Education

• B.A., Hunter College, City University of New York
• Ph.D. Physiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
• M.D., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
• Residency: Internal Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University
• Epidemic Intelligence Service: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
• Infectious Diseases Fellowship: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
• Preventive Medicine and Public Health Residency: CDC, Atlanta, GA
• Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, RWJ State Health Leadership Initiative for new state health officials
• Board Certification: Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, 1977, and the subspecialty Infectious Diseases, 1978, and American Board Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 1999
• Professional Honor: Elected to Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (1981) for excellence in research