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205 N Belle Mead AveEast Setauket, NY 11733
Phone+1 631-444-1660
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Education & Training
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1980 - 1982
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1978 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2000
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1993
Clinical Trials
- A Pilot Study of Oral Clindamycin and Pyrimethamine for the Treatment of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in Patients With AIDS
- Phase II Randomized Open-Label Trial of Atovaquone Plus Pyrimethamine and Atovaquone Plus Sulfadiazine for the Treatment of Acute Toxoplasmic Encephalitis
- A Study of Azithromycin Plus Pyrimethamine in the Treatment of a Brain Infection in Patients With AIDS
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Toward multimodal MRI biomarkers of PTSD: functional and structural connectivity signatures in WTC responders.Azzurra Invernizzi, Davide Folloni, Elza Rechtman, Alison C Pellecchia, Stephanie Santiago-Michels
Medrxiv. 2026-07-15 - White matter microstructural abnormalities in neurological poste-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease: Imaging signatures consistent with persistent neuroinflammation.Chuan Huang, Xinlan Zhang, Jia Ying, Ashley Fontana, Xiaohua Yang
Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health. 2026-07-01 - Integrated proteomic and metabolomic analyses implicate redox-metabolic pathways in PTSD-associated multisystem disease and accelerated aging.Pei-Fen Kuan, Frank D Mann, Xiaohua Yang, Roman Kotov, Sean Clouston
Nature Communications. 2026-06-20
Press Mentions
Long-Term PTSD Symptoms in WTC Responders Bear WatchingJune 25th, 2025- Study Provides Evidence of Amyloidosis in the Brains of Some WTC RespondersJanuary 23rd, 2025
- Stony Brook Study: Long COVID Risk Increases with Multiple Infections, Vaccination Status in 9/11 Essential WorkersJanuary 16th, 2025
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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