, Medical Student at Quinnipiac University (Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine), Hamden CT.
Advised: Morgan Davis
2023 - Present
Preceptor, Advised: Hunter E. Cooper2022 - 2022
Preceptor, Advised: John N. Yi, Caleb White, Madeleine Meeks, Laura Kebert, Augustin Casals, Alexis Griffith, Andrew Garza, Ethan Collier, Jordan Rimes, Omama Ahmad, Jeishika Patel, Bethany Summerford, Sethelle Flowers2020 - 2020
Preceptor, Advised: RJ Case, Hannah F Barrett, William D Buchanan, Elliot Varney, Bridget E Cheng, Shelby Walters, William T Allen2019 - 2019
Preceptor, Advised: William David Ross, Jr2018 - 2018
Preceptor, Advised: Alexis Nicole Griffith2018 - 2018
Preceptor, Advised: Ethan Wayne Collier2018 - 2018
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 4), Advised: Cleo Carter, Stewart Reese Logan, Jillian Nicole Merica, Jonathan Dewayne Sappington2018 - 2018
Preceptor, Spring 2018, Advised (Number M3s supervised: 1), Advised: Jeremy DeAngelo Stocks2018 - 2018
Preceptor, Advised: Catherine R. Murphree2017 - 2017
Supervised Research, Advised: Shaoxin Lu2017 - 2017
Supervised Research, Advised: Logan Ramsey2017 - 2017
Preceptor, Fall 2017, Advised: Various (Number M3s supervised: 4), Advised: Tyler Knox Crosswhite, Bridget Elizabeth Chen, Peyton Lindsey Reves, Denise Elaine Powell2017 - 2017
Preceptor, summer 2017, Advised (Number M3s supervised: 1), Advised: Logan Harrison Ramsey2017 - 2017
Carrer Guidance Mentorship, Advised: Benjamin J. Lambert2017 - 2017
Preceptor, spring 2017, Advised: Various (Number M3s supervised: 2), Advised: Mitchell Moore, Rachel Yi2017 - 2017
Directed Individual/Independent Study, Advised: Terraneisha Croffitt (PA program)2017 - 2017
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 10), Advised: Paul Greer Dotherow, Taryn Lindsey Green, Patrick Stephen Harris, John Wesley Griffin Howard, Ian Scott Mallett, Paul Bennett Milner, Caleb Andrew Peyton, Kathryn Janeanna Shell, Elizabeth Jordan Tarsi, Jackson Brooks Turner2017 - 2017
Preceptor, Advised: Charlie Pritchard, Ben Lambert, Anusha Chinthaparthi, Tyler Nowell, Evan Blair, Justin Badon2017 - 2017
Preceptor, Advised: Robbie Aru, Cody Robertson2017 - 2017
Preceptor, Advised: Rohini Krishna2016 - 2016
Preceptor, International Medical Student Obervership (Senior Rotation in Inpatient Infectious Diseases), Advised: Various2016 - 2017
Supervised Research, Advised: Salvador Mickey Arceo2016 - 2016
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 11) , Andrew Brown, Clark Cutrer, Daniel Hester, Ellen Dauterive, Kathleen Moffitt, Katie Scott, Matthew Dove, Salvador Arceo, Stephanie Harrell, Victoria Scott, William Gilbert2016 - 2016
Directed Individual/Independent Study, Advised: Steven Gunnell (PA program)2016 - 2016
Lecturer, Podcast Lecture Med 631 (M3 Internal Medicine Clerkship)2015 - Present
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 7) , Diantha Williamson, Elizabeth Bui, Evan Sanford, John Bridges, Madiha Ahmad, Megan Storm, Richard Hal Flowers2015 - 2015
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 7) , Ashley Wells, Austin Chandler Nicholson, Caleb Graham, Clara Gomez-Sanchez, Jahnavi Chatterjee, Rachel Riley, Sarah Duhon2014 - 2014
Directed Individual/Independent Study, Advised: Chesley Williams, Katie Steinmeier (PA program)2014 - 2014
Directed Individual/Independent Study, Advised: Kully Woodruff2013 - 2013
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 5) , Sangita Goel, Samuel Love, Joseph Hurston, Patrick Boler, John Roberts2012 - 2012
Lecturer, Mississippi College PA Student Program2012 - Present
Supervised Research, Advised: Anna Oberhofer2011 - 2011
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 3) , Lauren McLain, Anna Oberhofer, Emily Faulks2011 - 2011
Internship Advisor, Psychological and Psychiatric Assessment and Brief Interventions for Ambulatory HCV Patients, Advised: Reginald Wiggins2010 - 2011
Supervised Research, Advised: Nicholas Whipple2010 - 2010
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 4) , Priya Srivastava, Christian Paine, Jennifer Samples, Nicholas Whipple2010 - 2010
Directed Individual/Independent Study, Advised: Joy Hughes2009 - 2009
Preceptor, Advised: Various (Number M4s supervised: 2) , Dustin LeBlanc, Winter Williams2009 - 2009
Preceptor, Advised: Blaine Cooper Britt2008 - 2008
Preceptor, Internal Medicine M3 Clerkship, Advised: Various2008 - Present
Attending Faculty, M4 Internal Medicine, Advised: Various2008 - Present
Preceptor, Infectious Disease (M4 Inpatient ID Elective), Advised: Various2008 - Present
Preceptor, Viral Hepatitis Clinic (M3 Ambulatory ID rotation), Advised: Various2008 - Present
Course Director AmbMed 663, Advised: Various2008 - Present

Fellows supervised

ID Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Second Year ID Fellow Research Project and Manuscript Preparation07/2022 - 12/2022
Mentor, Quality Improvement Proposal Development: HCV viral load reflex testing, 1 fellows supervised07/2018 - 12/2018
ID Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Primary Meningococcal Conjunctivitis: Case Report and Literature Review10/2017 - 10/2017
Fellows Two Year Curriculum in Infectious Hepatitis, Course Director, 3 fellows supervised09/2017 - 05/2018
ID Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, QI Project and Clinical Research: Developing HCV Reflex PCR Testing09/2017 - Present
ID Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Clinical Correlates of Advanced Liver Disease in GT 3 HCV (BMS Fellow Scholars Program proposal, Advised: Amir Tirmizi)06/2015 - 09/2015
ID Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Community Provider Perceptions and Knowledge regarding Hepatitis C (Proposal, Advised: Eduardo Galvez Guerra)06/2015 - 09/2015
InPractice HIV Training Program, Course Director, 2 fellows supervised01/2015 - 06/2016
ID Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Study of Outcomes Associated with Physicians' Adherence to Inpatient ID Consultation Recommendations (Fellow Advised: Amir Tirmizi)12/2014 - 03/2016
ID Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Provider Adherence to Pharyngeal and Rectal Gonorrhea Screening in High Risk Patients (Fellow Advised: Eduardo Galvez Guerra)09/2014 - 05/2016
Infectious Disease Fellowship, Fellowship Director, 7 fellows supervised01/2013 - 06/2017
ID Fellowship, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Advised: Huan Pham07/2009 - 06/2011
ID Fellowship: Tropical Medicine Course, Training Faculty, 2 fellows supervised, Tropical Medicine Course02/2008 - Present
ID Fellowship: Viral Hepatitis Elective Rotation, Preceptor, 14 fellows supervised, Viral Hepatitis Elective Rotation01/2008 - Present
ID Fellowship: Inpatient Infectious Disease Consult Service, Attending Physician, 18 fellows supervised, Inpatient Infectious Disease Consult Service01/2008 - Present
ID Fellowship: Bugs and Drugs Fellows Conference, Training Faculty, 18 fellows supervised09/2007 - Present

Residency Training

An Interesting Case of Polymicrobial Cardiac Device-Related Endocarditis Involving Burkholderia Species and Kodamaea.(Advised: Benjamin C. Billingsley, MD), Advisor2023 - 06/2023
Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus - Not Horsing Around, a Serious Infection in Humans (Advised: Anna H. Owings), Advisor2020 - 06/2020
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection: A Not So Common Manifestation of N. gonorrhoeae (Advised: Valencia M. Oglesby), Advisor2020 - 02/2021
Tropical Medicine Elective (Supervised: Meredith Sloan, Chris Bourean, Mark Lelli), Training Faculty2020 - 02/2020
Tropical Medicine Elective (Supervised: Brandon Brousse, Adi Sbarwal), Subspecialty/Activity Director2019 - 02/2019
Tropical Medicine Elective (Supervised: Spencer Hatch), Subspecialty/Activity Director2018 - 02/2018
Department of Medicine Intern Coaching Program, Training Faculty2017 - 12/2018
Bad to the bone: Chasing the culprit of persistent MSSA bacteremia (Advised: Ryan Williams), Training Faculty2017 - 10/2017
Grabbing the bull by the horns: Source control as the solution in MRSA prostatitis with bacteremia (Advised: Malorie Holmes), Training Faculty2017 - 10/2017
Ignatzschineria infection related to maggot infestation (Advised visiting MD: Lucas Chen), Research Advisor2017 - 08/2017
Spinal Epidural Abscess (Spring 2017, Advised: Clifford Coile), Training Faculty2017 - 05/2017
Tropical Medicine Elective (SSupervised: Lyndsey Rothenburger, Angela Fielder, Erica Turse), Subspecialty/Activity Director2017 - 02/2017
Spinal Epidural Abscess after Heavy Lifting (Advised: Clifford Coile), Training Faculty2016 - 10/2016
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Secondary to Mycobacterium Avium Complex Presenting With Florid Leukocytosis (Advised: Angela Fielder), Training Faculty2016 - 10/2016
Infective Endarteritis Leading to Discovery of Undiagnosed Coarctation of the Aorta in an Adult (Advised: Andrew Bartlett), Training Faculty2016 - 10/2016
Community Health (Advised: Thompson Liddell), Subspecialty/Activity Director2016 - 08/2016
Infectious Disease Ambulatory Elective, Subspecialty/Activity Director2016 - Present
Infectious Disease Core Lectures for Internal Medicine Residents (Podcast), Training Faculty2016 - 01/2016
Group A Streptococcal Endocarditis Case Report/Poster Presentation (Advised: Bronwyn LeBlanc), Research Advisor2015 - 10/2015
Resident Outpatient HIV Elective, Subspecialty/Activity Director2015 - 09/2015
Tedizolid for complicated soft tissue infections (Advised: Dacre Knight, Internal Medicine), Research Advisor2014 - 09/2014
Clinical Predictors of Stunting and Wasting in Peruvian Children (Advised: Michael Foster, MedPeds), Research Advisor2013 - 11/2013
Boceprevir and Telaprevir Drug Interactions in Hepatitis C (Advised: Hillary Freeman, PharmD), Research Advisor2011 - 05/2012
House Medicine, Attending Physician2009 - 12/2017
Inpatient Infectious Disease Consult Service, Attending Physician2008 - Present
Tropical Medicine Didactic Course (Internal Medicine, MedPeds, PharmD programs), Training Faculty2008 - Present
Ambulatory Medicine in Peru Elective, Preceptor2008 - Present
Viral Hepatitis Clinic Elective, Preceptor2008 - Present