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Our Team

Paul R. Bohjanen, MD, PhD

Paul R. Bohjanen, MD, PhD
Division Chief
Co-director, Translational Immunology and Infectious Diseases Institute

Michael Keefer, MD

Michael C. Keefer, MD
Director, HIV Vaccine Trials Unit
HIV infection, HIV vaccines

Ted Louie, MD

Ted Louie, MD
Clinical Director
General infectious diseases
Antimicrobial stewardship
Bone and joint infections, wound care
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT)

Peter Mariuz, MD

Peter R. Mariuz, MD
Director of Infectious Disease Clinic
HIV infection and clinical trials

Christine Hay, MD

Christine M. Hay, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions
HIV clinical trials, viral vaccines
Cardiac transplant and ventricular assist device infections

David Dobrzynski Jr, MD

David M. Dobrzynski Jr, MD
Fellowship Program Director
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
General infectious diseases

Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital

Christopher Anderson, PhD

Christopher Anderson, PhD
Vaccine research

Willliam Bonnez, MD

William Bonnez, MD
Genital papillomavirus and HIV infections
Pathogenesis of human papillomaviruses

Angela Ramona Branche, MD

Angela Ramona Branche, MD
General infectious diseases
Viral and bacterial interactions in respiratory infection

Sally Chuang, MD

Sally T. Chuang, MD
Bone marrow transplant
General infectious diseases
Immunocompromised host solid organ transplant

Daniela DiMarco, MD, MPH

Daniela Dimarco, MD, MPH
General infectious diseases
Sexually transmitted infections

Ghinwa Dumyati, MD

Ghinwa Dumyati, MD
Director, Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Prevention Program at the Center for Community Health and Prevention
Public health, multi-drug resistant organisms, clinical infectious diseases
Infections in long-term care facilities

Anne Falsey, MD

Ann R. Falsey, MD
General infectious diseases
Respiratory infections in adults

Paul Graman, MD

Paul S. Graman, MD
Hospital Epidemiologist
Hospital epidemiology, nosocomial infections, antibiotic use

Purba Gupta, MBBS

Purba Gupta, MBBS
Infectious diseases in immunocompromised host (transplant and oncology)
Solid organ transplant
Bone marrow transplant
Leukemia and lymphoma

Cynthia Monaco, MD

Cynthia L Monaco, MD, PhD
Microbiome and HIV

Sonal Munsiff, MD

Sonal S. Munsiff, MD
Director of Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT)
Bone & joint infections
General infectious diseases
MRSA infections
Tuberculosis

Paritosh Prasad, MD

Paritosh Prasad, MD
Director of Transplant Disease
Bone marrow and solid organ transplant
Immunocompromised infection
Leukemia, Lymphoma
ICU Infection

Brenda Tesini, MD
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
Adult and pediatric general infectious diseases

Marguerite Urban, MD

Marguerite Urban, MD
Medical Director, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic
Director, Center for Community Practice
Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection

Edward Walsh, MD

Edward E. Walsh, MD
ID Unit Chief, Rochester General Hospital
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and RSV infections

Alexandra Yamshchikov, MD

Alexandra Yamshchikov, MD
General Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Affiliated Hospitals

Highland Hospital

Steven Fine, MD

Steven M. Fine, MD, PhD
Clinical Director, Highland Hospital
HIV infection and clinical trials

Eric Heintz, MD

Eric Heintz, MD
Epidemiologist, Highland Hospital
General infectious diseases

Alok Gupta, MBBS

Alok Gupta, MBBS
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Highland Hospital
General Infectious Diseases

Affiliated Faculty

Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Golisano Children's Hospital

Francis Gigliotti, MD

Francis Gigliotti, MD
Unit Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Immunopathogenesis of P. carinii infection

Mary Caserta, MD

Mary T. Caserta, MD
Human herpesvirus type 6 infections
Respiratory infections in children

Cynthia Christy, MD

Cynthia Christy, MD
Clinical infectious diseases, pediatric TB

Jennifer Nayak, MD

Jennifer Nayak, MD
Understanding the role of CD4 T cells following secondary influenza infection or vaccination

Geoffrey Weinberg, MD

Geoffrey A. Weinberg, MD
Biology of P. carinii, pediatric HIV infection

Clinical Microbiology Division, Strong Memorial Hospital

Dwight Hardy, PhD

Dwight J. Hardy, PhD
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories
Medical bacteriology, including diagnosis, epidemiology, therapeutics

Emeritus Faculty

Robert Betts, MD

Robert F. Betts, MD
Respiratory virus vaccines, clinical trials of antimicrobial agents