| Education |
| 1983 - 1985 |
University of Saarbrucken, Medical School, Germany |
| 1985 - 1988 |
Medical School of Hannover, Germany |
| 1989 |
University of Ulm, Medical School, Germany |
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| Licensure and Certification |
| 2002 |
Florida Medical License |
| 1999 |
Board Certification in Internal Medicine |
| 1998 |
Massachusetts Medical License |
| 1995 |
E.C.F.M.G. |
| 1991 |
Medical Exam and certificate from Ministry of Health, Germany |
| 1990 |
Dissertation (Dr. med.), Medical School of Hannover, Germany |
| 1990 |
Registration at Intern, Petoria, South Africa |
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| Licensed To Practice Medicine |
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Florida |
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Massachusetts |
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| Academic and Hospital Appointments |
| 2002 - Present |
Gastroenterologist
Gastroenterology Consultants, P.A.
Memorial Hospital, Ormond Beach |
| 1999 - 2002 |
Clinical Fellow, Gastroenterology/Hepatology
New England Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA |
| 1996 - 1999 |
Resident, Internal Medicine
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA |
| 1995 - 1996 |
Research associate, Division of Gastroenterology
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA |
| 1994 |
Research Fellow
Section of Gastroenterology
Boston University Medical Center, MA |
| 1992 - 1993 |
Lecturer in Internal Medicine
Evangelisches, Johanneskrankenhaus, Biefeld, Germany |
| 1990 |
Medical Intern
Greys/Northdale Complex
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
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| Awards and Honors |
| 1997 |
Science Award
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA |
| 1996 |
Young Scientist Award
IXth International Workshop Gastrododenal Pathology and Helicobacter pylori
Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Clinical Licence/Training |
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GI: Endoscopic ultrasound; Therapeutic ERCP;
Palliative stenting (esophageal, grastroduodenal, colonic, billary);
Hepatology with transplant experience; Motility studies;
EGD/Colonoscopy/Push enteroscopy/ Capsule endoscopy.
New England Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA. |
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Intensive Care, Germany |
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Echocardiography licesnse, Germany |
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Abdominal sonography license, Germany |
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| Research Experience |
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Structure and function of gastric mucin. Isolation, purification and characterization of glycoproteins.
Collaborated with physicists to study the flow of HCI through solutions of gastric mucin in vitro (viscous fingering) |
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Regulation of mucin release, effect of neuropeptides (Substance P, neurotensin, CRH) and stress on intestinal mucin release and mucosal permeability, in vitro and in vivo. |
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Studies on acid inhibitory factor proteins, preparation of gastric, epithelial cells aminopyrine, uptake assay |
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Standard biochemical and microbiological techniques (column chromatography, ELISA, density gradient studies, fluorescence spectroscopy for hydrophobic binding studies, SDS-Page |
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Clostridium difficile infection (cryostat sections, immunohistochemistry, cell cultures, rat models) |
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Bacterial cultures and biochemical identification, antimicrobial assay tests |
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DNA extraction, PCR sequencing |
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| Current Colaboration |
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Mucosa associated organisms in the lung
Bart Celli, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston MA
Craig Franklin, Division of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, MO |
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| Research Funding (As Principal Investigator) |
| 1997 - 1998 |
Studies into the transmission of Heliobactor plori
Alimentrics, USA |
| 1996 |
Pharmacokinetic studies of two novel anti-Heliobactor agents
Byk Gulden, Konstanz, Germany |
| 1995 - 1996 |
Pharmacokinetics of clarithromycin with the gastric mucus layer
Abbot labs, Chicago, IL |
| 1994 - 1995 |
Interaction of antacids and gastric mucin
Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany |
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| Applications For Patent |
| 1995 |
Use of aluminum containing antacids to alter the barrier properties of gastric mucus to facilitate the local penetration of antibiotics in eradication treatment of Helibactor pylori.
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA |
| 1994 |
Use of polyanions, polycations to alter viscosity of intestinal, pulmonary and genitourinary mucin for treatment and prevention of disease.
Boston University Medical Center, MA |
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| Research Committees |
| 1999 - 2002 |
Institutional Biosafety Committee
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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Review for:
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, CDC
Acta Tropica
Biochemical Pharmacology |
