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Stuart M. Levitz, MD (he/him/his)

Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Dr. Stuart M. Levitz is a Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Physiological Systems at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. He is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine. Postdoctoral training included an internal medicine residency at Case Western Researve University and an infectious diseases fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Levitz is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He is a consultant on the General and Transplant Infectious Diseases services at UMassMemorial Hospital.
Dr. Levitz’s over 150 research publications have mostly focused on the mechanisms by which the immune system controls fungal pathogens and the strategies that fungi utilize to circumvent host defenses. Particular areas of interest include how fungal glycosylation influences immune responses, the mechanisms by which phagocytes exert antifungal activity, and fungal vaccine development. Dr. Levitz' favorite fungus to study is the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. Dr. Levitz has also published on clinical aspects of medical mycology.

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