Vice Chair of Education

Department / Division:
Pediatrics / Infectious Diseases

Address:
DUMC 2808
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-668-4000

Office Telephone:
919-668-4836

Fax Telephone:
919-668-4859

• MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1985

• Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University (Illinois), 1985-1988
• Pediatrics Chief Resident, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University (Illinois), 1988-1989

• Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 1989-1992

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric infectious diseases, HIV infection, pediatric education, general pediatrics

Research Interests:
Pediatric HIV: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV; Pediatric Education and Pediatric Residency and Fellowship Training Programs

Representative Publications:
Working Group on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Infected Children. Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection. February 28, 2008; pp 1-134. Available at http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/PediatricGuidelines.pdf.
(2008)

Mapping students' clinical experiences to pediatric clerkship goals. Lee A. Sharkey A. McGann K. Sumner W 2nd.
American Medical Informatics Association Symposium (AMIA). Annual Symposium Proceedings/AMIA Symposium:1003, 2006. (2006)

Elward AM, McGann KA, Steps to Reduce Nosocomial Infections in Children. Infections in Medicine 2002; 19:414-419. (2002)

McGann KA. Overview of Pediatric HIV Infection. In: (Powderly WG, ed.) Manual of HIV Therapeutics, New York: Lipincott-Raven Publishers; 1997; 50-59. (1997)

McGann KA, Collman R, Kolson DL, Gonzalez-Scarano F, Coukos G, Coutifaris C, Strauss JF, Nathanson N. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 causes productive infection of macrophages in primary placental cell cultures. J Infect Dis 1994;169:746-53 (1994)

Sharkey AM, McGann KA, Andriole DA, Jeffe DB.  How well are our students doing as pediatric interns?  (in preparation)