Assistant Clinical Investigator
Specialty(s): Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine Provides direct clinical care to patients at NIH Clinical Center
Education:
M.D., Ph.D., Duke University
A.B., Harvard University
Biography
Dr. Lacsina received his A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University and his M.D. and Ph.D. in Pathology through the Duke University Medical Scientist Training Program. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at the University of Washington (UW). From 2015 to 2016 he served as the UW Global Health Chief Resident at Naivasha Sub-County Hospital in Kenya. He completed his clinical fellowship training in infectious diseases at NIAID and conducted his fellowship research with Dr. Jesus Valenzuela (Laboratory of Malaria & Vector Research) on human skin immunity to the bites of arthropod vectors of infection. In 2021, Dr. Lacsina was appointed as an Assistant Clinical Investigator in LISB through the NIAID Transition Program in Clinical Research. Dr. Lacsina is certified in internal medicine and infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.