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Lilian Abbo, M.D.

Lilian Abbo, M.D.

Professor
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Dr. Lilian M Abbo, graduated from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (Medico Cirujano. M.D.) She subsequently trained in Internal Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center, NY (internship) and Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach (residency) and University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital (fellow in Clinical Infectious Diseases). Dr Abbo, is currently the Associate Chief...
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Maria L Alcaide, M.D.,

Maria L Alcaide, M.D.

Professor
Publications
Biography: Dr. Alcaide is an Infectious Diseases physician scientist, faculty member of the University of Miami for over 15 years. Throughout her career as a clinician and researcher, Dr. Alcaide has provided scientific and administrative oversight to numerous multidisciplinary research studies focused on HIV and other emerging infections in the US and other international settings....
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Shweta Anjan

Shweta Anjan, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Shweta Anjan, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Anjan completed Medical School from Kasturba Medical College Manipal in India. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Infectious Diseases and Transplant...
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Folusakin Ayoade, M.D.

Folusakin Ayoade, M.D.


Biography: Dr. Ayoade is an Infectious disease expert with primary area of interest in the neuroimmune, bio-behavioral and inflammatory pathways influencing infectious diseases (such as HIV, COVID-19, meningitis syndromes, etc.) effects on the nervous system and the neurological complications of these diseases (stroke, cognitive impairment, cerebral small vessel disease, etc.). By...
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Laura Beauchamps

Laura Beauchamps, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Dr. Beauchamps is an Infectious Disease provider with expertise in comprehensive HIV care, HIV prevention and STI treatment in vulnerable populations. Her work emphasizes lowering community HIV viral burden through increasing antiretroviral use and increasing the uptake of use of PrEP in areas with high prevalence of HIV. Dr. Beauchamps provides HIV care and prevention...
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Julia Bini Viotti


Biography: Dr. Bini is a highly skilled physician graduated in 2008 at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, one of the most prestigious Universities in Brazil. She trained in Infectious Diseases at Hospital Eduardo de Menezes in Belo Horizonte city, Brazil, and started her career treating HIV/AIDS patients. Dr. Bini moved to the United States in 2015 and joined the Infectious...
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 Catherine Boulanger, M.D.

Catherine Boulanger, M.D.

Associate Professor

Biography: I have been the Director of the Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) Respiratory Clinic since 1993 caring for persons co-infected with TB/HIV. I was entrusted with the design and implementation of a new program coordinating care between JMH and the Miami-Dade Department of Health. I have been following HIV infected persons in the JMH Special Immunology clinic since 1992. I...
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Castro, Jose, M.D.

Castro, Jose, M.D.

Professor

Biography: Dr. Castro is the Clinical Chief of the Infectious Diseases Division. He has clinical expertise in general infectious diseases and in the treatment and prevention of HIV infection. He also has expertise in Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs.
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 Teresa A. Chueng, M.D., MPH

Teresa A. Chueng, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor
Publications
Biography: As a native Texan, Dr. Teresa Chueng moved to Miami to complete her internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship. In 2022, she joined as faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Dr. Chueng is passionate about the intersection of infectious diseases with addiction medicine. She...
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 Jacques Simkins-Cohen, M.D.

Jacques Simkins-Cohen, M.D.

Associate Professor

Biography: I went to medical school in Caracas, Venezuela. Then I did my internal medicine residence at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami and my ID fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
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Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, M.D.

Lewis, Susanne Doblecki, M.D.

Professor

Biography: Dr. Susanne Doblecki-Lewis is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami and an infectious diseases clinician in the Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami. Her clinical and research focus is on improving access to HIV and infectious disease prevention strategies for underserved populations. As...
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Fischl, Margaret, M.D., FACP

Professor

Biography: I am a tenured professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases.
I designed and conducted multiple HIV/AIDS therapeutic and translational studies as PI of the NIAID supported Miami AIDS Clinical Trials Group Unit for over 30 years. I was involved in the design and conduct of the first antiretroviral agents approved for the...
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 Jose Gonzales Zamora, M.D.

Jose Gonzales Zamora, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Publications
Biography: Dr. Gonzales Zamora is the Associate Director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program at University of Miami. He is also the Director of the Infectious Disease Course at Miller School of Medicine. His main interests include: HIV/hepatitis C coinfection, infectious and noninfectious comorbidities in HIV, and hospital acquired infections.
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 Dushyantha Jayaweera, M.D.

Dushyantha Jayaweera, M.D.

Professor

Biography: Dr. Jayaweera is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami. He received his M.D. degree from Sri Lanka and trained in Sri Lanka, Great Britain, and Loyola University of Chicago. He came to the University of Miami as an assistant professor of medicine. He was promoted to a full professor by 2006. Subsequently, he became the Associate Vice Provost for Human Subject...
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Michael A. Kolber, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael A. Kolber, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine,
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Biography: Michael Kolber, PhD, MD is Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Operations in the Department of Medicine, and he has secondary professorial appointments in the departments of Public Health Sciences, and Microbiology/Immunology. He received his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his residency at the George Washington University Hospital in...
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Michele I. Morris, M.D.

Michele I. Morris, M.D.

Director, Immunocompromised Host Section, Division of Infectious Diseases
Publications
Biography: Michele Ilene Morris, M.D., FIDSA, FAST is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and director of the Immunocompromised Host Section in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She has spent the last 20 years of her career focusing her clinical practice and research efforts on transplant infectious diseases, with special attention...
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Yoichiro Natori, M.D.

Yoichiro Natori, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Natori was born in Japan and earned his medical degree from Nagoya University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and infectious disease fellowship at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. Additionally, he finished his Transplant Infectious Disease fellowship at University Health Network, University of Toronto. Currently, Dr. Natori serves...
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 Mohammed Raja, M.D.

Mohammed Raja, M.D.

Assistant Professor in Clinical Medicine

Biography: Mohammed Raja, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Raja completed his medical school from Gulf Medical University in the U.A.E. He then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, following which he pursued a fellowship...
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Allan Rodriguez, M.D.

Allan Rodriguez, M.D.

Professor

Biography: Dr. Allan E. Rodríguez is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the division of Infectious Diseases with a secondary appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences and School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine He is currently the director of the Population Engagement Core of the Miami CFAR and Co-Director of...
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David Serota, M.D.

David P. Serota, M.D., M.Sc.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Publications
Biography: I grew up in Miami and graduated from the Miller School of Medicine. After further medical training in Portland, Oregon and Atlanta, Georgia, I moved back to join the faculty in 2019. I am board certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and addiction medicine.
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Bhavarth Shukla, M.D., MPH

Bhavarth Shukla, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

Biography: Dr. Shukla’s research interests include infection control, hospital epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, and medical education. His work has focused on understanding transmission and clinical management of multi-drug resistant organisms such as VRE and C. auris as well as effects of antimicrobial stewardship training programs on antibiotic...
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Mario Stevenson, Ph.D.

Mario Stevenson, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine

Biography: Dr. Mario Stevenson is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Director of the Institute of AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases (IAEID), Director of the Global Virus Network, and Co-Director of the Miami Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at the University of Miami. Prior to 2020, Dr. Stevenson was the David Freelander Chair for AIDS Research at the University of Massachusetts...
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Hansel Tookes, III, M.D., M.P.H.

Hansel Tookes, M.D., M.P.H.


Biography: Hansel Tookes, MD, MPH, joined the faculty of the University of Miami in the Division of Infectious Diseases after completing his residency in Internal Medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He is the principal investigator of the University of Miami IDEA Lab whose mission is to implement, disseminate, educate, and advocate for the health of people who use drugs. The IDEA...
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