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Office
UH Cleveland Medical Center
11100 Euclid Ave Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine
Cleveland, OH 44106Phone+1 216-844-1709Fax+1 216-844-1632- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1983 - 1988
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
- George Washington UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1982
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
- OH State Medical License 1988 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsInhibiting Mycobacterium abscessus Cell Wall Synthesis: Using a Novel Diazabicyclooctane β-Lactamase Inhibitor To Augment β-Lactam Action.Khalid M Dousa, Sebastian G Kurz, Magdalena A Taracila, Christopher R Bethel, William Schinabeck, Barry N Kreiswirth, Sheldon T Brown, W Henry Boom, Richard S Hotchkis...> ;Mbio. 2022 Feb 22
- 5 citationsInteraction between M. tuberculosis Lineage and Human Genetic Variants Reveals Novel Pathway Associations with Severity of TBMichael L. McHenry, Eddie M. Wampande, Moses Joloba, LaShaunda L. Malone, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, William S. Bush, W. Henry Boom, Scott M. Williams, Catherine M. Stein> ;Pathogens. 2021 Nov 15
- 13 citations“One-Two Punch”: Synergistic ß-Lactam Combinations for Mycobacterium abscessus and Target Redundancy in the Inhibition of Peptidoglycan Synthesis EnzymesKhalid M Dousa, Sebastian G. Kurz, Sheldon T. Brown, George L. Drusano, Steven M. Holland, Barry N. Kreiswirth, W. Henry Boom, Charles L. Daley, Robert A. Bonomo> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021 Oct 20
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Journal Articles
- Bacterial Factors That Predict Relapse After Tuberculosis TherapyDavid Alland, W Henry Boom, The New England Journal of Medicine
- Immunological Mechanisms of Human Resistance to Persistent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis InfectionRobert S Wallis, W Henry Boom, Thomas R Hawn, Sarah Fortune, Nature
Hospital Affiliations
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland, Ohio
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