Douglas S Kwon MD PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
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15 Francis St# BrighamBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-8881
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2007 - 2008
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2007
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Internship, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2005
New York University School of MedicineClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2007 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Clinical Trials
- Effect of Isotretinoin on Immune Activation Among HIV-1 Infected Subjects With Incomplete CD4+ T Cell Recovery Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 02
- SHIFT: Studying HIV Immunology After Fecal Transplant Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Immunometabolic defects of CD8+ T cells disrupt gut barrier integrity in people with HIV.Upasana Das Adhikari, Leah M Froehle, Alexandra N Pipkin, Heeva Baharlou, Alice H Linder
Cell. 2025-10-02 - Microbiota effects and predictors ofs colonization after treatment with a vaginal live biotherapeutic: results from a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled tr...Seth M Bloom, Laura Symul, Joseph Elsherbini, Jiawu Xu, Salina Hussain
Medrxiv. 2025-08-30 - StrainFacts accurately quantifies both endogenous and live biotherapeutic product strain abundances in simulated and clinical vaginal microbiota samples.Johnathan Shih, Seth M Bloom, Jiawu Xu, Caroline M Mitchell, Joseph Elsherbini
Biorxiv. 2025-08-21
Journal Articles
- Metagenomic Sequencing of HIV-1 in the Blood and Female Genital Tract Reveals Little Quasispecies Diversity During Acute InfectionKrista L Dong, Anne Piantadosi, Douglas S Kwon, mBio
Press Mentions
First Vaginal Bacteria Transplants in the US to Begin at Mass. General HospitalMarch 5th, 2020
How Does the Microbiome Impact HIV Risk and Treatment?November 8th, 2018
Bacterial Communities of Female Genital Tract Impact HIV Infection RiskJanuary 10th, 2017- Join now to see all
External Links
- Kwon Labhttp://www.kwonlab.org
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