Chief, Virus Persistence and Dynamics Section (VPDS)
Specialty(s): Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine Provides direct clinical care to patients at NIH Clinical Center
Education:
M.D., Ph.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Biography
Dr. Boritz began his HIV research career in the mid-1990s as a summer student in the laboratory of Dr. John K. Rose. An interest in fundamental and translational studies of host-virus interactions then led him to pursue combined M.D./Ph.D. training at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. He completed his Ph.D. in the Immunology Program studying HIV-specific CD4 T-cell responses with Dr. Cara Wilson. After an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he came to NIAID as a fellow in infectious diseases. Following the clinical portion of his fellowship, he joined Dr. Daniel Douek's laboratory at Vaccine Research Center, where he worked to understand the cellular and molecular events that allow HIV reservoirs to persist in vivo. He joined the NIH faculty to establish the VPDS in 2017.
In addition to his activities in the research lab, Dr. Boritz serves as a core faculty member for the NIAID Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, an attending physician on the NIAID Infectious Diseases Consult Service, and an HIV clinic preceptor for first-year Infectious Diseases fellows.