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Office
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road NE, RRR 634
Atlanta, GA 30322Phone+1 404-727-5585
Summary
Education & Training
Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1988 - 1989
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1983 - 1985
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1983
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
GA State Medical License 1989 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1980 - 1989- American Board of Internal MedicineBoard Eligible, Internal Medicine (1983) and Infectious Diseases (1989)
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FIDSA) Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2015
- Assistant Surgeon General (Retired) U.S. Public Health Service, 2014
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 613 citationsUpdated guidelines for using Interferon Gamma Release Assays to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection - United States, 2010.Gerald H. Mazurek, John A. Jereb, Andrew Vernon, LoBue Pa, Stefan V. Goldberg
MMWR. Recommendations and Reports. 2010-06-25 - 15 citationsEvaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay.Thomas M. Shinnick, Angela M. Starks, Heather Alexander, Kenneth G. Castro
Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 2015-01-01 - 85 citationsExtensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2007.N. Sarita Shah, Robert H. Pratt, Lori R. Armstrong, Valerie A. Robison, Kenneth G. Castro
JAMA. 2008-11-12
Journal Articles
- Parallels and Mutual Lessons in Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Transmission, Prevention, and ControlKenneth Castro, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Authored Content
- Simple Estimates for Local Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection, United States, 2011–2015September 2018
Press Mentions
New Emory TB Research Center to Help Draw Attention to an Old but Still Deadly DiseaseApril 28th, 2022- What Europe's Recent Surge in COVID-19 Cases Means for the U.S.March 26th, 2021
Charles C. Shepard Science Awards June 28, 2017 ° 10:00 AmJune 28th, 2017- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaFellow
- American Epidemiological Society (AES)Member
Other Languages
- Spanish
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