Allison Lorna Agwu, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Infectious Diseases
Specialty:
Infectious Diseases
Location(s):
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
200 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Education:
Medical School:
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residencies:
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland/
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital – Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Fellowships:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Special Interests:
Epidemiologic approaches to HIV,
Antibiocrobial Approval Program,
Drug Resistance,
International Infectious Diseases,
MRSA
Studyof the application of clinical treatment guidelines to adolescent patients, utilization of care, and additionally the host and viral ramifications of the therapies administered
Biography:
At Hopkins Children’s, Allison Lorna Agwu, M.D., helped develop a novel Web-based antimicrobial approval program to safeguard patients and improve the efficiency in the prescribing of antibiotics. Her research and clinical interests include the study and treatment of Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and drug-resistance in HIV patients.
An assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Hopkins, Aqwu received her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1999. She completed a residency in pediatrics and internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University/ University Hospitals of Cleveland/ Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
She holds a joint appointment in the Division of Adult Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins.
Phone: 410-614-3917
Fax: 410-614-1490
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Allison Lorna Agwu