Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Head, Division of Infectious Disease
Director, Comprehensive Maternal-Child & Adolescent HIV Management & Research Center
LAC+USC Medical Center
Division of Infectious Diseases
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Specialty: Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Clinical Interests:
- Congenital Infections
- HIV Disease
- Infectious Diseases
- Newborn Infections
- Perinatal Infections
Research Interests:
- Immune reconstitution and viral dynamics: HIV, CMV, HCV
- Impact of HIV and HAART on thymic function in children
- Role of thymic output and IL-7 in pediatric HIV disease
- Hepatitis C Virus coinfection in HIV-1 infected subjects
- The Natural History of pediatric and maternal HIV associated dementia and the role of the herpes virus and other infections.
- Viral diseases in women and children
Board Certification(s):
Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics, 1984
Pediatric Infectious Diseases - American Board of Pediatrics, 1997
Education & Training:
| Medical School: | New York Medical College [NY], MD, 1978 | |
| Internship: | North Shore University Hospital [NY], 1978-79 | |
| Residency: | Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center [CA], Pediatrics, 1980-82 | |
| Fellowship: | Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center [CA], Pediatric Infectious Disease, 1982-84 | |
| Fellowship: | City of Hope National Medical Center [CA], Virology Research, 1984-85 |
Professional Membership(s):
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Medical Association
- American Society for Microbiology
Contact and Additional Language(s) Information:
| Address: | Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Division of LAC/General Peds 4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #51 Los Angeles, CA 90027 |
Language(s) spoken, in addition to English: Hungarian