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Debra Benator, MD, Infectious Disease, Washington, DC

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Infectious Disease Washington, DC

Professor of Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine

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  • Office

    50 Irving St Nw
    151b
    Washington, DC 20422
    Phone+1 202-745-8695
    Fax+1 202-745-8432

Education & Training

  • MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center
    MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1993 - 1995
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
  • Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1984
  • University of Georgia
    University of GeorgiaB.S., Microbiology, Summa Cum Laude, 1980

Certifications & Licensure

  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1992 - 2026
  • DC State Medical License
    DC State Medical License 2009 - 2024
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow American College of Physicians, 2012
  • Fellow Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2012
  • Secretary’s Hero Award Washington DC, VAMC, 2005
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Raccoon rabies virus variant transmission through solid organ transplantation  
    Vora NM, Basavaraju SV, Feldman KA, Paddock CD, Orciari L, Gitterman S et al, Raccoon rabies virus variant transmission through solid organ transplantation., 1/1/2013
  • A Patient with Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Inflammatory Polyarticular Arthritis  
    Saddic, Nicole; Kerr, Gail; Benator, Debra; Lichy, Jack, Arthritis Care & Research, 1/1/2013
  • Is Frequent CD4+ T-Lymphocyte Count Monitoring Necessary for Persons with Counts >=300 cells/{micro}L and HIV-1 Viral Suppression?  
    Howard B. Gale; Steven R. Gitterman; Heather J. Hoffman; Fred M. Gordin; Debra A. Benator; Ann M. Labriola; Virginia L. Kan, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2013
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Receipt of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator among HIV+ and HIV- Veterans with Cardiomyopathy.
    Fatemi O, Singh S, Benator D, Karasik P, American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, 11/19/2013
  • Fear of Exposure among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) after a Sentinel Case of Rabies.
    Virginia L. Kan,, Patrick Joyce, Debra Benator, Katherine Feldman, Kathleen Agnes, Janet Gill, Monica Irmler, Arlene Clark, George Giannakos, Audrey Gabourel, and Fr..., ID Week, San Francisco, CA, 10/1/2013
  • Paralytic Rabies and Early Confusion with Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Potential Impact of Plasmapheresis on Premortem Rabies Serologies
    A Kresch, VL Kan, S Gitterman, DA Mobarek, KC Tsagaris, V Vakil, A Sharma, CM Cook, F Haroun, DA Benator, Program of the 53rd Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Denver, CO, 9/10/2013
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Lectures

  • A Patient with Hepatitis C and Inflammatory Polyarticular Arthritis 
    Washington, DC - 11/11/2012
  • MDR and XDR Tuberculosis 
    George Washington University School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology (Nov 2009, 2010, 20 - 11/1/2012
  • What’s New Update, “HIV and Tuberculosis” 
    Silver Spring, MD; Central East ATTC and Perelman, UPenn, Fairfax, VA (May 3, 2012) - 8/22/2012
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