JacquelineMAchkarMD

Infectious Disease • Bronx, NY

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Office
MMC Dept of Medicine
1825 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone+1 718-430-3659

Fax+1 718-430-8968

Summary

Dr. Jacqueline Achkar, MD is an infectious disease specialist in Bronx, New York. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in New York and Michigan. She is affiliated with Montefiore Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor at Infectious Diseases.

Education & Training

NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1996 - 1999
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1995
Freie University Berlin Faculty of MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1995 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1994 - 1996
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

12 citations
Monoclonal antibodies to lipoarabinomannan/arabinomannan - characteristics and implications for tuberculosis research and diagnostics.
Devin T Corrigan, Elise Ishida, Delphi Chatterjee, Todd L Lowary, Jacqueline M Achkar
Trends in Microbiology. 2023-01-01
99 citations
Association of Human Antibodies to Arabinomannan With Enhanced Mycobacterial Opsonophagocytosis and Intracellular Growth Reduction.
Tingting Chen, Caroline Blanc, Anke Z. Eder, Rafael Prados-Rosales, Ana Camila Oliveira Souza
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016-07-15
66 citations
Enhanced control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis extrapulmonary dissemination in mice by an arabinomannan-protein conjugate vaccine
Rafael Prados-Rosales, Leandro J. Carreño, Tingting Cheng, Caroline Blanc, Brian Weinrick
Plos Pathogens. 2017-03-09

Press Mentions

Are Doctors Losing Touch with Hands-on Medicine?July 13th, 1999
Breakthroughs in TB Prevention Offer Hope for ChildrenNovember 22nd, 2023

Grant Support

Immunodiagnostic Tests For The Rapid Diagnosis Of TBNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2007–2011
Immunodiagnostic Tests For The Rapid Diagnosis Of TBNational Center For Research Resources2007–2008