The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine

Faculty Biosketches


Eduardo Gotuzzo, Course Director

CURRENT POSTS HELD:

  Principal Professor, Department of Medicine, UPCH
  Chief, Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, Cayetano Heredia National Hospital
1995- Director, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humbolt, UPCH
2006- President-Elect, International Federation for Tropical Medicine
2000-2003 President, Latin American Society of Tropical Medicine
1998-2000 President, International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID)
1995-2000 Member, Parasitic Diseases Advisory Panel, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
1991-1995   Member, Executive Board, International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
1991-1993 President of the Pan American Society of Infectious Diseases
1997-2001 Member, Advisory Board, Program in Infect. Dis. and Social Change, Harvard Medical School
2000-2003 Member, Scientific Program Committee, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
2000-2003 President of the Latin American Society of Tropical Medicine
2003- Editorial Board, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2003- Editorial Advisory Board, Clinical Infectious Diseases Journal

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1973 M.D. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH). Lima, Peru
1973-77   Resident then Chief Medical Resident UPCH
1979 Specialist in Internal Medicine
1981 Specialist in Infectious Diseases

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Recavarren-Arce S, Velarde C, Gotuzzo E, Cabrera J. Amoeba angeitic lesions of the central nervous system in Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebiasis. Hum Pathol. 1999;30:269-73.

Gotuzzo E. and Istúriz R. Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases in Latin America. Preface. IN: Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America. 2000 Vol 14;1-22.

Seas C, Gotuzzo E. Vibrio cholerae. In: Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (5th edition). Manedll, Bennett, & Dolin eds. Churchill Livingstone, New York NY. 2000(2):2266-72.

Evans CAW, Friedland JS, and Gotuzzo E. HIV in South America. Medicine. 2001;29:4:37-8.

Maguina C, Garcia PJ, Gotuzzo E, et al. Bartonellosis (carrion's disease) in the modern era. Clin Infect Dis. 2001;33:772-9.

Freedman DO, Gotuzzo E, Seas C, Legua P, Plier DA, Vermund SH, Casebeer LL. Educational programs to enhance medical expertise in tropical diseases: the Gorgas Course experience 1996-2001. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002;66:526-32.

Terashima A, Alvarez H, Tello R, Infante R, Freedman DO, Gotuzzo E. Treatment failure in intestinal strongyloidiasis: an indicator of HTLV-1 infection. Int J Infect Dis. 2002;6:28-30.

Bharti A, Nally J, Ricaldi J, Matthias M, Diaz M, Lovett M, Levett N, Gilman R, Willig M, Gotuzzo E, Vinetz J. Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003;12(3):757-71.

Sanchez J, Campos PE, Courtois B, Gutierrez L, Carillo C, Alarcon J, Gotuzzo E, et al. Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in female sex workers: prospective evaluation of condom promotion and strengthened STD services. Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Apr;30(4):273-9.

Gotuzzo E, Cabrera J, Deza L, Verdonck K, Vandamme AM, et al. Clinical characteristics of patients in Peru with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1-associated tropical spastic paraparesis. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 1;39(7):939-44.

Segura ER, Ganoza CA, Campos K, Ricaldi JN, Torres S, Silva H, Cespedes MJ, Matthias MA, Swancutt MA, Lopez Linan R, Gotuzzo E, et al; Peru-United States Leptospirosis Consortium. Clinical spectrum of pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis in a region of endemicity, with quantification of leptospiral burden. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Feb 1;40(3):343-51.

Blas M, Bravo F, Castillo W, Castillo WJ, Ballona R, Navarro P, Catacora J, Cairampoma R, Gotuzzo E. Norwegian scabis in Peru: the impact of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Jun;72(6):855-7.

Branch OH, Casapia WM, Gamboa DV, Hernandez JN, Alava FF, Roncal N, Alvarez E, Perez EJ, Gotuzzo E. Clustered local transmission and asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria infections in a recently emerged, hypoendemic Peruvian Amazon community. Malar J. 2005 Jun 23;4(1):27.

Cabada MM, Maldonado F, Quispe W, Serrano E, Mozo K, Gonzales E, Seas C, Verdonck K, Echevarria JI, Gotuzzo E. Pretravel health advice among international travelers visiting Cuzco, Peru. J Travel Med. 2005 Mar-Apr;12(2):61-5.

Leon-Barua R, Recavarren-Arce S, Chinga-Alayo E, Rodriguez-Ulloa C, Taylor DN, Gotuzzo E, Kosek M, Eza D, Gilman RH. Helicobacter pylori-associated chronic atrophic gastritis involving the gastric body and severe disease by Vibrio cholerae. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006;100:567-72.

Bartoloni A, Pallecchi L, Benedetti M, Fernandez C, Vallejos Y, Guzman E, Villagran AL, Mantella A, Lucchetti C, Bartalesi F, Strohmeyer M, Bechini A, Gamboa H, Rodriguez H, Falkenberg T, Kronvall G, Gotuzzo E, et al. Multidrug-resistant commensal Escherichia coli in children, Peru and Bolivia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jun;12(6):907-13.

Gyorkos TW, Larocque R, Casapia M, Gotuzzo E.  Lack of risk of adverse birth outcomes after deworming in pregnant women. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006;25:791-4.

Osores F, Nolasco O, Verdonck K, Arevalo J, Ferrufino JC, Agapito J, Huayanay L, Gotuzzo E, Maguina C. Clinical evaluation of a 16S ribosomal RNA polymerase chain reaction test for the diagnosis of lymph node tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;43:855-9.

De Castro-Costa CM, Araujo AQ, Barreto MM, Takayanagui OM, Sohler MP, da Silva EL, de Paula SM, Ishak R, Ribas JG, Rovirosa LC, Carton H, Gotuzzo E, et al. Proposal for diagnostic criteria of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2006;22:931-5.

Cabada MM, Maldonado F, Quispe W, Mozo K, Serrano E, Gonzalez E, Seas C, Verdonck K, Echevarria JI, Dupont HL, Gotuzzo E. Risk factors associated with diarrhea among international visitors to Cuzco, Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006;75:968-72.

Echevarria J, de Castilla DL, Seas C, Verdonck K, Gotuzzo E. Scaling-up highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Peru: problems on the horizon. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 15;43:625-6.

Echevarria J, Seas C, Cruz M, Chávez E, Campos M, Cieza J, Gotuzzo E, Llanos A.  Oral rehydration solution to prevent nephrotoxicity of amphotericin B. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Dec;75(6):1108-12.

Verdonck K, González E, Schrooten W, Vanham G, Gotuzzo E.  HTLV-1 infection is associated with a history of active tuberculosis among family members of HTLV-1-infected patients in Peru. Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Sep 25;:1-8.

Markowitz M, Nguyen BY, Gotuzzo E, Mendo F, Ratanasuwan W, Kovacs C, Prada G, Morales-Ramirez JO, Crumpacker CS, Isaacs RD, Gilde LR, Wan H, Miller MD, Wenning LA, Teppler H; Protocol 004 Part II Study Team.  Rapid and durable antiretroviral effect of the HIV-1 Integrase inhibitor raltegravir as part of combination therapy in treatment-naive patients with HIV-1 infection: results of a 48-week controlled study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Oct 1;46(2):125-33.

Espinoza JR, Maco V, Marcos L, Saez S, Neyra V, Terashima A, Samalvides F, Gotuzzo E, Chavarry E, Huaman MC, Bargues MD, Valero MA, Mas-Coma S.  Evaluation of Fas2-ELISA for the serological detection of Fasciola hepatica infection in humans. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 May;76(5):977-82.

Cabada MM, Maldonado F, Bauer I, Verdonck K, Seas C, Gotuzzo E.  Sexual behavior, knowledge of STI prevention, and prevalence of serum markers for STI among tour guides in Cuzco/Peru. J Travel Med. 2007 May-Jun;14(3):151-7.

Zavaleta C, Fernández C, Konda K, Valderrama Y, Vermund SH, Gotuzzo E.  High prevalence of HIV and syphilis in a remote native community of the Peruvian Amazon. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Apr;76(4):703-5.

Verdonck K, González E, Van Dooren S, Vandamme AM, Vanham G, Gotuzzo E.  Human T-lymphotropic virus 1: recent knowledge about an ancient infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Apr;7(4):266-81. Review.

Chen RY, Westfall AO, Hardin JM, Miller-Hardwick C, Stringer JS, Raper JL,Vermund SH, Gotuzzo E, Allison J, Saag MS.  Complete blood cell count as a surrogate CD4 cell marker for HIV monitoring in resource-limited settings. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Apr 15;44(5):525-30.

Mohanna S, Portillo JA, Carriquiry G, Vidal J, Ferrufino JC, Sanchez J, Bravo F, Gotuzzo E.  Human herpesvirus-8 in Peruvian blood donors: a population with hyperendemic disease? Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 15;44(4):558-61.



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