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Joseph W. St. Geme, III, M.D.
Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center |
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Joseph St. Geme, III, MD, a nationally recognized expert in basic research and clinical treatment for pediatric infectious diseases, became chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center on July 1, 2005. He has been recognized for his research into the genetic and molecular basis of virulence by Haemophilus influenzae, a bacterium that causes middle ear infections, bronchitis, sinusitis, pneumonia and meningitis. He has been involved in efforts to create a pediatric vaccine to prevent these widespread infections, which are often fatal in developing countries.
Graduating from Stanford University in 1979 and earning a medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1984, Dr. St. Geme completed residency training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He served as chief resident in pediatrics at Children's Hospital from 1987 to 1988 and was a postdoctoral fellow in infectious diseases and microbiology at Stanford University from 1988 to 1992. He then joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine, most recently serving as professor of pediatrics and molecular microbiology.
Dr. St. Geme is president-elect of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. His numerous awards include the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America Squibb Award, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society Young Investigator Award, and the March of Dimes Foundation Basil O'Connor Award. Dr. St. Geme was also named Clinical Teacher of the Year three years in a row, from 2001 to 2003, at Washington University School of Medicine.
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