Thomas W. Barber, MD
Associate Professor, 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.
Education
- University of Connecticut, MD
- Harvard University, AS
Publications
- Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/1993
Arbeit RD, Slutsky A, Barber TW, Maslow JN, Niemczyk S, Falkinham JO, O'Connor GT, von Reyn CF. Genetic diversity among strains of Mycobacterium avium causing monoclonal and polyclonal bacteremia in patients with AIDS. J Infect Dis. 1993 Jun; 167(6):1384-90. PMID: 8501328.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/1990
Barber TW, Craven DE, McCabe WR. Bacteremia due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. A report of 9 cases and a review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 1990 Nov; 69(6):375-83. PMID: 2122171.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/1990
Craven DE, Barber TW, Steger KA, Montecalvo MA. Nosocomial pneumonia in the 1990s: update of epidemiology and risk factors. Semin Respir Infect. 1990 Sep; 5(3):157-72. PMID: 2255802.
Read at: PubMed