DouglasSKwonMDPhD

Infectious Disease • Boston, MA

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Office
15 Francis St
# Brigham
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-8881

Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2007 - 2008
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2007
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Internship, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2005
New York University School of MedicineClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2007 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Clinical Trials

Effect of Isotretinoin on Immune Activation Among HIV-1 Infected Subjects With Incomplete CD4+ T Cell Recovery Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 02
Completed
Phase 2
SHIFT: Studying HIV Immunology After Fecal Transplant Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 01
Withdrawn
Phase 1, Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Gastrointestinal germinal center B cell depletion and reduction in IgAplasma cells in HIV-1 infection.
Francesca Cossarini, Joan Shang, Azra Krek, Zainab Al-Taie, Ruixue Hou
Science Immunology. 2024-10-25
2 citations
Vaginal Lactobacillus fatty acid response mechanisms reveal a metabolite-targeted strategy for bacterial vaginosis treatment.
Meilin Zhu, Matthew W Frank, Christopher D Radka, Sarah Jeanfavre, Jiawu Xu
Cell. 2024-09-19
Publisher Correction: Abrupt perturbation and delayed recovery of the vaginal ecosystem following childbirth.
Elizabeth K Costello, Daniel B DiGiulio, Anna Robaczewska, Laura Symul, Ronald J Wong
Nature Communications. 2024-02-26

Journal Articles

Metagenomic Sequencing of HIV-1 in the Blood and Female Genital Tract Reveals Little Quasispecies Diversity During Acute Infection
Krista L Dong, Anne Piantadosi, Douglas S Kwon, mBio

Press Mentions

First Vaginal Bacteria Transplants in the US to Begin at Mass. General HospitalMarch 5th, 2020
How Does the Microbiome Impact HIV Risk and Treatment?November 8th, 2018
Bacterial Communities of Female Genital Tract Impact HIV Infection RiskJanuary 10th, 2017
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External Links

Kwon Labhttp://www.kwonlab.org