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Ramzi Asfour, MD |
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F. Ramzi Asfour, M.D., is a Technical Advisor (Associate Research Scientist) with the Multicountry Columbia Antiretroviral Program (MCAP), in
South Africa
. Dr. Asfour serves the clinical advisor for
Columbia
's MCAP project in
South Africa
.
He recently finished his fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at the
University
of
California
,
San Diego (UCSD)
. While a fellow, he worked on clinical research projects in
Ethiopia
and
San Diego
. His work in
Ethiopia
focused on Infection Control, occupational exposures, sero-prevalence of HIV-related co-infections, the formation of a consortium to run a clinical trial, and teaching health care providers HIV medicine. In
San Diego
, Dr. Asfour was the site coordinator of a clinical trial for an HIV-1 integrase inhibitor and worked on various other projects, including one to train visiting African health care workers.
Dr. Asfour holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from
New York
Medical
College
.
He also received formal education in clinical research through UCSD's NIH sponsored course in Clinical Research.
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