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Office
908 20th St S
Birmingham, AL 35205Phone+1 205-934-5191Fax+1 205-934-5155- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2010 - 2013
- University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
- Federal University of Minas GeraisClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- AL State Medical License 2010 - 2024
- IL State Medical License 2004 - 2017
- WI State Medical License 2015 - 2017
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Birth cohort-specific consideration in an Emergency Department Hepatitis C Testing Programme: A description of age-related characteristics and outcomes.Lauren A Walter, Myles Prados, Audrey Lloyd, Sylvie Sontheimer, Matthew Heimann, Joel B Rodgers, Delissa T Hand, Ricardo Franco> ;Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2024 May 1
- Hepatitis C Treatment Initiation Among US Medicaid Enrollees.Shashi N Kapadia, Hao Zhang, Christopher J Gonzalez, Bisakha Sen, Ricardo Franco, Kayla Hutchings, Elaine Wethington, Andrew Talal, Audrey Lloyd, Arpan Dharia, Martin ...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 Aug 1
- Sustained virologic response from hepatitis C from an emergency department screening & linkage program: A retrospective review.Lauren A Walter, Logan Wilson, Madeline Farmer, Tinsley Roberson, Delissa T Hand, Ricardo Franco> ;The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023 Oct 1
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Press Mentions
- Canada Has Hit a Major Vaccine Milestone. There’s Still More Work to Do but Reasons to Feel Good About What’s Been AccomplishedSeptember 17th, 2021
- Thanks to the Delta Variant, Reaching Herd Immunity Just Got a Lot HarderAugust 17th, 2021
- Why Is Delta More Infectious and Deadly? New Research Holds AnswersAugust 6th, 2021
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Hospital Affiliations
- Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, Alabama
- University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, Alabama
- Brookwood Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, Alabama
- USA Health University HospitalMobile, Alabama
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