Lowell Young, M.D.
Email: YoungLX@cpmcri.org

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Introduction

Dr. Young is Senior Scientist at CPMCRI and Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. He received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School, medical residency at Cornell University Medical College, and post-doctoral training in infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York. His academic interests include infections in immunocompromised hosts (cancer, transplants, AIDS), antimicrobial chemotherapy, and the pathogenesis and treatment of septicemia. He is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. Dr. Young has authored over 300 articles in medical journals and contributed to over 60 books and book chapters. He is an editor of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and serves on the editorial boards of Clinical Infectious Diseases and Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He served as Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at CPMC from 1985-1999 and was a member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1996-2000. Dr. Young received the Langmuir Prize of the Center for Disease Control and the Garrod Medal of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.


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Publications

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Book Chapters

1. Young LS: Management of infections in leukemia and lymphoma. In: Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host. Robert H. Rubin, Lowell S. Young (eds). Fourth Edition. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. 2002, pp. 497-526.

2. Young LS: Effects of Quinolones on the Immune System. In Quinolone Antimicrobial Agents. David C. Hooper, Ethan Rubenstein (eds). Third Edition. ASM Press, Washington, D.C., 2003, pp. 467-474.



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