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Office
180 Fort Washington Ave
New York, NY 10032Phone+1 504-988-7809Fax+1 504-988-3971
Education & Training
Tulane UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012- Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 2012
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
NY State Medical License 2017 - 2026
LA State Medical License 2015 - 2017- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Distinct CD8T-cell types Associated with COVID-19 Severity in Unvaccinated HLA-A2Patients.Kazuya Masuda, Sho Iketani, Lihong Liu, Jing Huang, Yujie Qiao
Biorxiv. 2025-01-14 - 1 citationsSadness and Anxiety Modify the Relationship Between COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms at 6-12 Months of Follow-up.John W Blackett, Mitchell S V Elkind, Sheila O'Byrne, Milton Wainberg, Lawrence Purpura
Gastro Hep Advances. 2023-01-01 - 15 citationsDecreased Gut Microbiome Tryptophan Metabolism and Serotonergic Signaling in Patients With Persistent Mental Health and Gastrointestinal Symptoms After COVID-19.John W Blackett, Yiwei Sun, Lawrence Purpura, Kara Gross Margolis, Mitchell S V Elkind
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 2022-10-01
Press Mentions
Promising Leads to Crack Long COVID DiscoveredFebruary 9th, 2022
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