Richa Tandon

Assistant Professor

Education:

1992 – 1999 Medical School at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

2002-2005 Resident in Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Boston, MA

2005-2007 Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

General field of research:

Infectious Diseases

Affiliations other than medicine:

Boston University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Dept

Radius Specialty Health Care

Contact information:

Office

850 Harrison Avenue, Dowling 3 North Building, Boston, MA 02118

Phone: (617)-414 4290

richa.tandon@bmc.org

Keywords:

HIV; Women’s health; Pregnancy; Infectious Diseases

Summary of research interest:

HIV and women’s health:
Care of HIV infected pregnant women and prevention of perinatal transmission.
HIV and anal HPV disease, participated in a AMC trial of HPV vaccine efficacy in HIV + men.

Ongoing Research Projects: 
1. Frequency of anal cytologic abnormalities in HIV infected women and their histologic
correlates: A pilot study. PI: Drs. Sullivan and Stier, BUSM, Boston, MA

2. A single-arm, open-label pilot trial of safety and immunogenicity of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine in HIV-1 infected men (AMC #052). PI: Dr. Stier, BUSM, Boston, MA

3. A retrospective study on the characteristics and rate of PNT in the HIV-infected pregnant women in our clinic.

Recent publications:

Tandon R, Davidoff A, Worthington MG, Ross JJ.  2005.  Pyelephlebitis after percutaneous liver biopsy. American Journal of Radiology; 184: S70-72.

Tandon R, Lee M, Curran E, Demierre MF, Sulis C.  2006.  A 26 year old woman with rash on her extremities: A photo quiz. Clinical Infectious Diseases; 43: 1585- 1586.

Tandon R, Kim KS, Serrao R.  2007.  Disseminated MAI infection in a person with AIDS with cutaneous and CNS lesions. AIDS Reader; 555-560.

Tandon R, Baranoski AS, Huang F, De Las Morenas A, Vragovic O, Sullivan M, Stier EA.  Anal HPV infection and Abnormal Cytology in HIV-infected Women. Accepted for publication by American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology