Thomas W. Barber, MD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Expertise includes the practice of Internal Medicine, both outpatient and inpatient, with emphasis on the care of patients with infectious diseases including HIV, as well as transgender health care. I am also interested in the health care of patients with mental illness. As a medical educator, my interests include clinical teaching of Internal Medicine, with emphasis on clinical decision making, communication skills, evidence based medicine, the humanities in medicine, and nurturing spirituality and wellness.

Publications

  • Published 4/1/2003

    Ramani S, Orlander JD, Strunin L, Barber TW. Whither bedside teaching? A focus-group study of clinical teachers. Acad Med. 2003 Apr; 78(4):384-90. PMID: 12691971.

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  • Published 1/1/2003

    Tangpricha V, Ducharme SH, Barber TW, Chipkin SR. Endocrinologic treatment of gender identity disorders. Endocr Pract. 2003 Jan-Feb; 9(1):12-21. PMID: 12917087.

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  • Published 10/1/2002

    Orlander JD, Barber TW, Fincke BG. The morbidity and mortality conference: the delicate nature of learning from error. Acad Med. 2002 Oct; 77(10):1001-6. PMID: 12377674.

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  • Published 8/1/1997

    Freedberg KA, Cohen CJ, Barber TW. Prophylaxis for disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection in patients with AIDS: a cost-effectiveness analysis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1997 Aug 1; 15(4):275-82. PMID: 9292586.

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  • Published 7/1/1994

    Slutsky AM, Arbeit RD, Barber TW, Rich J, von Reyn CF, Pieciak W, Barlow MA, Maslow JN. Polyclonal infections due to Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with AIDS detected by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of sequential clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol. 1994 Jul; 32(7):1773-8. PMID: 7929773.

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Education

  • University of Connecticut, MD
  • Harvard University, AS