Vice Chair, MedicineProfessor, Medicine & Medicine - Division of Infectious DiseasesProfessor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology & Pharmacology School of MedicineProfessor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology & Pharmacology Biomedical Sciences
Board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, Gary P. Wormser, M.D., 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.
Education
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Residency, Internal Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
- M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- B.S., University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise
- Infectious Disease
- Lyme Disease
- Bio-Threat
- Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Lyme Disease
- Babesiosis
- Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis
- Tick-Borne Diseases
Honors and Awards
- Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society
- Infectious Diseases Society of America: Citation for Exemplary Service, 2007
- Best Teacher Award, Medical Residents at Westchester Medical Center, 2000
- Dean’s Distinguished Research Award, New York Medical College, 1999
- Best Teacher Award, Medical Students at New York Medical College, 1985, 1993
Research
Publications
- Levin AE, Wormser GP, Horn EJ, et. al. "A novel single-tier serologic test to diagnose all stages of Lyme disease." Journal of clinical microbiology, 63(9), (2025) e0048325. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00483-25
- Wormser GP, Shishido A. "Could alpha-gal syndrome be the cause of southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI)? : A simple study could answer that question." Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, (), (2025) . doi: 10.1007/s00508-025-02584-w
- Shishido AA, Wormser GP. "A Review of Alpha-Gal Syndrome for the Infectious Diseases Practitioner." Open forum infectious diseases, 12(8), (2025) ofaf430. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf430
- McEntire CRS, Chung SY, Chang B, et. al. "FACE DROPS: A Clinical Risk Assessment Tool for Differentiation of Acute Lyme Disease-Associated Facial Palsy From Bell Palsy." Neurology. Clinical practice, 15(3), (2025) e200476. doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200476
- Strle F, Maraspin V, Lotrič-Furlan S, et. al. "Lower Frequency of Multiple Erythema Migrans Skin Lesions in Lyme Reinfections, Europe." Emerging infectious diseases, 31(4), (2025) 662-668. doi: 10.3201/eid3104.241329
- Bourgeois JS, McCarthy JE, Turk S-P, et. al. "Peromyscus leucopus, Mus musculus, and humans have distinct transcriptomic responses to larval Ixodes scapularis bites." Infection and immunity, 93(4), (2025) e0006525. doi: 10.1128/iai.00065-25
- Laing RA, Foster MJ, Hassani MA, et. al. "Complex exchanges among plasmids and clonal expansion of lineages shape the population structure and virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi." bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, (), (2025) . pii: 2025.01.29.635312. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.29.635312
