G  Thomas  Strickland
 

G Thomas Strickland M.D., Ph.D.

Academic Title: Professor
Primary Appointment: Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Secondary Appointments: Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
tstrick@epi.umaryland.edu
Location: Howard Hall, 102D
Phone: (410) 706-7550
Fax: (410) 706-8013

Personal History

EDUCATION
1956 B.A. History, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1960 M.D. University North Carolina School of Medicine
1960-1961 Internship, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
1963-1966 Residency (internal medicine), NNMC, Bethesda, MD
1970-1971 D.C.M.T. (clinical tropical medicine) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
1971-1974 Ph.D. (immunoparasitology) LSH&TM, London, UK

CERTIFICATION
1966 Diploma, Radioisotope Techniques and Nuclear Medicine for Medical Officers
1968 Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine

MILITARY SERVICE
1957-1960 Ensign, Navy Medical Student Program, UNC Med School
1960-1961 LT, Intern, NNMC, Bethesda, MD
1961-1963 LT, Medical Officer, U.S. Embassy, Nicosia, Cyprus
1963-1966 LT/LCDR, Resident, Internal Medicine, NNMC
1966-1967 LCDR, Department of Medicine, NNMC, Bethesda 1967-1970 LCDR, Head, Clinical Investigation Department, Naval Medical Research Unit #2, Taipei, Taiwan
1970-1972 CDR, Postgraduate Student, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London
1972-1977 CDR/CAPT, Research Medical Officer (1972-1974, 1975-1977) & Head (1974-1975), Division of Immunoparasitol-ogy, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
1975-1976 CDR, Infectious Diseases Research Program Manager, Naval Medical Research & Development Command, Bethesda
1974-1982 CDR/CAPT, Attending Physician, Consultant in Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases & Co Director of Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program (1977-1980), NNMC
1976-1981 CAPT, Director of Research and Education, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda
1981-1982 CAPT, Senior Scientist, Department of Infectious & Parasitic Disease Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.

FACULTY POSITIONS
1968-1970 Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Tri Services General Hospital/National Defense Medical College & Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan
1971-1972 Visiting Physician, Department of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital/Royal Postgraduate Medical School & Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital and Medical School, London, UK
1975-1979 Associate Professor of Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda 1976-2000 Senior Associate, Department of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public Health, Baltimore
1979-1982 Professor of Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda
1982- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1984-1995 Professor of Medicine, UMSM, Baltimore
1986- Professor of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, UMSM, Baltimore

MAJOR ACADEMIC TASKS
1976-1981 Director of Research & Education, Department of Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda 1977-1980 Medical School Admissions Committee, USUHS, Bethesda
1982-2001 Director, International Health Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
1983-1985 Director, International Center for Medical Research & Training, Lahore, Pakistan
1985- Graduate School Faculty, UMSM, Baltimore 1985-1990 School of Medicine Council, UMSM, Baltimore
1987-2005 Medical Student Admission Committee Interviewer, UMSM, Baltimore
1991-2007 Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine Committees: Graduate Program (1992-1997); Residency Review (1992-2001); Undergraduate Teaching (1993-2002); Promotions & Appointments (2000-2007)
1991-2007 Academic Advisor for Medical and Graduate (Master & Doctorate degrees) Students & Preventive Medicine Residents & Infectious Disease Fellows
2001-2005 Director, International Health Division, DEPM, UMMS

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
1970-1987 Fellow, American College of Physicians
1976-2006 Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America
1969- Fellow, American Society Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
1995-1998 Councillor, American Committee on Tropical Medicine & Traveler's Health
1996 Annual Meeting Local Coordinating Committee Chairman
1976-1983 National Council for International Health Public Affairs Committee(1978-1982); Chairman (1978-1980)
1970- Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Local Secretary for Maryland (1978-1983)
1978- The Baltimore Tropical Medicine Dinner Club
1976-1982 National Council for International Health; Member of Governing Board (1976 1982); Vice Chairman (1977, 1979- 1980), Chairman (1978), Executive Committee (1977-1982)

HONORS AND AWARDS
1953 Phi Eta Sigma
1955 Phi Beta Kappa
1955 1956 Alpha Epsilon Delta (President, 1955 & 1956)
1971 Mark of Distinction, Diploma in Clinical Medicine in the Tropics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1984- Who's Who in America
1984- American Men & Women of Science
2008- US Military Annual â?oHunter-Strickland Excellence in Deployed Preventive Medicine Awardâ?

EDITORIAL TASKS
1984-1986 Editor, Parasitology Section (36 Chapters) Clinical Medicine, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia 1986
1985-1986 Editor, Malaria, first issue of Clinics in Tropical Medicine and Communicable Disease, W.B. Saunders Co., Eastbourne, England, April 1986 1985-1990 Editorial Board, Clinics in Tropical Medicine and Communicable Diseases
1988-2004 Consulting Editor (Tropical Medicine & Parasitology) of 27-30th Editions of Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia
1998-2001 Editorial Board, Emerging Infectious Diseases Strickland, G.T., Simpson, T.W. and Mercer, M.A., New Developments in Tropical Medicine, National Council for International Health, Washington, 1982, 93 pp.
Strickland, G.T., and Hunter, K.W., Jr., Immunoparasitology: Principles and Methods in Malaria and Schistosomiasis Research. Praeger Press, New York, 1982, 295 pp.
Simpson, T.W., Strickland, G.T. and Mercer, M.A., New Developments in Tropical Medicine II, National Council for International Health, Washington, 1983. 125 pp.
Strickland, G.T., Hunter's Tropical Medicine, W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 6th (1984),7th (1991)& 8th editions, 2000

Research Interests

* Hepatitis C and E
* Clinical tropical medicine and parasitology, particularly schistosomiasis & malaria
* Tropical epidemiology: study and control of endemic disease at village level
* Vector-borne & zoonotic infectious diseases, including Lyme disease and human ehrlichiosis

Clinical Speciality

Internal medicine

Publications

Most Recent Publications

Mohamed MK, Abdel-Hamid M, Mikhail NN, Abdel-Aziz F, Medhat A, Magder LS, Fix AD, Strickland GT. Intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis C in Egypt. Hepatology 2005; 42:683-7.

Sarwari AR, Strickland T, Pena C, Burkot TR. Tick exposure and Lyme disease among summer campers in Maryland. W Va Med J 2005; 101:126-30.

Stoszek SK, Abdel-Hamid, Saleh D, El-Kafrawy S, Narooz S, Hawash Y, Shebl FM, El-Daly M, Said A, Kassem E, Mikhail N, Engle RE, Sayed M, Sharaf S, Fix Ad, Emerson SU, Purcell RH, Strickland GT. High prevalence of hepatitis E antibodies but not of hepatitis in pregnant Egyptian women. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2006;100:95-101.

Stoszek SK, Fix AD, Abdel-Hamid, Mikhail N, Abdel-Aziz F, Medhat A, Engle RE, Emerson SU, Purcell RH, Strickland GT.Hepatitis E antibody seroconversion without disease in highly endemic rural Egyptian communities. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2006;100:89-94.

Ezzat S, Abdel-Hamid M, Eissa SA, Mokhtar N, Labib NA, El-Ghorory L, Mikhail NN, Abdel-Hamid A, Hifnawy T, Strickland GT, Loffredo CA. Associations of pesticides, HCV, HBV, and hepatocellular carcinoma in Egypt. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2005;208:329-39.

Meky FA, Stoszek SK, Abdel-Hamid M, Selim S, Abdel-Wahab A, Mikhail N, El-Kafrawy S, El-Daly M, Abdel-Aziz F, Sharaf S, Mohamed MK, Engle RE, Emerson SU, Purcell RH, Fix AD, Strickland GT. Active surveillance for viral hepatitis in rural villages in the Nile Delta. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 42:628-33.

Mohamed MK, Magder LS, Abdel-Hamid M, El-Daly M, Mikhail NN, Abdel-Aziz F, Medhat A, Their V, Strickland GT. Transmission of hepatitis C virus between parents and children. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006; 75:16-20.

Strickland GT. Liver disease in Egypt: hepatitis C superceded schistosomiasis as a result of iatrogenic and biological factors. Hepatology 2006: 915-22.

Strickland GT, Mikhail N, Abdel-Hamid M, Magder L. Does gender, age, or schistosomiasis coinfection influence chronicity of hepatitis C? Gut 2006: 5 April, electronic letter.

Mikhail N, Lewis DL, Omar N, Taha H, El-Badawy A, Abdel Mawgoud N, Abdel-Hamid M, Strickland GT. Prospective study of cross-infection from upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in a hepatitis C prevalent population. Gastrointest Endosc 2007; 65:584-8.

Esmat G, Metwally M, Zalata KR, Gadalla S, Abdel-Hamid M, Abouzied A, Shaheen AA, El-Raziky M, Khatab H, El-Kafrawy S, Mikhail N, Magder L, Afdhal N, Strickland GT. Evaluation of hyluronic acid and other biomarkers to measure hepatic morbidity in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C. J Hepatol 2007; 46:620-7.

Abdel-Hamid M, El-Daly M, Molnegren V, El-Kafrawy S, Abdel-Latif S, Esmat G, Strickland GT, Loffredo C, Albert J, Widel A. Genetic diversity in hepatitis C virus in Egypt and possible association with hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gen Virol. 2007; 88:1526-31.

Shata MT, Barrett A, Shire NJ, Abdelwahab SF, Sobhy M, Daef E, El-Kamary SS, Hashem M, Engle RE, Purcell RH, Emerson SU, Strickland GT, Sherman KE. Characterization of hepatitis E-specific cell-mediated immune response using IFN-gamma ELISPOT assay. J Immunol Methods.2007;328:152-61.

Lunney KM, Jenkins AL, Tavengwa NV, Majo F, Chidhanguro D, Iliff P, Strickland GT, Piwoz E, Iannotti L, Humphrey JH. HIV-positive poor women may stop breast-feeding early to protect their infants from HIV infection although available replacement diets are grossly inadequate. J Nutr. 2008;138:351-7.

Mbulaiteye SM, Pfeiffer RM, Dolan B, Tsang VCW, Noh J, Mikhail NNH, Abdel-Hamid M, Hashem M, Whitby D, Strickland GT, Goedert JJ. Seroprevalence and risk factors for human herpesvirus 8 infection in rural Egypt Emerging Infect Dis 2008;14:586-91.

Perisse AR, Strickland GT. Usefulness of clinical algorithm as sreening process to detect malaria in low-to-moderate transmission areas of scarce health care resources. Accta Trop. 2008 107:224-9.

Saleh DA, Sheb F, Abdel-Hamid M, Narooz S, Mikhail M, El-Batanony M, El-Kafrawy S, El-Daly M, Sharaf S, Hashem M, El-Kamary SS, Magder S, Stoszek S, Strickland GT. Incidence and risk factors for hepatitis C infection in a cohort of women in rural Egypt. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008;102:921-8.

Strickland GT, El-Kamary SS, Klenerman P, Nicosia A. Hepatitis C vaccine: demand and supply. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008; 8:379-86.

Shebl F, El-Kamary S, Saleh D, Abdel-Hamid M, Mikhail N, Allam A, El-Arabi H, Elhenawy I, El-Kafrawy S, El-Daly M, Selim S, El-Wahab A, Mostafa M, Sharaf S, Hashem M, Heyward S, Stine C, Magder L, Stoszek S, Strickland GT. Prospective cohort study of mother-to-infant infection and clearance of hepatitis C in rural Egyptian villages. (J Med Virol, 2009; 81:1024-31.

El-Kamary S, Shardell M, Mousa A, Aboul-Fotouh A, Ismail S, El-Ateek M, Metwally M, Mikhail N, Hashem M, Nabih H, El-Kassas M, Abdel-Hamid M, Esmat G, Strickland GT. Randomized clinical trial evaluating silymarin for the treatment of acute hepatitis. Phytomedicine. 2009;16:391-400.

Saleh DA, Shebl FM, El-Kamary SS, Hashem M, Magder LS, Allam A, Abdel-Wahab M, Mikhail N, Sharaf S, Stoszek SK, Strickland GT. Incidence and risk factors for community acquired hepatitis C infection from birth to 5 years of age in rural Egyptian children. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (In press).




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