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Office
550 Peachtree St NE
7th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30307Phone+1 404-712-2279Fax+1 404-712-2278
Education & Training
- Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2006 - 2008
- Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
- Universidiad Francisco Marroquin Faculty of MedicineClass of 2001
- Universidad Francisco MarroquinB.S., Medical Science, 1997
- Santa Clara UniversityB.A., Spanish literature, 1993
- Santa Clara UniversityB.S., Major in Biology and minor in Biochemistry, 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- GA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
- TX State Medical License 2010 - 2022
- OH State Medical License 2007 - 2011
- IL State Medical License 2003 - 2006
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fullbright and Jarawoski Award Teaching and Evaluation LLP Baylor College of Medicine, 2016
- Rising Star Clinician Award Baylor College of Medicine, 2015
- AAMC Early Career Women Professional Development Seminar AAMC, 2015
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 147 citationsChagas Disease: “The New HIV/AIDS of the Americas”Peter J. Hotez, Eric Dumonteil, Laila Woc-Colburn, Jose A. Serpa, Sarah Bezek
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2012-05-29 - 183 citationsDisproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrant communities in the United States.Eva H. Clark, Karla Fredricks, Laila Woc-Colburn, Maria Elena Bottazzi
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2020-07-13 - 33 citationsImprovement in Diagnosis of Histoplasma Meningitis by Combined Testing for Histoplasma Antigen and Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M Anti-Histoplasma Antibody in C...Karen C. Bloch, Thein Myint, Luke Raymond-Guillen, Chadi A. Hage, Thomas E. Davis
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018-01-06
Journal Articles
- 3 Cases of Systemic Strongyloides� in Human Immunodeficiency Virus�Infected PatientsLumsden S, Hemmige V, Woc-Colburn L, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 1/26/2018
- Detection of (1,3)-Beta-d-Glucan in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Histoplasma MeningitisThein Myint, Felicia Chow, Karen Bloch, Luke Raymond-Guillen, Thomas Davis, Patty Wright, Laila Woc-Colburn, Raed Khairy, Alan Street, Tomotaka Yamamoto, Amanda Albers..., J Clin Microbiol, 1/18/2018
- Vision impairment and papilledema as the initial manifestation of neurosyphilis in a young immunocompetent patientYuan D,�Nascimiento F, Woc-Colburn L,�Foroozan R,�Mandel J, Neurology, 1/1/2018
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Refractory Giardia Infection in a Patient with Common Variable Immune DeficiencyKakkar, Ekta, Woc-Colburn L, Hajjar, Joud, CIS meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2019
- Vision impairment and papilledema as the initial manifestation of neurosyphilis in a young immunocompetent patientYuan J, Woc-Colburn L, Mandel Jacob, American Academy of Neurology 70th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 1/27/2018
- Massive Intravascular Hemolysis From Clostridium perfingens BacteremiaShiao J, Saporito R, Motazedi T, Woc-Colburn L, SGIM Annual meeting, Denver, CO, 1/14/2018
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Lectures
- Parasitic Infections in TransplantHouston, TX - 1/10/2018
- Urological Manifestations of Tropical DiseasesHouston, TX - 1/1/2018
- Multi-Drug Resistance Bacteria Recent Trends in UropathogensSanta Fe, NM - 1/1/2018
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Other
- West Africa Ebola Outbreak 2013-2014: Disease, Treatment and Global ImpactWeatherhead JE, Woc-Colburn L, Medscape
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/838928_1
1/3/2015 - Helminth Infections in Neonates and Young ChildrenAndrea Lack, Weatherhead JE, Woc-Colburn L, Medscape
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/827262
1/25/2014 - Tropical Medicine Mystery: Something is Killing Young Men in Central AmericaPeter J Hotez, Kristy O Murray, Rojelio Mejia, Laila Woc-Colburn & Maria Elena Bottazzi, PLOS Blog
http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/2014/01/23/tropical-medicine-mystery-something-killing-young-men-central-america/
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Press Mentions
- Pregnant Mom with COVID Pneumonia Worried Doctors Would Save Baby — and Not HerSeptember 24th, 2021
- Here's Why You Shouldn't Walk in Floodwaters in Wake of NicholasSeptember 14th, 2021
- ‘Time Is of the Essence’: Push to Vaccinate Immigrants Presses OnJuly 31st, 2021
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Committees
- Senator, Faculty Senate 2015 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneMember
- Asociación de Enfermedades Infecciosas GuatemalaMember
- Asociación Paraguaya Medicina InternaInternational Member
Other Languages
- Spanish
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