In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview Rana Chakraborty, MD, MSc, PhD, FAAP, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist and researcher at Mayo Clinic, about his experience as an International Medical Graduate and his efforts to help others navigate the system.
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Rana Chakraborty, MD, MSc, PhD, FAAP
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Rana Chakraborty, MD, MSc, PhD, FAAP, is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist and researcher with expertise in placental and fetal immunology. He studies the impact of maternal infection on exposed infants and characterizes and publishes about infection of trophoblasts, cord blood and placental macrophages with HIV-1, cytomegalovirus, Toxoplasma gondii, the Zika virus, and SARS-CoV-2.
Dr. Chakraborty has also served as a leader in perinatal, pediatric and adolescent infectious diseases clinical trials, in medical education, and in basic science research. His work has been supported by intramural funding and by extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a principal investigator in clinical and laboratory research, initially at the University of Oxford in England and currently at Mayo Clinic. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Infectious Diseases Society of America and on the Committee Forum Management Committee. Previous roles at the AAP have included Chair of the Committee on Pediatric AIDS and Chair of the Section for International Medical Graduates.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose
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Theme music composed by Matthew Simonson at Foundsound.media
*The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.