A prominent infectious diseases specialist from the Boston University School of Medicine has been appointed professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
In his new position, Dr. Paul R. Skolnik will continue his research pursuits and will also see patients in UConn’s Division of Infectious Diseases.
Skolnik’s appointment follows a national search led by Dr. Denis Lafreniere, the Health Center’s interim chair of the Department of Surgery.
Skolnik succeeds Dr. Joseph Palmisano, who will continue seeing patients and mentoring students, residents and fellows.
“Along with working at the forefront of infectious diseases research and clinical care, Skolnik also has considerable experience in medical education and mentoring aspiring physicians,” said Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, vice president for health affairs and dean of the UConn School of Medicine. “We are excited to have him join the UConn School of Medicine in this leadership position,”
Skolnik joins UConn from the Boston University School of Medicine, where he served as a professor of medicine. He also worked at the Boston Medical Center, where he served as chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases, and he was founding director of the Center for HIV/AIDS Care and Research, and program director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program.
A graduate of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship and residency in internal medicine, Skolnik’s career has focused on infectious diseases since completing his fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Before joining Boston University School of Medicine in 2001, he was on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine-New England Medical Center, where he served as associate program director of the General Clinical Research Center, among other responsibilities.
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