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Infectious Disease & Immunology Division
Director: Janak Patel, M.D.
Members: Drs.Tasnee Chonmaitree, Antonella Casola, Lemuel Aigbivbalu and Judith Rowen (Director, Hospitalist Program).
Infectious Disease
Comprehensive clinical evaluations of children with infectious disease
Run a synagis clinic
Provide legal consultations
Conduct research in asthma, airway inflammation, burn inflammation,
otitis media, rotavirus, and HIV
Participation in medical student and resident rotations
Immunology
Diagnose and manage serious allergic disorders such as asthma, systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, as well as genetic defects of the immune system
Research on neutrophil and eosinophil function, molecular basis and role of cellular adherence in disease, mucosal immunity, molecular basis of immunodeficiency disorders, airway inflammation and cytokines including pathogenesis of virus-induced asthma, airway inflammation secondary to burn and smoke inhalation
Medical student and resident training, with annual seminars for pediatric residents
Combined Pediatric and Internal Medicine Fellowship training program
Clinical Services
The faculty physicians are well-trained and board certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. They provide routine inpatient and outpatient consultations to children with complicated infections. The division also coordinates special clinical programs:
Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic, and
RSV Immunoprophylaxis (Synagis Ò) Clinic.
We treat all children from birth (including premature infants) to 18 years of age with complicated infections. Pregnant women with HIV infection are also seen as part of the Maternal-Child HIV Program. In the Travel Medicine Clinic, patients traveling abroad are seen for preventive vaccines and medications.