Vice Chair, MedicineProfessor, Medicine & Medicine - Division of Infectious DiseasesProfessor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology & PharmacologyNew York Medical College - School of MedicineProfessor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology & PharmacologyNew York Medical College - 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
Research
Publications
- Wormser GP, Zentmaier L, Liveris D, et. al. "Utility of combined detection of IgG/IgM/IgA vs. separate IgG and IgM antibodies to Anaplasma phagocytophilum in culture and PCR-confirmed patients with human granulocytic anaplasmosis." Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, (), (2026) . doi: 10.1007/s00508-026-02830-9
- Osakwe N, Wormser GP. "A Two-Phase Approach to the Use of Tafenoquine Was Associated with Cure of Babesiosis in Two Immunocompromised Patients with Relapsing Babesiosis." Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 15(9), (2026) . doi: 10.3390/pathogens15090960
- Bogovič P, Jaklič M, Ogrinc K, et. al. "Dynamics of Borrelial Antibodies in European Lyme Borreliosis Patients with Erythema Migrans." Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 14(5), (2026) . doi: 10.3390/medsci14050563
- Strle F, Strle K, Marques A, et. al. "Author Correction: Lyme borreliosis." Nature reviews. Disease primers, 12(1), (2026) . pii: 26. doi: 10.1038/s41572-026-00704-y
- Strle F, Strle K, Marques A, et. al. "Lyme borreliosis." Nature reviews. Disease primers, 12(1), (2026) . pii: 15. doi: 10.1038/s41572-026-00691-0
- Telford SR 3rd, Wormser GP, Dardick K, et. al. "Vectors Are Not Just Culture Vessels." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 83(2), (2026) e446-e447. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciag205
- Strle F, Ogrinc K, Maraspin V, et. al. "Clinical data on symptomatic cutaneous reinfections due to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Slovenia." Infection, 54(3), (2026) 1347-1358. doi: 10.1007/s15010-026-02751-9
