Faculty and Staff | Infectious Diseases

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Division Head, Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Infections in the immunocompromised host (non-HIV)
      • Fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent and severe/complicated Clostridium difficile infection
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • VA Portland Health Care System
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • VA Portland Health Care System
    • Areas of interest

      • General infectious disease, antimicrobial stewardship
      • COVID-19 therapeutics, clinical epidemiology
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Program Director, OHSU Infectious Disease Fellowship
    • Areas of interest

      • Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, HIV care
      • Medical education methods and outcomes in the undergraduate and graduate settings
    • Appointments and titles

      • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • General infectious diseases, HIV
      • Travel medicine, neglected tropical diseases
      • Prevention of healthcare-associated infections
      • Public health, emerging infectious diseases, and outbreak investigations
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Human cytomegalovirus antivirals and drug resistance
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, Occupational Health
    • Areas of interest

      • Dr. Curlin is a specialist in adult infectious diseases including HIV infection.
      • Dr. Curlin has experience in both clinical and laboratory-based research in HIV. Dr. Curlin research focuses on HIV vaccine development, HIV prevention methods, and basic mechanisms of host-virus interactions during HIV infection.
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • VA Portland Health Care System
    • Areas of interest

      • Co investigator, Portland VA Research Foundation Experimental Chemotherapy Lab
      • Researching new drugs to treat malaria and toxoplasmosis.
      • Complexity of treating difficult infections, the challenge of diagnosing rare infectious diseases, and seeing his patients regain their health.
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity and resistance mechanisms
      • Immunocompromised host bacterial pathogens
      • Enterococcus faecalis anti-microbial resistance
      • Optimization of novel cephalosporin use
      • Antimicrobial stewardship
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, School of Medicine
      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • General Infectious Diseases
      • Transplant Infectious Diseases
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Infectious Diseases Fellowship VA Site Director, Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • VA Portland Health Care System
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, HIV/STD/TB Section, Oregon Health Authority
    • Areas of interest

      • General infectious disease and management of HIV, STI, and hepatitis
      • Public health programs for the prevention and treatment of HIV, STI, and hepatitis
      • Social determinants of sexual health
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • VA Portland Health Care System
    • Areas of interest

      • Healthcare-associated infection, multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), Hospital Epidemiology
      • Infections in the Immunocompromised Host, Hospital Epidemiology.
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Managing infectious complications in immunocompromised hosts, in particular, solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
      • Tropical medicine and infections in underserved populations
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • PVAMC Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Medical Director
      • VA Portland Health Care System
    • Areas of interest

      • Infections in people with substance use disorders
      • Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
      • Prevention of healthcare associated infections
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Associate Medical Director, Department of Infection Prevention and Control
    • Areas of interest

      • Infections in transplant candidates and recipients, infections in patients with hematologic malignancies
      • Prevention of healthcare-associated infections in immunocompromised hosts
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Epidemiology Programs, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
      • Associate Program Director, OHSU Infectious Disease Fellowship
      • Director of Quality Improvement, OHSU Division of Infectious Diseases
    • Areas of interest

      • Mycobacterial infections (Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria)
      • Staphylococcus aureus infections
      • Infective endocarditis
      • Infectious in individuals with substance us disorders
      • Graduate medical education
      • Structural determinants of health and health equity
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship, OHSU and Hillsboro Medical Center
    • Areas of interest

      • General Infectious Diseases, Transplant Infectious Diseases
      • Quality Improvement, Antimicrobial Stewardship
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, OHSU Healthcare
    • Areas of interest

      • Healthcare associated infections, epidemiology of emerging infections and antimicrobial resistant pathogens.
      • General Infectious Diseases.
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Assistant Professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
      • Faculty Lead, Infectious Disease Division Trainee Research Program
    • Areas of interest

      • Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections
      • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment and prevention
      • Structural Determinants of Health
      • Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Control, Hillsboro Medical Center
      • Medical Director, Occupational Health, Hillsboro Medical Center
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
      • Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
      • OHSU Professor of Public Health

Affiliate Faculty

James Lewis

James Lewis is the Clinical Supervisor for Infectious Disease. His responsibilities include co-directing the OHSU antibiotic stewardship program and serving as the infectious diseases clinical pharmacist for OHSU. He is the co-chair of the antibiotic subcommittee of the Clinical Knowledge and Therapeutics Executive Committee (formerly Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee) and also serves as the PGY-1 &2 ID rotation preceptor. James' professional interests are antibiotic susceptibility testing, antibiotic/antifungal utilization, and the optimal integration of rapid microbiology diagnostics in antibiotic stewardship. Dr. Lewis also currently serves as the co-chair of the breakpoint working group of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and is a member of the editorial board for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Amber Streifel

Amber Streifel, Board Certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacist has been with the OHSU OPAT Program since 2018 as the OPAT Pharmacist.  Amber graduated from The University of Maryland with a PharmD; completed PGY1 residency at OHSU and a PGY2 in Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy.

Within OPAT, Amber’s passion revolves around equitable medication access, use of long-acting glycopeptides and oral antibiotics for complex infections. 

In her free time, Amber enjoys exploring the great PNW outdoors, travelling and crafting including quilting and knitting. 

Administrative and Support Staff

Gina Touger, Division Manager

Shanelle Almeida, Administrative and Fellowship Coordinator

Andrea Crane, PAS Specialist

Rachelle Giancanelli, Care Coordinator

Amanda Graff, Medical Assistant

Hye Kelly, PAS Specialist

Sydnie Law, PAS Resource Specialist

Angela Le, Lead Medical Assistant

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