Stanford University
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94304
USA
Presenter: Bennett Lorber, MD, MACP
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Temple University
Bennett Lorber studied zoology and art history at Swarthmore College, received his MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and complete a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Temple University Hospital, after which he was appointed to the Temple University School of Medicine faculty. In 1988, he was named the Thomas M. Durant Chair in Medicine. He served as Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases from 1983-2006. He is a Master of the America College of Physicians, a Fellow of hte Infectious Diseases Society of America, and a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia where he served as President from 2010-2012. he was President of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas, an international scientific society, from 2008-2010.
Dr. Lorber’s major interest in infectious diseases is in human listeriosis, an area in which he is regarded as an international authority. He has also been interested in the impact of societal changes on infectious disease patterns as well as the relationship between infectious agents and chronic illness.