RicardoArgemiro FonsecaFrancoMD

Infectious Disease • Miami, FL

Assistant Professor

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Office
1400 NW 12th Ave
Miami, FL 33136
Phone+1 305-689-5511

Fax+1 205-934-5155

Education & Training

University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2010 - 2013
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
Federal University of Minas GeraisClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2023 - 2025
AL State Medical License 2010 - 2024
IL State Medical License 2004 - 2017
WI State Medical License 2015 - 2017
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Clinical Trials

Randomized, Open-label Phase II Trial to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of MVA-BN Smallpox Vaccine in Immunocompromised Subjects With HIV Infection Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 28
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The State of Hepatitis C Elimination from the Front Lines: A Qualitative Study of Provider-Perceived Gaps to Treatment Initiation.
Christopher J Gonzalez, Shashi N Kapadia, Jeff Niederdeppe, Arpan Dharia, Andrew H Talal
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024-09-01
Birth cohort-specific consideration in an Emergency Department Hepatitis C Testing Programme: A description of age-related characteristics and outcomes.
Lauren A Walter, Myles Prados, Audrey Lloyd, Sylvie Sontheimer, Matthew Heimann
Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2024-05-01
Sustained virologic response from hepatitis C from an emergency department screening & linkage program: A retrospective review.
Lauren A Walter, Logan Wilson, Madeline Farmer, Tinsley Roberson, Delissa T Hand
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023-10-01

Lectures

Screening in Emergency Department Identifies a Large Cohort of Unrecognized Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Baby Boomers
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL - 5/15/2014

Press Mentions

Canada Has Hit a Major Vaccine Milestone. There’s Still More Work to Do but Reasons to Feel Good About What’s Been AccomplishedSeptember 17th, 2021
Thanks to the Delta Variant, Reaching Herd Immunity Just Got a Lot HarderAugust 17th, 2021
Why Is Delta More Infectious and Deadly? New Research Holds AnswersAugust 6th, 2021
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