Leadership and Staff
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Wafaa El-Sadr, M.D., M.P.H. HIV Center Associate Director Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology and Director of ICAP, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
EDUCATION
| Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | M.D. | 1974 | Medicine |
| Columbia University, New York, NY | M.P.H. | 1991 | Epidemiology |
| Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | M.P.A. | 1996 | Public Administration |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1975-1976 | Rotating Resident, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt | |
| 1976-1979 | Intern and Resident, Cabrini Medical Center, New York Medical College, Internal Medicine, New York, NY | |
| 1979-1980 | Fellow, New York Veterans Administration Medical Center, Infectious Disease Section, New York, NY | |
| 1980-1982 | Division of Geographic Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH | |
| 1988-present | Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY | |
| 1988-present | Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY | |
| 1999-present | Director, Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Research, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| 2000-present | Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY | |
| 2001-present | Director, Center for Infectious Diseases Epidemiologic Research (CIDER), Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY | |
| 2004-present | Director, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY | |
| 2004-present | Director, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP), Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY | |
| 2008 - present | Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY |
HONORS
| 1994-present | Co-chair, Steering Committee, Community Program for Clinical Research on AIDS, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
| 1994-2004 | Board Member, American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) | |
| 1994-1997 | Chair, Tuberculosis Committee, Infectious Diseases Society of America | |
| 1996-1999 | Member, Antiviral Advisory Committee, Food and Drug Administration | |
| 1997-2003 | Member, Advisory Council for the Elimination of TB, CDC, HHS | |
| 2007 - present | Board Member, Population Council | |
| 2008-2010 | Member, Technical Advisory Group on Tuberculosis, World Health Organization | |
| 2009 - present | MacArthur Fellow, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | |
| 2010 - present | Member, HIV Strategic Advisory Group, World Health Organization |
Wafaa El-Sadr, M.D., M.P.H.
HIV Center Associate Director
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology and Director of ICAP, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
HIV Center Associate Director
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology and Director of ICAP, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
TEL: 212-939-2936
wme1@columbia.edu
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