University of Colorado Denver
The Children’s Hospital, Denver,
Colorado – Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
1996 – 1999: Pediatric Infectious
Diseases
University of Colorado Denver
1992-1993: Pediatric Internship
1993-1995: Pediatric Residency,
including supervisory roles in PICU, NICU and Ward
University of California Davis
Medical Center, Sacramento, California
University of Virginia School of
Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
Doctor of Medicine May 1992
Boston University, Boston,
Massachusetts
Bachelor or Arts Psychology with
Minor Chemistry
Summa Cum Laude with Distinction
May 1988
Certification
American Board of Pediatrics Certified 1995
National Board of Medical
Examiners Certified 1993
Licensure
Colorado State Medical License 1999 - present
California State Medical License
1993-1996
Phi Beta Kappa, Boston University
1987
Raven Society, University of
Virginia 1990
Trustee Scholar, Boston
University 1984-88 (Academic Full
Tuition Scholarship)
College of Liberal Arts Prize for
Excellence, Boston University 1988
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Society: 1996 – present
American
Academy of Pediatrics: 1992 - present
1993 - 95: Resident Section Representative
Mulholland Society (Student
Government) UVA Medical School: 1989 – 91
Phi Beta Kappa: 1987 – present
Research Grants
Infectious
Disease Society of American Young Investigator Award:
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals
Young Investigator Award in Infectious Diseases
Principal Investigator
July 1, 2000 – July 1 2002
$80,000 over the 2 year period
Veteran’s Adminstration Research
Enrichment Award Program – Fellow
Mentored funding under Kenneth L.
Tyler, MD (PI)
July 1 1999 – July 1 2001
$50,000 salary support/year
1997-present:
Mechanisms of Reovirus-induced
apoptosis:
Quantitative polymerase chain
reaction for detection of HIV
under Jean A. Wiedeman, MD, PhD,
University of California Davis
1987-1988:
Interhemispheric shielding during performance of unilateral and
bilateral dual motor tasks
under Jacqueline Liederman, PhD,
Boston University
Bibliography
Duke B,
Tyson RW and DeBiasi RL.1997. Balamuthia
mandrillaris meningoencephalitis presenting with acute hydrocephalus.
Pediatric Neurosurgery. 26:107-111.
Reviews and Book Chapters:
DeBiasi
RL and Tyler KL. 2000. Viral Meningitis and Encephalitis. In Continuum: The Neurologist and Infectious Diseases. American Academy of Neurology. In press.
DeBiasi
RL and Simoes EAB. Immunization. 2000. In Current Pediatric Diagnosis and
Management, 15th edition (Hay, ed.), Lange Publications. In press.
DeBiasi
RL and Tyler KL. Recurrent Aseptic Meningitis. 2000. In Infections of the
Central Nervous System (L. Davis, ed.), Butterworth-Heinemann, p.445-479.
DeBiasi RL and Tyler KL. 1999. Polymerase Chain Reaction in the diagnosis
and management of nervous system
infections. Archives of Neurology.
56:1215-19.
Scientific Presentations and Abstracts
American Society for Virology Annual Meeting 1999, Amherst,
Massachusetts
FASEB Summer Research Conference Series: The Calpain System
in Health and
Disease, 1999, Copper Mountain,
Colorado
Formal
Clinical Presentations
Mini Medical School,
University of Colorado Denver:“Virology” 1999, 2000
TCH Pediatric
Infectious Diseases Annual Conference, Aspen, Colorado: 1997-2000
US Air Force Academy Hospital Grand Rounds: 1998
University of California Davis Medical Center Pediatric and ENT Grand
Rounds: 1995
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