FULL-TIME CLINICAL FACULTY:
David H. Martin, M.D. Dr.
Martin is an internationally recognized expert in the field of sexually
transmitted diseases, and has published extensively in this area. He is a past
president of the International Society for STD Research. He is the program
director for the 
Appointment: Harry
E. Dascomb Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Chief of the
Section of Infectious Diseases
Medical School: Harvard
University
Residency: University of
Washington
Fellowship: University of
Washington
Research Interests:
Epidemiology, treatment, and biology of genital ulcer disease, primarily
chancroid. Molecular diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment of Chlamydia
trachomatis infection. Epidemiology and biology of Chlamydia pneumoniae
infection.
Email: dhmartin@lsuhsc.edu
References
C. Lynn Besch, M.D. Dr. Besch
is the HIV Division Director within the Section of Infectious Diseases. She has
been on NIH steering committees for HIV clinical research trials (esp. Terry
Beirn 
Community Programs for Clinical
Research on AIDS).
Appointment:
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine; Chief, HIV Division
Medical School: LSU School of
Medicine
Residency: LSU School of
Medicine
Fellowship: LSU School of
Medicine
Research Interests: The role of
new antiviral agents in the management of HIV disease.
Email: cbesch@lsuhsc.edu
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Rebecca A. Clark, M.D., Ph.D. Dr.
Clark is the HIV Research Director within the Section of Infectious Diseases
and Director of the Maternal/Child HIV Outpatient Program at Medical Center of
La. 
She is co-chair of the National
AIDS Clinical Trials Unit of the Women's Health Committee.
Appointment:
Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, HIV Research; Director,
Maternal/Child HIV Outpatient Program; Adjunct Faculty, Tulane School of Public
Health; Co-investigator, Tulane-LSU AIDS Clinical Trial Unit
Other appointments: Co-chair,
National AIDS Clinical Trials Units Women's Core Committee
Medical School: University of
Washington
Residency: Tulane University
Fellowship: Tulane University
Research Interests: The role of
nutrition in HIV disease; the relation of hormonal contraception to HIV
survival and immunologic status of HIV infected women; the epidemiology and
clinical manifestations of HIV in adolescents; clinical manifestations and
epidemiology of HIV infection in women.
Email: rclark@lsuhsc.edu
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Anne E. Hull, M.D.
Appointment: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical School: Case Western
Reserve School of Medicine
Residency: Case Western Reserve
School of Medicine
Fellowship: Tufts/ New England
Medical Center
Research Interests:
investigational therapeutic approaches in HIV/AIDS.
Email: ahull@lsuhsc.edu
References
Richard
P. DiCarlo, M.D.
- Appointment: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine;
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Residency: Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans
Fellowship: Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans
Research Interests: The epidemiology and vaccine prevention of genital ulcer disease. STD education. Medical education and curriculum reform
Email: rdicar@lsuhsc.edu
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Julio E. Figueroa, M.D.
Appointment: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine; Associate
Section Chief; Fellowship Program Director
Medical School: University of
Texas Southwestern Medical School
Residency: University of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics
Fellowship: University of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics
Research Interests: azaftig
biology and lipolysis; metabolic syndrome in inflammation; clinical
microbiology.
Email: jfigue@lsuhsc.edu
References
James
A. Zachary, M.D.
Appointment: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical School: Louisiana State
University School of Medicine
Residency: Ochsner Foundation
Hospital
Fellowship: Ochsner Foundation
Hospital
Research Interests:
investigational therapeutic approaches in HIV/AIDS and opportunistic
infections.
Email: jzacha@lsuhsc.edu
References
Joanne T. Maffei, M.D.
Appointment: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine; Hospital
Epidemiologist
Medical School: Louisiana State
University School of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of
Medicine
Fellowship: Baylor College of
Medicine
Research Interests: molecular
epidemiology of bacterial infections, with a particular emphasis on nosocomial
infections.
Email: jmaffe@lsuhsc.edu
References
Mary
Murphy, M.D.
Appointment: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine; Clinical Director, HIV
Outpatient Program
Medical School:
Residency:
Fellowship:
Research Interests:
investigational therapeutic approaches in HIV/AIDS and opportunistic
infections.
Email: mmurph1@lsuhsc.edu
References
Stephanie Taylor, M.D.
Appointment: Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinic Director,
Orleans Parish STD clinic; director of STD prevention, Office of Public Health
Medical School: Louisiana State
University School of Medicine
Residency: Louisiana State
University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Louisiana State
University School of Medicine
Research Interests: School-based
STD screening and prevention.
Email: staylo2@lsuhsc.edu
References
Michael Hagensee, M.D., Ph.D.
Appointment: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical School: Baylor College
of Medicine
Residency: University of
Washington
Fellowship: University of
Washington
Research Interests: immunology and
structure of human papillomaviruses
Email: mhagen@lsuhsc.edu
References
Fred
A. Lopez, M.D.
Appointment:
Associate Professor of Medicine; Vice-Chairman for Education, Department of
Medicine; Assistant Dean of Students
Medical School: LSU School of
Medicine
Residency: Stanford University
Fellowship: Stanford University
Research Interests: Medical
education
Email: alopez1@lsuhsc.edu
References
Ronald D. Wilcox, M.D.
Appointment:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine; Medical Director, Delta AIDS
Education Training Center
Medical School: Kansas
University
Residency: LSU School of
Medicine (Medicine/Pediatrics)
Fellowship: LSU School of
Medicine
Research Interests:
investigational therapeutic approaches in HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections
Email: rwilco@lsuhsc.edu
References
Rebecca A. Lillis, M.D.
Appointment:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical School: LSU School of
Medicine
Residency: LSU School of
Medicine
Fellowship: LSU School of
Medicine
Research Interests: Mycoplasma
genitalium infections; STIs
Email: rlilli@lsuhsc.edu
References
Jaime Belmares, M.D.
Appointment:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical School: Autonomous
University of San Luis Potosi
Residency: Central Texas Medical
Foundation, Brenkenridge Hospital
Fellowship: Loyola University
Medical Center, Chicago
Research Interests:
investigational therapeutic approaches in HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections
Email: jbelma@lsuhsc.edu
References
RESEARCH FACULTY:
Kenneth E. Aldridge, Ph.D.
Appointment: Professor
of Medicine and Pathology
Graduate School: University of
Mississippi
Postdoctoral Fellowship:
University of Utah Medical Center (NIH-sponsored)
Clinical Microbiology Fellowship:
University of Utah Medical Center
Research Interests: biology of
anaerobic bacteria; antibiotic susceptibility and resistance patterns of
bacteria; diagnostic microbiology.
Email: kaldri@lsuhsc.edu
References
Stephanie Broyles, Ph.D.
Appointment: Assistant
Professor; Epidemiologist
Graduate School: Tulane
University
Research Interests: HIV,
biostatistics.
Email: sbroyl@lsuhsc.edu
References
Malanda Nsuami, M.D., M.P.H.
Appointment: Assistant
Professor; Epidemiologist
Medical School: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Graduate School: Tulane School of Public Health
Research Interests: STI
epidemiology, biostatistics.
Email: mnsuam@lsuhsc.edu
References
Lian Ma, M.D.
Appointment: Assistant Professor of Research
Medical School and Residency: Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China
Postdoctoral Fellowship:
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland
Research Interests: Molecular biology, immunology and drug resistance of Mycoplasma genitalium, Pneumocystis, and taeniid cestode parasites
Email: LMa1@lsuhsc.edu
References
Patricia Kissinger, R.N., Ph.D.
Appointment: Associate
Professor of Medicine (Tulane); Epidemiologist
Graduate School: Tulane
University
Research Interests: HIV,
sexually transmitted diseases, reproductive health and child survival.
Email: kissing@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
References
ADJUNCT CLINICAL FACULTY
Charles V. Sanders, M.D., (pictured here with Dr. Marier, former ID faculty member and our current dean, and Dr. Martin) Edgar Hull Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, LSU Medical Center. Dr. Sanders maintains an active interest in clinical Infectious Diseases, attends yearly on the ID consult service, and participates in many ID conferences. In addition, his research interests include the clinical and laboratory evaluation of newer antimicrobial agents in the treatment of aerobic and anaerobic infections. He has written extensively in this field as well as in clinical Infectious Diseases (Reference list).
Modified May 18, 2005