Meet the Experts - Health Channel

Meet the Experts

Meet the Experts

In partnership with Baptist Health South Florida, the Health Channel, features medical specialists who discuss important health issues and answer live audience questions. Meet some of our contributors:

Our experts in Infectious Diseases

Dr. Maria L. Alcaide

Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Dr. Alcaide is an Infectious Diseases specialist, Professor of Medicine, OB/GYN, and Public Health Sciences, and Director of Clinical Research, at the Infectious Diseases Research Unit, and the Miami Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) Clinical Core at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. […]

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Fauci was appointed Director of NIAID in 1984. He oversees an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis, and malaria as well as emerging diseases such as Ebola […]

Carlos del Rio, M.D.

Assoc. Dean, Emory University School of Medicine Carlos del Rio, MD, is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine and Executive Associate Dean for Emory at Grady.  He is also a Professor of Global Health in the Department of Global Health and a Professor of […]

Dr. Wasim Maziak

Professor & Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University

Barbara S. Russell

Director of Infection Prevention and Control Services, Baptist Hospital of Miami

Dr. Carlos Torres-Viera

Infectious Disease Physician with West Kendall Baptist Hospital

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