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Sankar Swaminathan, MD

Languages spoken: English

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  • Sankar Swaminathan, MD has specialized expertise in the treatment of infectious diseases. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. His main clinical focus is in the diagnosis and treatment of infections in immunocompromised patients, including cancer patients and transplant recipients. He has integrated a research program funded by the National Cancer institute on the role of viruses in cancers into his clinical practice.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine - Primary
    Pathology - Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Infectious Diseases

  • Sankar Swaminathan, MD has specialized expertise in the treatment of infectious diseases. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. His main clinical focus is in the diagnosis and treatment of infections in immunocompromised patients, including cancer patients and transplant recipients. He has integrated a research program funded by the National Cancer institute on the role of viruses in cancers into his clinical practice.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Pathology -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Infectious Diseases

    Education history

    Research Fellow Infectious Disease - Beth Israel Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Research Fellow
    Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - Harvard Medical School Research Fellow
    Fellowship Infectious Disease - Beth Israel Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Clinical Fellow
    Medicine - Harvard Medical School Clinical Fellow
    Residency Internal Medicine - University of Chicago Medical Center Resident
    Internal Medicine - University of Chicago Medical Center Intern
    Graduate Training Microbiology and Immunology - Emory University School of Medicine M.S.
    Medicine - Emory University School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, magna cum laude - Harvard College A.B.