Dr. Debra J. Lugo

I’m a pediatric infectious diseases specialist. The patients that I see are primarily very immune compromised children, so premature infants with severe infection, children with HIV, and children who had a stem cell transplant or chemotherapy and are at high risk for infection. My clinical care focuses on providing ideal therapy and ideal dosing to help prevent severe neurologic injury after infections in premature infants. With premature infants, they can’t tell you their symptoms and there’s no one perfect answer with dosage, so the medicine is really as much art as it is facts. And that’s really my favorite part of my job – figuring out the right dose for that patient and using that knowledge to help the next patient who comes into the unit. Outside of work, I participate in Olympic weightlifting, CrossFit, and baseball with my wife and four children. Dr. Benjamin is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Premature Infant, Neonatal Herpes, Neonatal Sepsis, and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

Paul Lantos is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Lantos has been practicing medicine for over 26 years is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Lyme Disease, Congenital Cytomegalovirus, Infectious Myocarditis, Giardia Infection, and Hip Replacement.

I am a pediatric infectious diseases specialist with a particular interest in global health. I enjoy caring for children with a variety of infectious diseases both at Duke and at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and Mawenzi Regional Hospital in Tanzania. I believe children are our future, and I take pride in providing excellent health care for the pediatric population across the spectrum of infectious and tropical diseases. Dr. Dow is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Pompe Disease, Diarrhea, and Neonatal Sepsis.