Faculty Profile
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Kenneth Pursell
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Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
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Professor of Medicine
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kpursell@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
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Referring Physician Access Line: 1-877-DOM-2730
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Academic Interests
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Dr. Pursell is the Chief Infectious Disease Consultant to all transplants performed at the University of Chicago, including heart and lung transplants. He is a widely respected Transplant Specialist Infectious Disease Physician, who also plays a vital role in education at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Pursell is interested in developing a surrogate marker of immune function to identify transplant patients at risk for invasive fungal infections. He also studies solid organ transplantation in HIV patients.
Clinical Interests
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HIV/AIDs, immunocompromised host, infections in transplant recipients.
Publications
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Training
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BS, 1978, Fairfield University, Biology
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MD, 1985, University of Connecticut,
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Residency, 1988, North Shore University, Internal Medicine
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Fellowship, 1991, Memorial Sloan Ketterling Cancer Center, Infectious Diseases