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

99 citations
Burden and viability of Borrelia burgdorferi in skin and joints of patients with erythema migrans or lyme arthritis.
Xin Li, Gail McHugh, Nitin Damle, Vijay K. Sikand, Lisa J. Glickstein
Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2011-08-01
187 citations
Prospective Study of Serologic Tests for Lyme Disease
Allen C. Steere, Gail McHugh, Nitin Damle, Vijay K. Sikand
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008-07-15
44 citations
Higher mRNA Levels of Chemokines and Cytokines Associated with Macrophage Activation in Erythema Migrans Skin Lesions in Patients from the United States than in Patien...
Kathryn L. Jones, Robert R. Muellegger, Terry K. Means, Marshall Lee, Lisa J. Glickstein
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008-01-01

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/