Cynthia Monaco, M.D., Ph.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-0526

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Accepting New Patients

Research Labs

Monaco Lab

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Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 689
Rochester, NY 14642

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine , Infectious Diseases (SMD)
Assistant Professor - Department of Microbiology and Immunology (SMD) - Joint

Patient Care Settings

Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Biography

Professional Background

Dr. Monaco received her MD and PhD degrees at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and her Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. She continued there as faculty in the Department of Medicine at Washington University from 2015 to 2017. She then joined the faculty of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2017, where she continues to pursue microbiome research and sees inpatient ID consults.

Research

Dr. Monaco's research involves elucidating components of the bacterial and viral microbiome in healthy and disease states using next-generation sequencing. She has shown that severe immunodeficiency in AIDS correlated with an expanded enteric virome and altered bacterial microbiome in a sub-Saharan cohort. She additionally is collaborating with colleagues at other institutions to study the lung microbiome in transplant recipients.

Credentials

Education

2009
MD | University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/2011 - 06/23/2015
Fellowship in Infectious Disease at Barnes Jewish Hospital

06/22/2010 - 06/22/2011
Residency in Internal Medicine at Barnes Jewish Hospital

06/22/2009 - 06/22/2010
Internship in Internal Medicine at Barnes Jewish Hospital

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Publications

Journal Articles

4/13/2022
Monaco CL. "HIV, AIDS, and the virome: Gut reactions." Cell host & microbe.. 2022 Apr 13; 30(4):466-470.

2/19/2022
Madere FS, Sohn M, Winbush AK, Barr B, Grier A, Palumbo C, Java J, Meiring T, Williamson AL, Bekker LG, Adler DH, Monaco CL. "Transkingdom Analysis of the Female Reproductive Tract Reveals Bacteriophages form Communities." Viruses.. 2022 Feb 19; 14(2)Epub 2022 Feb 19.

2/2022
Madere FS, Monaco CL. "The female reproductive tract virome: understanding the dynamic role of viruses in gynecological health and disease." Current opinion in virology.. 2022 Feb; 52:15-23. Epub 2021 Nov 17.

Books & Chapters

2013
Chapter Title: Infection in the Non-HIV Immunocompromised Host
Book Title: The Washington Manual Infectious Disease Subspecialty Consult
Author List: Johnson, Cynthia; Santos, Carlos
Edited By: Kirmani, N; Woeltje, K; Babcock, HM
Published By: Washington University Press 2013

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