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
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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

NJ State Medical License 1984 - Present
CT State Medical License 1985 - 2024

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

96 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, Allen C. Steere> ;Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2011 Aug 1
187 citations
Prospective Study of Serologic Tests for Lyme Disease
Allen C. Steere, Gail McHugh, Nitin Damle, Vijay K. Sikand> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008 Jul 15
45 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, Nitin Damle, Vijay K. Sikand, Andrew D. Luster, Allen C. Steere> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008 Jan 1
70 citations
Borrelia burgdorferi Genetic Markers and Disseminated Disease in Patients with Early Lyme Disease
Kathryn L. Jones, Lisa J. Glickstein, Nitin Damle, Vijay K. Sikand, Gail McHugh, Allen C. Steere> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2006 Dec 1
24 citations
Inflammatory cytokine production predominates in early Lyme disease in patients with erythema migrans.
Lisa J. Glickstein, Brian J. Moore, Tara Bledsoe, Nitin Damle, Vijay K. Sikand, Allen C. Steere> ;Infection and Immunity. 2003 Oct 1
61 citations
Asymptomatic Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi
Allen C. Steere, Vijay K. Sikand, Robert T. Schoen, John Nowakowski> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2003 Aug 15
114 citations
The Presenting Manifestations of Lyme Disease and the Outcomes of Treatment
Allen C. Steere, Vijay K. Sikand> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2003 Jun 12
66 citations
Prospective Study of Coinfection in Patients with Erythema Migrans
Allen C. Steere, Gail McHugh, Carolin Suarez, Jason Hoitt, Nitin Damle, Vijay K. Sikand> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2003 Apr 15
138 citations
Increasing health burden of human babesiosis in endemic sites.
Peter J. Krause, Kathleen McKay, Joseph Gadbaw, Diane Christianson, Linda Closter, Timothy J. Lepore, Sam R. Telford, Vijay K. Sikand, Raymond W. Ryan, David H. Persin...> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2003 Apr 1
51 citations
Systemic symptoms without erythema migrans as the presenting picture of early Lyme disease.
Allen C. Steere, Alpana Dhar, Jesus Hernandez, Peter A Fischer, Vijay K. Sikand, Robert T. Schoen, John Nowakowski, Gail McHugh, David H. Persing> ;The American Journal of Medicine. 2003 Jan 1
192 citations
Disease-Specific Diagnosis of Coinfecting Tickborne Zoonoses: Babesiosis, Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, and Lyme Disease
Peter J. Krause, Kathleen McKay, Charles Thompson, Vijay K. Sikand, Ronald Lentz, Timothy J. Lepore, Linda Closter, Diane Christianson, Sam R. Telford, David H. Persin...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2002 May 1
167 citations
Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of early Lyme disease in patients with microbiologically confirmed erythema migrans.
Robert P. Smith, Robert T. Schoen, Daniel W. Rahn, Vijay K. Sikand, John Nowakowski, Dennis Parenti, Mary S. Holman, David H. Persing, Allen C. Steere> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2002 Mar 19
42 citations
Cellular and humoral immune responses to Borrelia burgdorferi antigens in patients with culture-positive early Lyme disease.
Austin Vaz, Lisa J. Glickstein, Jodie A. Field, Gail McHugh, Vijay K. Sikand, Nitin Damle, Allen C. Steere> ;Infection and Immunity. 2001 Dec 1
22 citations
Safety and immunogenicity of a recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A vaccine against lyme disease in healthy children and adolescents: a randomized ...
Vijay K. Sikand, Neal A. Halsey, Peter J. Krause, Sunil K. Sood, Richard J. Geller, Christian Van Hoecke, Charles Buscarino, Dennis Parenti> ;Pediatrics. 2001 Jul 1
227 citations
Atovaquone and Azithromycin for the Treatment of Babesiosis
Peter J. Krause, Timothy J. Lepore, Vijay K. Sikand, Joseph Gadbaw, Georgine Burke, Sam R. Telford, Peter Brassard, Diane Pearl, Jaber Azlanzadeh, Diane Christianson, ...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2000 Nov 16
17 citations
Safety and immunogenicity profile of a recombinant outer-surface protein A Lyme disease vaccine: clinical trial of a 3-dose schedule at 0, 1, and 2 months.
Robert T. Schoen, Vijay K. Sikand, Michael C. Caldwell, C. Van Hoecke, Marc Gillet, Charles Buscarino, Dennis Parenti> ;Clinical Therapeutics. 2000 Mar 1
2 citations
Diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis by a whole-blood gamma interferon assay for cell-mediated immune responses.
Vijay K. Sikand, James S. Rothel, Roland M. Martin> ;Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 1999 May 1
41 citations
Evaluation of two-test serodiagnostic method for early Lyme disease in clinical practice.
R. T. Trevejo, Peter J. Krause, Vijay K. Sikand, Martin E. Schriefer, Raymond W. Ryan, T. Lepore, W. Porter, David T. Dennis> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1999 Apr 1
472 citations
Vaccination against Lyme Disease with Recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi Outer-Surface Lipoprotein A with Adjuvant
Allen C. Steere, Vijay K. Sikand, François Meurice, Dennis Parenti, Erol Fikrig, Robert T. Schoen, John Nowakowski, Christopher H. Schmid, Sabine Laukamp, Charles Busc...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1998 Jul 23
204 citations
Persistent Parasitemia after Acute Babesiosis
Peter J. Krause, Andrew Spielman, Sam R. Telford, Vijay K. Sikand, Kathleen McKay, Diane Christianson, Richard J. Pollack, Peter Brassard, Jenifer M. Magera, Raymond W...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1998 Jul 16
322 citations
Concurrent Lyme disease and babesiosis. Evidence for increased severity and duration of illness.
Peter J. Krause, Sam R. Telford, Andrew Spielman, Vijay K. Sikand, Raymond W. Ryan, Diane Christianson, Georgine Burke, Peter Brassard, Richard J. Pollack, Judith Peck...> ;JAMA. 1996 Jun 5
"A violence prevention program targeting adolescents".
Sikand, V. K.> ;Conn Med. 1996 Jan
21 citations
Prospective Assessment of Lyme Disease in a School-Aged Population in Connecticut
Henry M. Feder, Michael A. Gerber, Matthew L. Cartter, Vijay K. Sikand, Peter J. Krause> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1995 May 1
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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