Vice Chair, MedicineProfessor, Medicine & Medicine - Division of Infectious DiseasesProfessor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology & Pharmacology School of MedicineProfessor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology & Pharmacology Biomedical Sciences
Board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, Gary P. Wormser, M.D., leads a top team of experts in the study of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis. His interest in infectious diseases dates back to 1981, when he and colleagues wrote the first paper on AIDS to appear in a scientific journal, and he has spoken on the use of smallpox and other deadly viruses as bioterrorist weapons.
Education
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Residency, Internal Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
- M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- B.S., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise
- Infectious Disease
- Lyme Disease
- Bio-Threat
- Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Lyme Disease
- Babesiosis
- Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis
- Tick-Borne Diseases
Honors and Awards
- Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society
- Infectious Diseases Society of America: Citation for Exemplary Service, 2007
- Best Teacher Award, Medical Residents at Westchester Medical Center, 2000
- Dean’s Distinguished Research Award, New York Medical College, 1999
- Best Teacher Award, Medical Students at New York Medical College, 1985, 1993
