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Anita Varghese is an Infectious Disease provider in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Dr. Varghese has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Osteomyelitis, Infective Endocarditis, and Lymphangitis.

Dr. Robin Avery is an infectious disease physician who joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2012, with two decades of experience in transplant infectious disease. She is a past chair of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Infectious Disease Community of Practice, was a co-editor of the first edition of the AST ID Guidelines, and serves on a Guidelines Committee for the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) on immunizations in the immunocompromised host. She was the founding head of the Transplant Infectious Disease Section at the Cleveland Clinic and served as the founding director of the Cleveland Clinic Transplant ID Special Fellowship, authoring a curriculum that served as the basis for curricula later endorsed by the AST and IDSA. Her clinical and research interests include pre-transplant donor and recipient evaluation, and prevention and treatment of post-transplant infections, particularly transplant-associated viruses, viral load monitoring, novel therapies for CMV, hypogammaglobulinemia, immunizations, and strategies for safer living post-transplant. She has a strong interest in patient education and co-authored the script for a video designed to educate patients on decreasing post-transplant infection risks. Dr. Avery is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, COVID-19, and Sepsis.

Edward Blanchard is an Infectious Disease provider in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Dr. Blanchard is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Osteomyelitis, Sepsis, Cellulitis, and Osteomyelitis in Children.