Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Medicine
·
2024 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2024 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Methicillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: tolerance, immune evasion and treatment.
Journal Article Nat Rev Microbiol · February 2026 Staphylococcus aureus is capable of infecting every organ system in the body and developing resistance to every available antibiotic used to treat it, such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (commonly referred to as MRSA). This pathogen is characterized by ... Full text Link to item CitePassive Immunotherapy for COVID-19: The Long and the Short of it.
Journal Article Clin Microbiol Infect · January 24, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteIncreasing Pneumococcal Vaccination in Patients with Heart Failure: A Scalable Public Health Strategy.
Journal Article Eur J Prev Cardiol · October 14, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Combating Related Epidemics in HCV through Simplified Testing and Treatment (CREST). A cluster randomized trial of point-of-care hepatitis C testing and treatment among key populations
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
American University of Beirut (Lebanon) ·
2016
M.D.
American University of Beirut (Lebanon) ·
2012
B.S.