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    James Shepherd, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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    Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

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    Biography

    James Shepherd has recently returned to Yale after 9 years overseas. His recent history includes advising the Government of India on Tuberculosis control, directing a research program in TB and HIV for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Botswana, and assisting the University of Maryland start a large AIDS treatment program in Nigeria. He is a graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and a Fellowship in Infectious Disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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    Fellowship
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2005)
    Residency
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2002)
    Internship
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2000)
    MD
    Columbia University Coll of Physicians & Surgeons (1999)
    PhD
    Imperial College of Medicine (1988)

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    Frequent collaborators of James Shepherd's published research.

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    1993

    Clinical Care

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    James Shepherd, MD, PhD, is an infectious diseases specialist with special expertise in HIV and tuberculosis. He has advised the government of India on tuberculosis control, and directed research and treatment programs for TB and HIV in Botswana and Nigeria.

    An associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Shepherd says he enjoys the variety of patients he meets, from young people with HIV to elderly hospitalized patients with healthcare-associated infections. He likes to take time to reassure worried patients, telling them, “All is possible, nothing is determined. We will make a plan together.”

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    Infectious Diseases

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