VijayKSikandMDFAAFP

Family Medicine • New London, CT

Addiction Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy

Professor, Medical Director

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Office
7 Vauxhall St
New London, CT 06320
Phone+1 860-437-4550

Education & Training

New York Medical College at St. Joseph's Medical Center1982 - 1985
King Edward VII Memorial HospitalRotating Internship, 1981 - 1982
Nehru Medical College/ R. Gandhi HS UniversityClass of 1981, MD, Gold Medals in Pharmacology and Preventive and Social Medicine
Yale UniversitySpecial Student, Premedical, 1973 - 1974
Yale UniversityAB, Undergraduate, Cum Laude, 1970 - 1973
Phillips AcademyHS, English, French, Biology, 1970

Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 1985 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 1984 - 1986

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Morgan McGuire Altruism Award Southeastern Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence, 2011
Fellow American Academy of Family Physicians, 1988

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

52 citations
Systemic symptoms without erythema migrans as the presenting picture of early Lyme disease.
Allen C. Steere, Alpana Dhar, Jesus Hernandez, Peter A Fischer, Vijay K. Sikand
The American Journal of Medicine. 2003-01-01
230 citations
Atovaquone and Azithromycin for the Treatment of Babesiosis
Peter J. Krause, Timothy J. Lepore, Vijay K. Sikand, Joseph Gadbaw, Georgine Burke
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2000-11-16
140 citations
Increasing health burden of human babesiosis in endemic sites.
Peter J. Krause, Kathleen McKay, Joseph Gadbaw, Diane Christianson, Linda Closter
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2003-04-01

Books/Book Chapters

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
Chapter: Lyme Disease
Allen C. Steere; Vijay K. Sikand, Erythema Migrans Clinical PhotographyEditors: Fauci et al.McGraw-HillEdition 17th,
Lyme Borreliosis in Europe and North America
Chapter: Early Lyme Borreliosis
Vijay K. Sikand and Robert R. MulleggerEditors: Sunil K. Sood.Wiley-Blackwell2011

Press Mentions

Protection Again Lyme Disease? Not if Anti-Vaxxers Have Their WayMay 16th, 2021

Other Languages

French, Hindi

External Links

Lyme disease texthttps://www.aldf.com/notable-books-on-lyme-disease-2/