Overview
Matthew Laurens is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Laurens is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giardia Infection. His top areas of expertise are Malaria, Typhoid Fever, Salmonella Enterocolitis, and Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis. Dr. Laurens is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 107 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Giardia Infection.
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Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Karen Kotloff is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Kotloff is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giardia Infection. Her top areas of expertise are Diarrhea, Malnutrition, Viral Gastroenteritis, and Neonatal Sepsis. Dr. Kotloff is currently accepting new patients.
Mark Travassos is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Travassos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giardia Infection. His top areas of expertise are Malaria, Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Sepsis, and COVID-19. Dr. Travassos is currently accepting new patients.
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Dr. Tao Wang is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include global developmental delays and intellectual disability neurobehavioral disorders in children, and genetic and genomic syndromes and inborn errors of metabolism. Dr. Wang earned his M.D. from Zhongshan Medical University in China and a Ph.D. in human genetics from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Tufts -New England Medical Center Hospitals and performed fellowships in clinical genetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and clinical biochemical genetics at Kennedy Krieger Institute. His research interests include x-linked intellectual disabilities (XLID), autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and inborn errors of metabolism of the central nervous system. Dr. Wang is the associate director of the Medical Genetics Residency and Fellowship Program and a preceptor in the Predoctoral Training Program in Human Genetics. Dr. Wang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Giardia Infection. His top areas of expertise are Toxocariasis, Microsporidiosis, Isovaleric Acidemia, and Giardia Infection.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- Elite
- MalariaDr. Laurens isElite. Learn about Malaria.
- Distinguished
- Primary Amebic MeningoencephalitisDr. Laurens isDistinguished. Learn about Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis.
- Salmonella EnterocolitisDr. Laurens isDistinguished. Learn about Salmonella Enterocolitis.
- Typhoid FeverDr. Laurens isDistinguished. Learn about Typhoid Fever.
- Advanced
- RabiesDr. Laurens isAdvanced. Learn about Rabies.
- Experienced
- AnemiaDr. Laurens isExperienced. Learn about Anemia.
- Giardia InfectionDr. Laurens isExperienced. Learn about Giardia Infection.
- HIV/AIDSDr. Laurens isExperienced. Learn about HIV/AIDS.
- LeishmaniasisDr. Laurens isExperienced. Learn about Leishmaniasis.
- Orbital CellulitisDr. Laurens isExperienced. Learn about Orbital Cellulitis.
- RubellaDr. Laurens isExperienced. Learn about Rubella.