Washington University in St. Louis - School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Faculty

Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Occupational Exposures and Nosocomial Infections


Thomas C. Bailey, MD

Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Information technology to improve healthcare quality


E-P. Barrette, MD, FACP

Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Primary care of HIV infection


Adrianus "Jacco" Boon, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Influenza A viruses


Bernard C. Camins, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Impact of antimicrobial management programs on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial management


David B. Clifford, MD

Professor, Departments of Neurology and Medicine

Research Interest: HIV neurological disorders, peripheral neuropathy, HIV related dementia, AIDS neurology, progressive multi-focal leukoencephalopathy, PML, neurological infection, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease


Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD

Professor, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology

Research Interest: Pathogenesis of West Nile and Dengue virus infections


Erik Dubberke, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Blood stream infection and Clostridium-difficile associated disease in transplant and oncology patients


Wm. Claiborne Dunagan, MD

Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Assessment and improvement of health care quality and patient safety


Uzoamaka Eke, MD

Instructor of Medicine

Research Interest: MRSA susceptibility patterns including Vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) as well as hetero-resistant VISA (hVISA), healthcare epidemiology and HIV


Peter U. Fischer, PhD

Research Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Medical helminthology, especially filariasis and other neglected tropical diseases caused by parasitic worms


James M Fleckenstein, MD

Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology

Research Interest: enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) molecular pathogenesis and vaccine development


Victoria J. Fraser, MD

Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Medicine

Research Interest: Nosocomial infections, blood stream infections, and ventilator associated pneumonia


Daniel E. Goldberg, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine & Molecular Microbiology and Co-Director, Division of Infectious Diseases

Research Interest: Intraerythrocytic malaria parasites


Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Pathophysiology of innate defense to epithelial gram negative infections


Nigar Kirmani, MD

Professor of Medicine, Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Director of General Infectious Diseases Clinic & Home IV Therapy Program


Robyn S. Klein, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Molecular basis of inflammation-associated dysfunction and damage in central nervous system


F. Matthew Kuhlmann, MD

Instructor in Medicine

Research Interest: Drug development against the neglected tropical disease, leishmaniasis


Michael Lane, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Improving clinical outcomes and the quality of care


Steven J. Lawrence, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Human immune response to viral infections and vaccines, infections in transplant recipients, and preparedness for pandemic influenza and bioterrorism events.


Ben Wen Li, MD, PhD

Research Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Parasitic nematodes Wuchereria bancrafti and Brugia malayi which cause deforming and disabling lymphatic filariasis in humans


Stephen Y. Liang, MD

Instructor of Medicine

Research Interest: Trauma-related infections, orthopedic infections, skin and soft tissue infections, device infections, infection prevention


Jonas Marschall, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Clinical and translational research focusing on nosocomial infections and the management of infectious diseases in the hospital


Jay R. McDonald, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Infection control, antimicrobial resistance, surgical site infections


Gerald Medoff, MD

Lecturer in Infectious Diseases, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology


Mark J. Miller, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Cellular mechanisms of antigen presentation and leukocyte trafficking, antigen capture and presentation in the spleen


Makedonka Mitreva, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Helminth Genomics, Human Metagenomics


Diana R. Nurutdinova, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: HIV infections and research outcomes


Margaret A. Olsen, PhD, MPH

Research Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Epidemiology of hospital acquired infections, particularly surgical site infections


Nur Onen, MBChB, MRCP

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Clinical aspects of HIV infection and HIV-related frailty


William G. Powderly, MD

J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine and Deputy Director, Institute of Public Health and Co-Director, Division of Infectious Diseases

Research Interest: HIV-AIDS, complications of Antiretroviral Therapy


Rachel Presti, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Initial immune response to infectious pathogens


Ramakrishna U. Rao, PhD

Research Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Role of Wolbachia endobacteria in growth, development, and reproduction of filarial worms


Hillary E.L. Reno, MD, PhD

Instructor in Medicine

Research Interest: General infectious diseases


Carlos Santos, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Improving outcomes of infectious complications among solid-organ transplant recipients


Thomas H. Steinberg, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Cell to cell communication mediated


Bradley P. Stoner, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief of STD Services for St. Louis Health Department, Medical Director, St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Center

Research Interest: Socio-cultural aspects of sexually transmitted disease control in developed countries


David K. Warren, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections


Gary J. Weil, MD

Professor of Medicine, Professor of Molecular Microbiology

Research Interest: Clinical parasitology, tropical medicine, travel medicine and international health


Keith F. Woeltje, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Director, Clinical Advisory Group, BJC Center for Clinical Excellence

Research Interest: HIV-related metabolic complications

Faculty with Adjunct Status
Anucha Apisarnthanarak, MD

Assistant Professor, Thammasart University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand

E. Turner Overton, MD

Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL

Somnuek Sungkanuparph, MD

Associate Professor, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Woraphot Tantisiriwat, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand


In Memoriam
George S. Kobayashi, PhD


Outstanding Former Faculty in Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine
Eric J. Brown, MD
J. Russell Little, MD
Robert J. Glaser, MD

Richard B. Markham, MD

Richard Glew, MD
Louis Polish, MD
Carl G. Harford, MD
Samuel L. Stanley, MD
M. Kenton King, MD
William Barry Wood, MD
Donald J. Krogstad, MD