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Roberta Lynn DeBiasi, MD
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Center of Excellence, Departments, and Programs
The Center for Hospital-based Specialties
Infectious Disease
Children’s Research Institute (CRI)
Center for Cancer and Immunology Research
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| Foreign Languages |
Italian |
National Provider Identifier
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| Practice Locations |
Children's National Medical Center - Main Hospital
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-476-5000
 
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| Biography |
| Roberta Lynn DeBiasi, MD, is a pediatric infectious disease specialist. After ten years in Colorado, she relocated to the DC area in 2006. Dr. DeBiasi’s research interests include the pathogenesis of serious viral infections such as myocarditis and encephalitis (infection of the heart and brain), and the development of novel treatments. For her research contributions, she was awarded the Infectious Diseases Society of America Young Investigator Award, and is currently funded by the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Her clinical expertise and interests focus on infections of the central nervous system and heart, as well as emerging viral infectious diseases. She is the author of a multitude of original research and review articles, as well as textbook chapters in the realm of infectious diseases. She is actively involved in the education and mentoring of graduate students, residents, infectious disease fellows, and community physicians. She enjoys exploring the outdoors and fine arts with her husband and two young children.
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| Education |
| Type | School | Location | Degree | Field of Study | Years | | Undergraduate Education | Boston University | Boston, MA | Bachelor of Arts | | 1984 -1988 | | Medical School | University of Virginia School of Medicine | Charlottesville, VA | Doctor of Medicine | | 1988 -1992 |
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| Training |
| Type | Institution | Location | Position | Specialty | Years | | Internship Program | University of California-Davis Medical Center | Sacramento, CA | Intern | | 1992 - 1993 | | Residency Program | University of California-Davis Medical Center | Sacramento, CA | Resident | | 1993 - 1995 | | Fellowship Program | University of Colorado Health Science Center | Denver, CO | Fellow | | 1996 - 1999 |
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| National and International Recognition |
| Award | Institution | Event | Year | | Golden Apple Teaching Award | CNMC Residency Program | | 2007 | | Young Investor Award | Infectious Disease Society of America | | 2002 | | John R. Horsley Prize | University of Virginia School of Medicine | | 2002 |
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| Affiliations and Memberships |
| Title | Institution | Committee / Section | Years | | Member | NIAID Collaborative Antiviral Study Group | | 2002 | | Fellow | American Academy of Pediatrics | | 2005 | | Member | Society for Pediatric Research | | 2004 | | Member | American Society for Microbiology | | 2000 | | Member | American Society for Virology | | 1998 | | Member | Pediatric Infectious Disease Society | | 1996 | | Member | Infectious Diseases Society of America | | 1996 |
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| Research |
| Title | Study Name | Institution | Years | | Principal Investigator | Tennessee Unexplained Encephalitis Surveillance Project | Children’s National Medical Center | 2007 | | | Principal Investigator | Apoptosis in Viral Myocarditis | NIH | 2002 | | | Principal Investigator | Phase III Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Valganciclovir for Symptomatic Congenital CMV Infection | Children's National Medical Center | 2009 | | | Read more about the research interests of Roberta Lynn DeBiasi |
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| Publications |
Journal Article, Miyamoto SD, Robinson BA, Tyler KL, Brown RD, Long CS, DeBiasi RL. (2009), Cardiac cell-specific apoptotic and cytokine responses to reovirus infection: Determinants of myocarditic phenotype., Journal of Cardiac Failure, 15, 6 , 529-539.
Journal Article, Levin MJ, DeBiasi RL, Bostik V, and Schmid DS. (2008), Herpes zoster with skin lesions and meningitis caused by two different genotypes of the Oka Varicella-Zoster Virus vaccine. , Journal of Infectious Diseases., 198, 10 , 1444-1447.
Journal Article, Miyamoto SD, DeBiasi RL, and Long CS. (2008), Novel therapeutic targets in viral myocarditis. , Future Virology. , 3, 4 , 373-381.
Conference Presentation - Workshop, Maikarfi,S., Patel, K., Smoak, K., Sherry, B., Tyler, KL. and DeBiasi, RL (2008), Heat Shock Proteins and G-Protein Coupled Receptor Signaling as Key Determinants of Viral Myocarditis, Workshop session presented at the International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy , Washington, DC
Journal Article, DeBiasi RL and Tyler KL. (2006), West Nile virus meningoencephalitis., Nature Clinical Practice Neurology., 2, 5 , 264-275.
Journal Article, Clarke P, DeBiasi RL, Goody R, Hoyt CC, Richardson-Burns S, and Tyler KL. (2005), Mechanisms of reovirus-induced cell death and tissue injury: Role of apoptosis and virus-induced perturbation of host-cell signaling and transcription factor activation. , Viral Immunology. , 18, 89-115.
Journal Article, DeBiasi RL. (2004), Molecular methods for diagnosis of viral encephalitis. , Clinical Microbiology Reviews., 17, 903-925.
Journal Article, DeBiasi RL, Robinson BA, Sherry B, Long C, and Tyler KL. (2004), Caspase inhibition is protective against virus-induced myocardial injury in vitro and in vivo. , Journal of Virology. , 78, 11040-11050.
Journal Article, DeBiasi RL, Clarke P, Meintzer S, Jotte R, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK, Johnson G, and Tyler KL. (2003), Reovirus-induced alteration in expression of apoptosis and DNA repair genes with potential roles in viral pathogenesis. , Journal of Virology., 77, 8934-8947.
Journal Article, DeBiasi RL, DeMasters BK, Richardson-Burns S, and Tyler KL. (2002), Neuronal apoptosis in human Herpes Simplex virus and Cytomegalovirus encephalitis., Journal of Infectious Diseases., 186, 1547-1557.
For a more comprehensive list of publications for Roberta DeBiasi, MD view the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed online database |
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