Gary P. Wormser is a professor of medicine and pharmacology, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, vice chairman of the Department of Medicine and director of the Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center at New York Medical College. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He leads a top team of experts in the study of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis. His interest in infectious diseases dates back to 1981 when he and colleagues wrote the first paper on AIDS to appear in a scientific journal, and he has spoken on the use of smallpox and other deadly viruses as bioterrorist weapons.

Areas of Expertise

• Infectious Disease
• Lyme Disease
• Bio-Threat
• Medicine
• Pharmacology
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Lyme Disease
• Babesiosis
• Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis

Education

• BS, University of Pennsylvania
• MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Residency, Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 
• Residency, Internal Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

Honors and Awards

Research

Dr. Wormser's principal research interests are Lyme disease, babesiosis, and human granulocytic anaplasmosis, with other research activities in HIV infection, infection control, and investigational antimicrobial agents and vaccine preparations.

Publications

• Wormser GP, Schneider LM, Joseph JT, et. al. "Surveillance data from 2011-2020 indicate a lower risk of Lyme disease in the USA in even-numbered years." Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 136(21-22), (2024) 636-638. doi: 10.1007/s00508-024-02452-z
• Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Zentmaier L, Liveris D, et. al. "Culture and other direct detection methods to diagnose human granulocytic anaplasmosis." American journal of clinical pathology, (), (2024) . pii: aqae126. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae126
• Maraspin V, Ogrinc K, Bogovič P, et. al. "Erythema Migrans in Patients with Post-Traumatic Splenectomy." Microorganisms, 12(7), (2024) . doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12071465
• Ben Mamoun C, Wormser GP. "Reply to Dow and Smith." The Journal of infectious diseases, 230(1), (2024) 273. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae194
• Ogrinc K, Bogovič P, Maraspin V, et. al. "Assessment of three criteria to establish borrelial infection in suspected lyme neuroborreliosis." Infection, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1007/s15010-024-02338-2
• Velasquez MR, De Lay BD, Edmondson DG, et. al. "A Novel Treponema pallidum Subspecies pallidum Strain Associated With a Painful Oral Lesion Is a Member of a Potentially Emerging Nichols-Related Subgroup." Sexually transmitted diseases, 51(7), (2024) 486-492. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001971
• Bourgeois JS, McCarthy JE, Turk SP, et. al. "Peromyscus leucopus , Mus musculus , and humans have distinct transcriptomic responses to larval Ixodes scapularis bites." bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, (), (2024) . pii: 2024.05.02.592193. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.02.592193

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Memberships and Affiliations

• Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
• Member of AOA

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