
Peter A Rice MD
Professor, Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
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119 Belmont StWorcester, MA 01605
Phone+1 508-334-6053
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Summary
- Peter Rice, MD, is an infectious disease specialist based in Worcester, MA. He completed his medical education at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by internships and residencies in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Since 2005, he has served as a professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. His medical expertise includes sexually transmitted infections, in particular. He has authored numerous publications, including research on gonococcal vaccine candidates, immunotherapeutics for gonorrhea and the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant gonococcal isolates in the Far East.
Education & Training
- Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1974
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1970 - 1971
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1969 - 1970
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1969
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 1974 - 2027
- GA State Medical License 1971 - 1973
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Interferon-epsilon, an estrogen-induced type I interferon, is uniquely exploited by Neisseria gonorrhoeae via effects on sialic acid metabolism.Evelyn A Kurt-Jones, Sunita Gulati, Michael King, Rosane B de Oliveira, Peter A Rice
Cell Host & Microbe. 2025-06-09 - Biologic drug development for treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.Davinder S Gill, Sanjay Ram, Peter A Rice
Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 2025-05-29 - Gonococcal Mimitope Vaccine Candidate Forms a Beta-Hairpin Turn and Binds Hydrophobically to a Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody.Peter T Beernink, Cristina Di Carluccio, Roberta Marchetti, Linda Cerofolini, Sara Carillo
JACS Au. 2024-07-22
Grant Support
- A novel vaccine against multidrug-resistant gonorrheaUNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER2019–2024
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