Michele Barry, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine and Global Health Director, Office of International Health Chief, General Medicine Firm Phone: 203-688-2476 Fax: 203-785-6978 e-mail: michele.barry@yale.edu

Education

1974 A.B., Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, Magna Cum Laude
1977 M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY - AOA
1977-1981 Residency and Chief Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Internal Medicine
1980 Diploma, Tropical Medicine Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC
1981-1983 Rheumatology Fellowship, Yale-New Haven Hospital
1989 Hastings Center Fellow in Ethics
1990 Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship
1997 Certificate of Knowledge-Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health

Research Activities

Health care issues of underserved populations in the U.S. and abroad.

Interests:

1. Clinical Tropical Diseases
2. International Health
3. Travel Medicine
4. Ethics of Cross Cultural Research
5. Globalization’s Impact on Health

Clinical Activities

• Director of the Office of International Health
• Co-Director- Yale/Johnson & Johnson Physician Scholars in International Health
• Firm Chief – Generalist Firm: Inpatient Teaching Service – Yale New Haven Hospital
• Ford Foundation - Health Consultant for Overseas Programs

National Activities

• Past – President American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Elected Member of Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences
• Chair of Global Health Interest Group – IOM/NAS
• Chair of Professional Education Committee – ISTM
• Chair of Public Health Technical Advisory Board – Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

Selected Recent Publications

1. Barry M, Craft J, Coleman D. Coulter H, Horwitz R. Special communication: Southeast Asian refugee health, child development and public health concerns. JAMA 1983;249:3200-3203.
2. Barry M. Ethical considerations of human investigation in developing countries: The AIDS dilemma. NEJM 1988;319(16):1083-1086
3. Barry M, Bia FJ. Pregnancy and Travel. JAMA 1989;261(5):728-731
4. Barry M, Cullen M, Thomas JEP, Loewenson R. Zimbabwe: Health care changes after independence and transition to majority rule. JAMA 1990;263(5):638-640
5. Cruz E. Barry M, Cruz I, Schantz P, Roman G, Dumas M. Prevalence, distribution and morbidity of T. Solium Neurocysticercosis in an Andean community in Ecuador. In: Cruz ME. Twenty-Five Years of Neurology in Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador, 1994:335-339
6. Barry M, Armstrong L, Russi M, Dembry L, Geller D, Tesh R, Gonzalez JP, Khan A, Peters CJ. Treatment of a Laboratory Acquired Infection of Sabiá Virus. NEJM 1995;333:294-296.
7. Barry M, Maguire J, Weller P. The ASTMH initiative to stimulate educational programs to enhance medical expertise in tropical diseases. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999:681-688.
8. Barry M. Effect of the U.S. Embargo and Economic Decline on Health in Cuba. Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(2):151-154
9. Barry M, Wisnewski A, Matthias M, Inouye S, Vinetz J.  Suburban Leptospirosis: Atypical Lymphocytosis and Gamma-delta T cell response.  Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2006, Nov. 15.
10. Barry M. The tail end of Guinea Worm: global eradication without a drug or vaccine. NEJM 2007;356(25):2561-2564.