Emory Experts on Medicine, Public Health
and Bioterrorism
The following experts from the Woodruff Health Sciences
Center are available for interviews on the medical and public health
issues associated with bioterrorism. To contact them, please call the
Health Sciences Communications Office at (404) 727-5686
or contact either of the following media representatives directly:
Janet Christenbury (404) 727-8599 jmchris@emory.edu
Kathi Ovnic (404) 727-9371 covnic@emory.edu
- James Augustine, M.D.
Vice Chairman for Clinical Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine
Areas of expertise: disaster response, emergency medicine, communication
between hospitals and public health officials
- Philip Brachman, M.D.
Professor, International Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise: history of anthrax, development of anthrax vaccine,
bioterrorism, the role of epidemiology in bioterrorism
- Carlos del Rio, M.D.
Chief of Medical Service, Grady Memorial Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
School of Medicine
Areas of Expertise: bioterrorist threats, vaccines, emerging infectious
disease and public health preparedness
- Howard Frumkin, M.D. , Dr.P.H.
Associate Professor and Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise: environmental concerns, workplace precautions
to protect employees
- Arthur Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Injury Control Professor and Chairman, Department
of Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: emergency department preparedness, role of CDC,
state of public
- Jeffrey Kelsey, M.D.
Director, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Clinical Trials Program Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: stress management during crisis, identifying expected
responses to stress
- Harry Keyserling, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Disease
School of Medicine
Areas of Expertise: vaccines, pediatric infections
- Phyllis Kozarsky, MD
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Chief and medical director, TravelWell Clinic
School of Medicine
Areas of Expertise: public health preparedness, anthrax, emerging
infectious disease; tropical and travel medicine
- Philip Ninan, M.D.
Director, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: anxiety and depressive disorders
- Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D.
Director, Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
School of Medicine
Areas of Expertise: post-traumatic stress disorder, fear of flying,
fears and phobias, virtual reality therapy
- Beth Seelig, M.D.
Director, Psychoanalytic Institute Associate Professor of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences
School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: stress, grief, altruism, helping parents with
children's concerns
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