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The Gorgas Courses in Tropical Medicine Heersink School of Medicine

The Gorgas Courses in Tropical Medicine

Faculty

  • Gorgas Team
    German Henostroza, MD

    German Henostroza, MD

    Dr. Henostroza is a Gorgas Course Director. He is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease at the School of Medicine of the Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham. Founder of the Tuberculosis Research Unit at the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute in Lima, Peru. His research interests include POC diagnostics, clinical trials, and vaccine trials for tuberculosis.
    Carlos Seas, MD

    Carlos Seas, MD

    Dr. Seas is a Gorgas Course Director. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Subdirector of the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute at Cayetano Heredia University. His research interests include tuberculosis, cholera, shigellosis, hospital-acquired infections, HIV/AIDS, skin and soft tissue infections, infections in travelers, antimicrobial resistance, and S. aureus bacteriemia.
  • Faculty
    Fiorela Alvarez, MD

    Fiorela Alvarez, MD

    Dr. Alvarez is an infectious diseases specialist trained at Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH). She is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at UPCH and an Attending Physician at Cayetano Heredia Hospital, where she serves as Chief of the Leishmaniasis Clinic.
    Eddie Angles, MD

    Eddie Angles, MD

    Dr. Angles is a physician specializing in infectious diseases. He completed medical school at Universidad Nacional del Altiplano and his residency in Infectious Diseases at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Dr. Angles is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza (HNAL), where he is involved in clinical care and medical education.
    Francisco Bravo, MD

    Francisco Bravo, MD

    Dr. Bravo is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University, in Lima, Peru. His research focuses on tropical dermatopathology.
    Jorge Candela, MD

    Jorge Candela, MD

    Dr. Candela is an Attending Physician at the National Institute for Children’s Health in Lima, Peru, where he specializes in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
    Alfredo Chiappe, MD

    Alfredo Chiappe, MD

    Dr. Chiappe is an infectious diseases and tropical medicine specialist trained at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He serves as Chief of the Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Service at Dos de Mayo Hospital and has completed additional clinical training in Brazil and Spain.
    Omayra Chincha, MD

    Omayra Chincha, MD

    Dr. Chincha is an infectious diseases specialist who completed medical school and residency training in Infectious Diseases at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH). He also earned a Master’s degree in Control of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at UPCH and currently serves as a Professor of Infectious Diseases at the same institution.
    Enrique Cornejo, MD, MSc

    Enrique Cornejo, MD, MSc

    Dr. Cornejo is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University and a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute. His research interests include antimicrobial stewardship and HIV/AIDS.
    Coralith Garcia, MD, PhD

    Coralith Garcia, MD, PhD

    Dr. García is a Professor at the School of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. She is the coordinator of the Enteric Disease, Nutrition and Antimicrobial Resistance Lab at the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute. Her research focuses on antimicrobial resistance and use of antibiotics.
    Jorge Estanislao Gonzalez Mendoza, MD, DLSHTM

    Jorge Estanislao Gonzalez Mendoza, MD, DLSHTM

    Dr. Gonzalez is an infectious diseases specialist trained at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), where he completed medical school and residency. He also holds an MSc in Infection and Health in the Tropics from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC).
    Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FESCMID

    Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FESCMID

    Dr. Gotuzzo is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University, in Lima, Peru. He is an Emeritus Director of the Gorgas Course. His wide-spanning research interests include emerging diseases, tuberculosis, HTLV-1, brucellosis, typhoid fever, and parasites.
    Fiorella Krapp, MD, PhD

    Fiorella Krapp, MD, PhD

    Dr. Krapp is a Professor at the School of Medicine and a researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. Her research interests include mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance at the clinical, epidemiological, genetic and diagnostic levels.
    Pedro Legua, MD

    Pedro Legua, MD

    Dr. Legua is a Principal Professor of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University and an Attending Physician in the Infectious Disease Department of Cayetano Heredia Hospital in Lima, Peru. His research interests include leprosy, tetanus, hydatidosis, and other topics in tropical medicine.
    Ciro Maguiña, MD, PhD

    Ciro Maguiña, MD, PhD

    Dr. Maguiña is a Professor of Medicine and formerly Director of the Research Institutes at Cayetano Heredia University, in Lima, Peru. His research interests include tropical diseases, snake and spider envenomation, toxocariasis, and Peruvian bartonellas.
    Fernando Mejia, MD

    Fernando Mejia, MD

    Dr. Mejía is an Associate Professor at the School of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University and an Attending Physician at the Tropical Medicine Department at Cayetano Heredia Hospital in Lima, Peru. He is the coordinator of the HIV and HTLV-1 research units at the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute. His current research focuses on the association between HTLV-1 and tuberculosis.
    Juan Montenegro, MSc, MD

    Juan Montenegro, MSc, MD

    Dr. Montenegro is an infectious diseases specialist trained at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, where he also completed his Infectious Diseases fellowship at Dos de Mayo Hospital. He currently serves as a Clinical Research Fellow in the Research Unit at Dos de Mayo Hospital.
    Theresa Ochoa, MD, PhD

    Theresa Ochoa, MD, PhD

    Dr. Ochoa is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and the Director of the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. Her research focuses on diarrheal diseases, neonatal infections, and pneumococcal infections.
    Larissa Otero, MD, MPH, PhD

    Larissa Otero, MD, MPH, PhD

    Dr. Otero is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. Her research interest focuses on understanding tuberculosis transmission and prevention
    Christian Resurreccion, MD

    Christian Resurreccion, MD

    Dr. Resurreccion is an infectious and tropical diseases specialist trained at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, with Infectious Diseases training at Hospital Dos de Mayo. He is an Attending Physician in the Infectious and Tropical Medicine Service at Hospital Dos de Mayo and has completed additional postgraduate training in Chile and Argentina.
    Enrique Sanchez, MD

    Enrique Sanchez, MD

    Dr. Sanchez is an infectious diseases and tropical medicine specialist trained at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Hospital Dos de Mayo, where he currently serves as an Attending Physician in the Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Service.
    Carlos Seas, MD

    Carlos Seas, MD

    Dr. Seas is a Gorgas Course Director. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Subdirector of the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute at Cayetano Heredia University. His research interests include tuberculosis, cholera, shigellosis, hospital-acquired infections, HIV/AIDS, skin and soft tissue infections, infections in travelers, antimicrobial resistance, and S. aureus bacteriemia.
    Vanessa Valderrama, MD

    Vanessa Valderrama, MD

    Dr. Valderrama is an ophthalmologist with specialized expertise in ocular infections. She serves as Chief of the Outpatient Clinic at the National Ophthalmology Institute and has particular clinical expertise in uveal and retinal infections, with a focus on the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases affecting the eye.
    Luis Valdez, MD, PhD

    Luis Valdez, MD, PhD

    Dr. Valdez is a Professor of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University and the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences in Lima, Peru. His research focuses on diarrheal diseases, and medical education through innovative tools.
    Aldo Belly Vivar Mendoza, MD

    Aldo Belly Vivar Mendoza, MD

    Dr. Vivar is a Professor of Medicine at Cayetano Heredia University and an Attending Physician and Coordinator of the HIV and STIs program at the Arzobispo Loayza Hospital, in Lima, Peru. His research interests include HIV, STDs, and tuberculosis.
  • International Faculty
    Sapha Barkati, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DTMH, CTropMed

    Sapha Barkati, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DTMH, CTropMed

    Dr. Barkati is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease and Medical Microbiology at McGill University. She is an alumnus of the Gorgas Course Class of 2017. Her research interests include the epidemiology of tropical diseases and improvement of diagnosis and care of strongyloidiasis.
    Emmanuel Bottieau, MD, PhD

    Emmanuel Bottieau, MD, PhD

    Dr. Bottieau is an Associate Professor and head of the Unit of Tropical Diseases at the University of Antwerp. His research interests include integrated management of febrile illness in the tropics and in travelers, clinical management of neglected tropical diseases, and clinical decision-making in complex syndromes in low-resource settings.
    Miguel Cabada, MD, MSc

    Miguel Cabada, MD, MSc

    Dr. Cabada is an Associate Professor at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru, and at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He is the Director of a Collaborative Research Center in Cusco, Peru, where he conducts community-based studies and translational research on Fasciola hepatica, soil-transmitted diseases, and cestode infections.
    Natalia El Kheir, MD, DTMH

    Natalia El Kheir, MD, DTMH

    Dr. El Kheir is a clinician‑researcher with training in tropical and global health. She earned an MSc in Global Health from the University of Oxford and is an MRC‑funded Clinical Research Fellow, with research focused on Chagas disease in the UK, Bolivia, and Argentina. She is a graduate of the Gorgas Diploma Course, Class of 2016.
    David O. Freedman, MD

    David O. Freedman, MD

    Dr. Freedman is a Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is an Emeritus Director and a founder of the Gorgas Course. His research interests include clinical tropical medicine, immune-parasitology and the development of surveillance networks.
    German Henostroza, MD

    German Henostroza, MD

    Dr. Henostroza is a Gorgas Course Director. He is a Professor of Infectious Disease at the School of Medicine of the Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham. Founder of the Tuberculosis Research Unit at the Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute in Lima, Peru. His research interests include POC diagnostics, clinical trials, and vaccine trials for tuberculosis.
    Aisha Khatib, MD, DTMH

    Aisha Khatib, MD, DTMH

    Dr. Khatib is a physician with comprehensive training in family medicine, infectious diseases, and tropical medicine. She graduated from the University of Alberta, Canada, and completed postgraduate training in both Family Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Toronto. Dr. Khatib earned her Diploma in Tropical Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is a graduate of the Gorgas Diploma Course, Class of 2017.
    Andreas Neumayr, MD, DTMH, MCM

    Andreas Neumayr, MD, DTMH, MCM

    Dr. Neumayr is an internationally recognized specialist in tropical and travel medicine, trained in Germany and at the University of Basel. He is an Associate Professor at James Cook University and Head of the Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and a graduate of the Gorgas Advanced Course, Class of 2009.
    Christa Nevin, MD, DTMH

    Christa Nevin, MD, DTMH

    Dr. Nevin is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and an Associate Scientist in the UAB School of Medicine. She also serves as the Medical Director of the 1917 HIV Clinic, where she is actively involved in the clinical care of people living with HIV. Dr. Nevin is a graduate of the Gorgas Diploma Course, Class of 2019.
    Padmasayee Papineni, BSc, MBBS, FRCP, DTMH

    Padmasayee Papineni, BSc, MBBS, FRCP, DTMH

    Dr. Papineni is a Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Acute Medicine at Ealing Hospital in London, UK. She is the recipient of the Annual Wakley Prize (2022) and an awardee of the Emerging Women Leaders’ Programme, recognizing her leadership and contributions to clinical medicine. Dr. Papineni is also a graduate of the Gorgas Diploma Course, Class of 2014.
    Peter Pappas, MD

    Peter Pappas, MD

    Dr. Pappas is a Professor of Medicine at the Division of Infectious Diseases of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also a principal investigator for the NIH Mycoses Study Group and the National Network of Transplant Centers. His research interests span different mycoses: candidiasis, cryptococcosis, aspergillosis, sporotrichosis, and blastomycosis.
    Martín Rodríguez, MD, FACP, FIDSA

    Martín Rodríguez, MD, FACP, FIDSA

    Dr. Rodríguez is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he is also the director of the Division of Infectious Diseases. His research interests include C. difficile infection, UTI, tropical diseases, tuberculosis, metabolic complications in HIV, and educational interventions in infectious diseases for developing countries.
    Priscilla Rupali, MD, DTMH, FRCP

    Priscilla Rupali, MD, DTMH, FRCP

    Dr. Rupali is Professor and Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. She has advanced training in infectious diseases from Auckland City Hospital and transplant infectious diseases from Henry Ford Hospital, serves as Director of CMC’s Annual Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine, and is a graduate of the Gorgas Diploma Course, Class of 2008.
    Olivia Van Gerwen, MPH, MD

    Olivia Van Gerwen, MPH, MD

    Dr. Van Gerwen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and an Associate Scientist across multiple UAB research centers, focusing on clinical and interdisciplinary research to improve patient outcomes.
    Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD

    Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD

    Dr. Vermund is the Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health, and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine. His research focuses on health care access, adolescent medicine, prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, and reproductive health.
    Clare Warrell, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, DTMH

    Clare Warrell, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, DTMH

    Dr. Warrell is a clinician‑educator in tropical and infectious diseases at University College London Hospitals, serving as Course Director for the LSHTM Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. She is also a Consultant with the UK Health Security Agency’s Imported Fever Service, an Honorary Consultant at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and a graduate of the Gorgas Diploma Course, Class of 2019.
    Arthur Clinton White, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH

    Arthur Clinton White, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH

    Dr. White is a Professor of Medicine at the Divition of Infectious Diseases of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He directs the IDSA-ASTMH guidelines committee for neurocysticercosis. His current research focuses on host-parasite interactions, including host responses to Cryptosporidium and other intestinal parasites, and cysticercosis.
    Cédric Yansouni, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H

    Cédric Yansouni, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H

    Dr. Yansouni is an Associate Professor in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology and in the Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases). He also serves as Associate Director of the J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases within the Division of Infectious Diseases at McGill University, where he is involved in clinical care, research, and education in tropical and infectious diseases.