Marwan Mikheal Azar
MD, FAST, FIDSA
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Laboratory Medicine; Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Director, Internal Medicine
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Biography
Dr. Azar obtained his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He then completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Yale followed by Internal Medicine Residency at Indiana University. He is trained in both Infectious Diseases (Yale) and Clinical Microbiology (Massachusetts General Hospital) with a focus on infections in the immunocompromised host and clinical mycology.
Education & Training
- Clinical Microbiology FellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University (2017)
- Infectious Diseases FellowshipYale University (2016)
- Internal Medicine ResidencyIndiana University (2014)
- Post-doctoral Research FellowshipYale University (2011)
- MDAmerican University of Beirut (2009)
- BSAmerican University of Beirut, Biology (2005)
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Antifungal susceptibility subcommittee, CLSI | Advisor | 2020 - Present |
| Open Forum of Infectious Disase | Reviewer | 2019 - Present |
| Diagnostics Committee, IDSA | Committee Member | 2018 - Present |
| M54 document committee, CLSI | Committee Member | 2018 - Present |
| Guideline Committee (Should patients with community-acquired pneumonia undergo PCR-testing for respiratory pathogens other than influenza?”, ATS | Committee Member | 2018 - Present |
| Transplant diagnostics committee, AST | Executive Board Member | 2018 - Present |
| Laboratory Diagnostics | Committee Member | 2017 - Present |
| BMJ case reports | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
| Transplantation | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
| Journal of Medical Microbiology | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
| American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
| Connecticut Antimicrobial Resistance/Antimicrobial Stewardship Advisory Group, CT DPH | Committee Member | 2017 - Present |
| Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
| International Journal of STD & AIDS | Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
| International Journal of Nanomedicine | Reviewer | 2015 - Present |