James Rahal

James J. Rahal (October 14, 1933, Boston – June 11, 2011, Manhattan) was an American medical doctor who specialized in the study and treatment of infectious diseases. He was educated at Harvard University and the medical school at Tufts University. Rahal was one of the first doctors to raise concerns about drug-resistant bacteria and was a leading expert on the treatment of West Nile virus. He was a professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University,[1] and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the affiliated New York Hospital Queens in Flushing.[2]

Rahal died on June 11, 2011 from a rare disorder called Rosai-Dorfman disease.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Paul Vitello (June 14, 2011). "Dr. James J. Rahal, 77, Virus Expert, Dies". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "James J. Rahal, MD, Former Director, Infectious Disease". New York Hospital Queens. Retrieved January 10, 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/14/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.