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Laura Kirkman, M.D.

Infectious Disease
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Biographical Info

Dr. Kirkman received her BA in Biology from Swarthmore College. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine with distinction in research where she spent time as a Howard Hughes Medical Student Research Fellow. Following that, she completed her internal medicine residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at New York Presbyterian- Cornell. Post fellowship, she spent time as a post doc in the laboratory of Dr. Kirk Deitsch studying the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Her current research continues to focus on malaria including an NIH funded study of the generation of genetic diversity in this important human pathogen.

Honors and Awards

 

Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Languages
English
Education 
  • M.D.
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
    2001
  • B.A.
    Swarthmore College
    1993
Appointments 
  • Associate Attending Physician
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
  • Associate Professor of Medicine in Microbiology and Immunology
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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