Douglas Kwon

Dr. Douglas Kwon is a physician scientist and Director of Clinical Operations at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard. He has a clinical practice in the division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his M.D. Ph.D. degrees from New York University and then underwent Internal Medicine training at the University of California, San Francisco and New York Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He then completed his training in the combined Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Infectious Disease fellowship program.

The focus of his current research is understanding the role of mucosal tissues in HIV acquisition and disease progression. His lab is involved in developing and applying new technologies to overcome the technical barriers that have impeded our understanding of mucosal immunity to date. This includes the application of novel techniques and functional assays to assess HIV-specific immune responses and the microbiome at mucosal sites.

Education

• Harvard Medical School
  Infectious Disease Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham and Women's Hospital, Infectious Disease

• Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  Internal Medcine Resident

• University of California, San Francisco
  Internal Medicine Intern, Medicine

• New York University
  M.D. Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology

• Harvard University
  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology