Position
Erik R. Dubberke, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: edubberk@wustl.edu
Dr. Dubberke specializes in clinical and translational infectious diseases, with a focus on transplant infectious diseases, hospital epidemiology, and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
William Dunagan, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8215
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: cdunagan@bjc.org
Dr. Dunagan’s primary research focus is in the assessment and improvement of healthcare quality, with a particular emphasis on patient safety research, medical informatics and infection prevention.
Michael Durkin, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: mdurkin@wustl.edu
Dr. Durkin uses administrative data to identify opportunities to improve antibiotic prescribing in outpatient settings, with a focus on outpatient and community settings; harnesses survey and qualitative research methods to identify potential solutions based on input from frontline providers; and designs, pilot tests, and disseminates antibiotic stewardship interventions using dissemination & implementation science and informatics technology.
Peter U. Fischer, PhD
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-7876
- Fax: 314-454-5293
- Email: pufische@wustl.edu
Dr. Fischer specializes in basic and translational sciences to support the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases, with a special focus on helminths.
James M. Fleckenstein, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-362-9218
- Fax: 314-362-9129
- Email: jflecken@wustl.edu
Dr. Fleckenstein’s lab focuses on the identification and molecular characterization of novel ETEC virulence factors that could serve as targets for vaccine development. Studies in the lab use a variety of molecular techniques and in vitro and in vivo models to elucidate the role of these novel virulence factors in several key steps essential in the pathogenesis of these organisms: bacterial adhesion, intestinal colonization, and finally toxin delivery.
Victoria J. Fraser, MD
Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-8061
- Fax: 314-362-8015
- Email: vfraser@wustl.edu
Dr. Fraser specializes in clinical, with a special focus on Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship.
Sumanth Gandra, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8276
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: gandras@wustl.edu
Dr. Gandra specializes in clinical and public health research with a special focus on antibiotic use, antibiotic resistance surveillance and healthcare epidemiology in resource limited settings especially in India.
Languages: English,Telugu, Hindi
Elvin H. Geng, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
- Email: elvin.geng@wustl.edu
Dr. Geng conducts research to advance the use of evidence-based interventions in the public health response to HIV and COVID-19 as well as increasingly for non-communicable diseases as well.
Ige A. George, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: igeorge@wustl.edu
Ige George, MD is the director of the infectious diseases fellowship program. He specializes in clinical research focused on the epidemiology and treatment of infections in the immune compromised hosts and solid organ transplant recipients. He also serves as the TB physician for the St. Louis City TB and Refugee Clinic.
Daniel E. Goldberg, MD, PhD
David M. and Paula L. Kipnis Distinguished Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-362-1514
- Fax: 314-367-3214
- Email: goldberg@borcim.wustl.edu
Dr. Goldberg does basic research on the biology of malaria and identification of drug targets. Parasites have evolved many clever ways to infect their hosts and develop within them. Researching these processes at a molecular level should lead to treatment or prevention of parasitic infections that afflict most of humanity. His laboratory currently has 4 graduate students, 2 postdocs, one pediatric ID fellow, one technician and a research associate professor. Dr. Goldberg directs the Infectious Diseases/Basic Microbial Mechanisms T32 training grant.
Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-747-0240
- Fax: 314-362-1232
- Email: hendersonj@wustl.edu
Dr. Henderson specializes in infection pathogenesis, with a special focus on urinary tract infections and identifying how special bacterial adaptations increase pathogenic potential in patients.
Michael J. Hendrix, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: mhendrix@wustl.edu
Dr. Hendrix specializes in antimicrobial stewardship and clinical infectious disease with a special focus on COVID-19 and bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients.
Donald L Hong, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: dlhong@wustl.edu
Dr. Hong specializes in HIV and STI care, HIV prevention, and public health, with a special focus on outpatient HIV care, HIV PrEP implementation, inpatient outcomes for syphilis treatment, and community education regarding STI diagnosis and treatment.
Kevin Hsueh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8224
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: khsueh@wustl.edu
Dr. Hsueh specializes in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, with special focus on practical design and implementation of healthcare quality and safety improvement interventions.
Eva Istvan, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-4780
- Email: istvan@wustl.edu
Dr. Istvan specializes in the biochemistry of Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly malaria parasites of humans.
Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD
Professor of Medicine
- Email: ijuliet@wustl.edu
A passionate advocate for health equity and sustainability, Dr. Iwelunmor is widely regarded for understanding how to make evidence-based interventions last, reshaping the focus on community engagement using participatory research, improving the dissemination of health information, while amplifying the voices of young people in health interventions.
Nigar Kirmani, MD
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8214
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: nkirmani@wustl.edu
Javan Kisaka, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-8838
- Email: javan@wustl.edu
Dr. Kisaka specializes in cell, structural and molecular microbiology and currently works in the Kyei Lab.