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Luis Marcos, MDProfessor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Department
of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Global Health Institute & Tropical MedicineRenaissance School of Medicine
Biography
Luis A. Marcos, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at Stony Brook Medicine. Dr. Marcos is a clinical researcher on tick-borne diseases for Suffolk county, the county with the highest absolute number of Lyme and Babesia cases, among other tick-borne diseases. Dr. Marcos is the Principal Investigator of a clinical trial of Lyme disease and with Babesia.
Education
- Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Herdedia, Lima, Perú
- Residency: University of Texas Health Science, Houston, TX
- Infectious Diseases Fellowship: Washington University, St Louis, MO
- Masters in Public Health: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
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News Highlights
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