Annual Report AY/FY 2005
Overview
The Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology has
several missions. These include provision of superb patient care
within our subspecialty disciplines; development and implementation
of superior educational programs for medical students, residents,
and subspecialty fellows: and performance of innovative clinical
and/or basic research to advance the ability of physicians to diagnose
and manage infectious diseases and allergic disorders.
During the AY/FY 2005, the Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy
and Immunology increased its clinical billings and collections,
and the Division continued to be profitable. Infectious Disease
Fellowship positions within the Division continued to be more sought
after by RWJMS Medical Residents (as well as by extramural trainees).
Both incoming fellows for July 2005 and one fellow for 2006 are
from the RWJMS Internal Medicine Residency program. Increasing numbers
of medical residents continue to choose to take elective rotations
with the full-time faculty, as well.
Dr. Vincent McAuliffe, Associate Professor, and Dr. Daniel Hart,
Assistant Professor, were recruited to join the faculty and will
provide added depth in HIV infection and transplantation-associated
infectious diseases, respectively.
Achievements
Susan E. Boruchoff, M.D. was promoted to Professor of Medicine
effective July 1, 2005. She served as a member of the NJ Medical
Emergency and Disaster Prevention and Response Expert Panel (MEDPREP)
and was an invited speaker at the NJ APIC Conference on Public Health
Emergencies in February. Dr. Boruchoff was appointed Director of
Outpatient Clinical Operations for the Department of Medicine and
performed admirably in that capacity. Dr. Boruchoff continued her
role as the RWJUH Hospital Epidemiologist, including added service
on numerous hospital committees. Dr. Boruchoff was listed in "Best
Doctors in America " 2004.
Dr. Mona Mahal was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor effective
July 1, 2005. She was a session moderator for the First Asian American
Health Conference sponsored by UMDNJ in June. Dr. Mahal was recertified
by the ABIM in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Catherine Monteleone served as a Member of NJ Department of
Health Physician Advisory Group on Occupational Asthma. She is serving
as Secretary- New Jersey Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Society.
Melvin P. Weinstein, M.D. was an invited speaker at 2 national
meetings, the 44th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents
and Chemotherapy Meeting sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology
and the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of
America. He served as an advisor to the Area Committee for Microbiology
of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI, formerly
NCCLS) and as a member of the CLSI Subcommittee on Antimicrobial
Susceptibility Testing and the CLSI Subcommittee on Principles and
Procedures for Blood Cultures.
Dr. Weinstein also served as Section Editor for Medical Microbiology
for the journal, Clinical Infectious Diseases , and as
Section Editor for the 9th edition of the Manual of Clinical
Microbiology . He also served on the Editorial Board of Diagnostic
Microbiology and nfectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Reviews and as a member of the Nominating Committee for the
Sonnenwirth Award of the American Society for Microbiology and the
American Academy of Microbiology.
Dr. Weinstein was listed in Guide to America's Top Physicians-2004-2005
and Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare and re-listed
in Top Doctors, NY Metro Area , Best Doctors in America
, and Who's Who in America .
Dr. Weinstein served as research mentor for ID fellows, Drs. Daniel
Hart, Punidha Sundaram, and Raquel Mateo-Bibeau. Dr. Hart's research
presentation was recognized as the best fellows' poster at the Department
of Medicine's Annual Resident Research Day and was accepted for
presentation at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease
Society of America. Dr. Sundaram's research also was accepted for
presentation at the same meeting. Both Dr. Hart and Dr. Sundaram
were awarded IDSA travel grants by the Society based on the quality
of their work. Drs. Weinstein and David Alcid served as research
mentors for Dr. Constantine Tsigrelis, medical resident. His work
also was accepted for presentation at the 2005 Annual IDSA Meeting.
Four original publications by Divisional faculty and fellows appeared
in peer-reviewed cientific journals. One monograph and one national
consensus document were coauthored by Divisional faculty. Two letters
authored by the faculty were published. One editorial and one chapter
are in press. Two abstracts were published by faculty and fellows,
and all were presented at national scientific meetings. Three additional
abstracts will be presented at the Annual IDSA Meeting in October.
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