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About the Division Chair

Suzanne LavoieSuzanne R. Lavoie M.D. has been appointed the Interim Chair in September 2007.

About the division

The division hosts an active hospital epidemiology program that conducts numerous studies investigating the epidemiology of nosocomial infections. Five faculty members maintain active research programs in this area. Other research foci include staphylococcal pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance, novel therapies for endocarditis, and clinical trials assessing the efficacy of new antiviral, antiretroviral, antifungal and antibacterial compounds.

The division maintains very active consultation services at VCU Medical Center and the McGuire VA Medical Center, as well as busy outpatient clinics. Housestaff participate as integral members of the consult service, where they are part of a team consisting of infectious diseases attending physicians and fellows, medical students and clinical pharmacists.

Contact information

Interim Division chair

Suzanne R. Lavoie M.D.
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0049
Phone: (804) 828-9711
E-mail: slavoie@hsc.vcu.edu

Administrator

Krystyna Hepler
P.O. Box 980049
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0049
Phone: (804) 828-9711
E-mail: kjhepler@vcu.edu

 

Faculty members

The division has 12 faculty members who practice at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Five infectious disease fellows at various stages in their training also practice within the division. Four of the faculty are supported by competitive federal or Veteran’s Administration grants that fund research in the treatment and management of opportunistic infections in AIDS patients, interventional strategies in the care of AIDS patients and the molecular pathogenesis of staphylococcal infections. The division faculty members share a commitment to teaching medicine both by didactic lectures and at the bedside. Active affiliate faculty members in the departments of pathology, microbiology and immunology, and pharmacy assist full-time faculty members in both clinical and research endeavors. The Division of Infectious Diseases has a 28-year positive and productive relationship with the School of Pharmacy.

Clinical areas

  • Ambulatory Care Center, Fourth Floor, Internal Medicine Specialties Clinic
  • West Hospital, Infectious Disease Clinic, Third Floor
  • Ambulatory Care Center, Travel Clinic, Fourth Floor

Research areas

Housestaff are invited to design and/or participate in investigations supervised by infectious diseases faculty as research electives.

  • Greg Childress, Sue Lavoie, Dan Nixon, Paula Schuman – Clinical trials in HIV-infected patients
  • Dan Nixon – Basic cytomegalovirus research
  • Gonzalo Bearman, Michael Climo, Michael Edmond, Richard Wenzel, Ed Wong – Epidemiology of nosocomial infections
  • Gordon Archer, Michael Climo, Adriana Rosato – Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria
  • Sara Monroe – Antimicrobial utilization
  • Amy Pakyz, Ron Polk – Antimicrobial pharmacoepidemiology
  • Ana Espinel-Ingroff – Mycology; antifungal resistance
  • Betz Forbes, Philip Coudron – Clinical microbiology

Fellowship training program

 

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The VCU HIV/AIDS Center

Faculty:

Suzanne R. Lavoie, M.D.

Gordon Archer, M.D.

Gonzalo Bearman, M.D., M.P.H.

C. Greg Childress, M.D.

Michael Climo, M.D.

Philip Coudron, Ph.D.

Michael Edmond, M.D., M.P.H.

Ana Espinel-Ingroff, Ph.D.

Paul Fawcett, Ph.D.

Betty Forbes, Ph.D.

Patricia Fulco, Pharm.D.

Sara G. Monroe, M.D.

Dan Nixon, D.O., Ph.D.

Amy Pakyz, Pharm.D.

Ron Polk, Pharm.D.

Adriana Rosato, Ph.D.

Paula Schuman, M.D., M.P.H.

Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc.

Edward S. Wong, M.D.

 

 

 
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