Shyamasundaran (Shyam) Kottilil, MD, PhD

Titles

Professor of Medicine

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

Interim Director, Institute of Human Virology

Director, Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology

School Affiliation

School of Medicine

Specialties

  • HIV
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C

About

Dr. Shyam Kottilil MD, PhD, is the Director of the Division of Clinical Care and Research at the Institute of Human Virology (IHV), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD. Dr. Kottilil is also the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Kottilil continues to work as the Scientific Director of the NIH-District of Columbia Program for AIDS Progress. He received his medical degree from Govt Medical College, Trichur, India, Ph.D (immunology of HIV infection) from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, completed a residency in Internal Medicine from Brown University, Rhode Island and a fellowship in infectious diseases rom the National Institutes of Health under Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. Dr. Kottilil has conducted several pivotal investigator initiated studies in hepatitis C and has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications. He serves as one of the founding members of the US National hepatitis C treatment guidance panel.

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This information was last updated December 16, 2024.