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Faculty Detail    
Name DAVID O. FREEDMAN
MD		  
Campus Address BBRB 201 Zip 2170
Phone  (205) 934-1632
E-mail  dfreedman@uabmc.edu
Other websites Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine
UAB Travelers Health Clinic
Textbook of Travel Medicine
WHO Zika Emergency Committee
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, Associate Editor
Associate Editor, Sanford Guide
     

Education
Undergraduate  McGill University    1977  BSc First Class Honours in Physiology 
Medical School  University of Toronto    1981  MD 
Residency  McGill University    1984  Internal Medicine 
Fellowship  LPD/NIAID/NIH    1989  Infectious Diseaes, Immunoparasitology 

Certifications
ABIM--Board Certification in Internal Medicine  1984 
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada--Internal Medicine  1984 
ABIM--Board Certifiication in Infectious Diseases  1986 
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada--Infectious Diseases  1986 
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene-CTropMed  1996 


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Med - Infectious Diseases  Med - Infectious Diseases Professor Emeritus

Biographical Sketch 
BSc, First Class Honors in Physiology, McGill, 1977. MD Toronto, 1981. Fellowship in immunoparasitology NIH 1985-9. Certified in Infectious Diseases by ABIM and the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. UAB Division of Geographic Medicine 1989-2006; Division of Infectious Diseases 2006-present. Professor of Epidemiology, UAB School of Public Health 1989-2016. Founder UAB Travelers Health Clinic 1989-. Member VA Merit Review Infectious Diseases Study Section, 1997-2000. Chair Advisory Panel on Parasitic Diseases of the US Pharmacopeia 1995-2000. Funded research projects have been completed in India, Guatemala, Ghana, Brazil, and Peru in addition to the 23 countries where GeoSentinel sites are established. Editor Textbook of Travel Medicine, Associate Editor Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal. President Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Inc. 2005-2016. Medical Director overseeing all medical content for Shoreland Travax 1997-present

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene  President, Clinical Sub-Group 2003-5  http://www.astmh.org 
Infectious Diseases Society of America  Fellow, Member Scientific Program Committee 2002-5  http://www.idsociety.org 
International Society of Travel Medicine  Fellow, Secretary-Treasurer 2005-13  http://www.istm.org 
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow  Fellow, Faculty of Travel Medicine   
The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine  Director, 1995-2016  http://gorgas.dom.uab.edu/ 
World Health Organization IHR Emergency Committee on Zika  Member 2016  http://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/zika-ec-members/en/ 
World Health Organization--International Health Regulations (IHR)  Roster of Experts, Expert in Travel Medicine 2009-Present  http://www.who.int/ihr/en/ 
 



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health; BioSurveillance
Description
Development of global provider-based surveillance networks for characterization of infectious disease morbidity in travelers and migrants using innovative electronic communications modalities. 2) Development of novel techniques for the clinical teaching of tropical medicine to graduate physicians from industrialized countries, on-site in the tropics while maintaining all traditional accreditation standards. Director of the Gorgas Courses in Clinical Tropical in Lima, Peru Development of novel strategies to track global trends in disease and occupational health risk among employees of multinational corporations.

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