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Eric Spitzer, M.D. Ph.D.

Eric Spitzer, M.D. Ph.D.
Associate Professor
 
Director of Clinical Microbiology
UH - L3 710
Stony Brook University Medical Center
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7025


Tel:  (631) 444-2382
Fax:  (631) 444-2653
Email:
Eric.Spitzer@stonybrook.edu

Education:

1985 M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
1977 B.S., Yale Universit

Postdoctoral Training:

1985-1989 

Resident in Laboratory Medicine, Barnes Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 

Honors and Awards:

1988  

Young Investigator's Award, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists 

1995-present

Editorial Board, American Journal of Clinical Pathology

2001-present

Editorial Board, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Clinical Practice:

Dr. Spitzer is Board Certified in Clinical Pathology.


Selected
Publications:

Spitzer ED, Weiss B. 1985. dfp Gene of Escherichia coli K12, a locus affecting DNA synthesis, codes for a flavoprotein. J Bacteriol 164:994-1003. 

Marsano L, Perrilo RP, Flye MW, Hanto DW, Spitzer ED, Thomas JR, Murray PR, Windus DW, Brunt EM, Storch GA. 1990. Comparison of culture and serology for the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection in kidney and liver transplant recipients. J Infect Dis 161:454-461.

Spitzer ED, Keath EJ, Travis SJ, Painter AA, Kobayashi GS, Medoff G. 1990. Temperature-sensitive variants of Histoplasma capsulatum isolated from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J Infect Dis 162:258-261.

Spitzer ED, Spitzer SG. 1992. Use of a dispersed repetitive DNA element to distinguish clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. J Clin Microbiol 30:1094-1097.

Spitzer ED, Spitzer SG, Freundlich LW, Casadevall A. Persistence of initial infection in recurrent Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis. Lancet 1993;341:595-596.

Nachman S, Alpan O, Malowitz R, Spitzer ED.  1996.  Catheter-associated fungemia due to Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis.  J Clin Microbiol 34:1011-1013.

Spitzer ED. Tracking Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the laboratory. Am J Clin Path 1998;109:248-250.

Lipson SM, Tortora G, Tempone A, Fedorko DP, Spitzer ED. Rapid Detection of Clostridium difficile in Stool Using the VIDAS® C. difficile Toxin A II Assay. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis 2003;45:117-121.

Pingle MR, Granger K, Feinberg P, Shatsky R, Sterling B, Rundell M, Spitzer E, Larone D, Golightly L, Barany F. Multiplexed identification of blood borne bacterial pathogens using a novel 16s rDNA PCR/LDR/Capillary Electrophoresis assay. J Clin Microbiol 2007;45:1927-35.

Das S, Pingle MR, Muñoz-Jordán J, Rundell MS, Rondini S, Granger K, Chang GJ, Kelly E, Spier EG, Larone D, Spitzer E, Barany F, Golightly LM. Detection and Serotyping of Dengue Virus in Serum Samples by Multiplex Reverse Transcriptase-PCR/LDR Assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Last updated by andrea.schmidt on August 25, 2009