Dr. Khalil G. Ghanem

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Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Division of Infectious Diseases
4940 Eastern Avenue
B3 N
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (410) 550-0501
Fax: (410) 550-1169
kghanem@jhmi.edu

Qualifications

M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine, 1996.
B.S., University of Texas at Arlington, Microbiology, 1991.
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Clinical Investigation.

Expertise and Research Interests

1. Sexually transmitted infections
2. Mucosal immunology of the lower genital tract
3. HIV

Future Research

There are 3 additional areas that I am interested in:
1. HIV and STI epidemiology in the Middle East
2. Antibodies directed against the LOS moiety of N. gonorrhoeae
3. HIV & Syphilis co-infection

Keywords

COS Keywords:

HIV, Immunology, Infectious Diseases Or Agents, Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Additional Terms:

Infectious Diseases, Mucosal Immunology, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Arabic: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
French: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association
American Society of Microbiology
HIV Medical Association (HIVMA)
Infectious Diseases Society of America

Previous Positions

2000-2004, Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
1999-2000, Instructor, Baylor Research Institute, Medicine, Medicine

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Risk Factors & Susceptibility in Gonococcal Infections, 2007 to 2012.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): STIs, Cytokines, and Hormonal Contraception, 2005 to 2010.

Publications

  • Silveira MF, Ghanem KG, Erbelding EJ, Burke AE, Johnson HL, Singh RH, Zenilman JM (Jul 2009) Chlamydia trachomatis infection during pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth: a case-control study., International journal of STD & AIDS, 20 (7), 465-9 Abstract
  • Ghanem KG, Moore RD, Rompalo AM, Erbelding EJ, Zenilman JM, Gebo KA (Mar 2009) Lumbar puncture in HIV-infected patients with syphilis and no neurologic symptoms., Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 48 (6), 816-21 Abstract
  • Warner L, Ghanem KG, Newman DR, Macaluso M, Sullivan PS, Erbelding EJ (Jan 2009) Male circumcision and risk of HIV infection among heterosexual African American men attending Baltimore sexually transmitted disease clinics., The Journal of infectious diseases, 199 (1), 59-65 Abstract
  • Ghanem KG, Moore RD, Rompalo AM, Erbelding EJ, Zenilman JM, Gebo KA (Jul 2008) Antiretroviral therapy is associated with reduced serologic failure rates for syphilis among HIV-infected patients., Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 47 (2), 258-65 Abstract
  • Brotman RM, Ghanem KG, Klebanoff MA, Taha TE, Scharfstein DO, Zenilman JM (Jun 2008) The effect of vaginal douching cessation on bacterial vaginosis: a pilot study., American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 198 (6), 628.e1-7 Abstract
  • Ghanem KG, Moore RD, Rompalo AM, Erbelding EJ, Zenilman JM, Gebo KA (Jun 2008) Neurosyphilis in a clinical cohort of HIV-1-infected patients., AIDS (London, England), 22 (10), 1145-51 Abstract
  • Gindi RM, Ghanem KG, Erbelding EJ (Mar 2008) Increases in oral and anal sexual exposure among youth attending sexually transmitted diseases clinics in Baltimore, Maryland., The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 42 (3), 307-8 Abstract
  • Brotman RM, Ghanem KG, Klebanoff MA, Taha TE, Scharfstein DO, Zenilman JM (Feb 2008) The effect of vaginal douching cessation on bacterial vaginosis: a pilot study., American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Abstract
  • Johnson HL, Erbelding EJ, Zenilman JM, Ghanem KG (Dec 2007) Sexually transmitted diseases and risk behaviors among pregnant women attending inner city public sexually transmitted diseases clinics in Baltimore, MD, 1996-2002., Sexually transmitted diseases, 34 (12), 991-4 Abstract
  • Melendez JH, Giles JA, Yuenger JD, Smith TD, Ghanem KG, Reich K, Zenilman JM (Aug 2007) Detection and quantification of Y-chromosomal sequences by real-time PCR using the LightCycler system., Sexually transmitted diseases, 34 (8), 617-9 Abstract
  • Brotman RM, Erbelding EJ, Jamshidi RM, Klebanoff MA, Zenilman JM, Ghanem KG (Aug 2007) Findings associated with recurrence of bacterial vaginosis among adolescents attending sexually transmitted diseases clinics., Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 20 (4), 225-31 Abstract
  • Singh RH, Erbelding EJ, Zenilman JM, Ghanem KG (Jun 2007) The role of speculum and bimanual examinations when evaluating attendees at a sexually transmitted diseases clinic., Sexually transmitted infections, 83 (3), 206-10 Abstract
  • Ghanem KG, Erbelding EJ, Wiener ZS, Rompalo AM (Apr 2007) Serological response to syphilis treatment in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients attending sexually transmitted diseases clinics., Sexually transmitted infections, 83 (2), 97-101 Abstract
  • Johnson HL, Erbelding EJ, Ghanem KG (Mar 2007) Sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy., Current infectious disease reports, 9 (2), 125-33 Abstract
  • Sutcliffe S, Zenilman JM, Ghanem KG, Jadack RA, Sokoll LJ, Elliott DJ, Nelson WG, De Marzo AM, Cole SR, Isaacs WB, Platz EA (May 2006) Sexually transmitted infections and prostatic inflammation/cell damage as measured by serum prostate specific antigen concentration., The Journal of urology, 175 (5), 1937-42 Abstract
  • Mehta SD, Ghanem KG, Rompalo AM, Erbelding EJ (May 2006) HIV seroconversion among public sexually transmitted disease clinic patients: analysis of risks to facilitate early identification., Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 42 (1), 116-22 Abstract
  • Cofrancesco J, Shah N, Ghanem KG, Dobs AS, Klein RS, Mayer K, Schuman P, Vlahov D, Rompalo AM (May 2006) The effects of illicit drug use and HIV infection on sex hormone levels in women., Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, 22 (5), 244-51 Abstract
  • Ghanem KG, Erbelding EJ, Cheng WW, Rompalo AM (Mar 2006) Doxycycline compared with benzathine penicillin for the treatment of early syphilis., Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 42 (6), e45-9 Abstract
  • Ghanem KG, Koumans EH, Johnson RE, Sawyer MK, Papp JR, Unger ER, Black CM, Markowitz LE (Feb 2006) Effect of specimen order on Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae test performance and adequacy of Papanicolaou smear., Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 19 (1), 23-30 Abstract
  • Jadack RA, Yuenger J, Ghanem KG, Zenilman J (Jan 2006) Polymerase chain reaction detection of Y-chromosome sequences in vaginal fluid of women accessing a sexually transmitted disease clinic., Sexually transmitted diseases, 33 (1), 22-5 Abstract
  • Ghanem KG, Hutton HE, Zenilman JM, Zimba R, Erbelding EJ (Oct 2005) Audio computer assisted self interview and face to face interview modes in assessing response bias among STD clinic patients, Sexually Transmitted Infections, 81 (5), 421-5
  • Ghanem KG, Johnson RE, Koumans EH, Marrazzo JM, Markowitz LE (Oct 2005) Cervical specimen order and performance measures of Chlamydia trachomatis diagnostic testing, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43 (10), 5295-7
  • Ghanem KG, Giles JA, Zenilman JM (Jun 2005) Fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: the inevitable epidemic, Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 19 (2), 351-65
  • Ghanem KG, Equivalence between oral and intravenous antibiotics when treating serious staphylococcal infections?, Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 40(5), 772; author reply 77, Mar 2005
  • Ghanem KG, Equivalence between oral and intravenous antibiotics when treating serious staphylococcal infections?, Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 40(5), 772; author reply 77, Mar 2005
  • Ghanem KG, Equivalence between oral and intravenous antibiotics when treating serious staphylococcal infections?, Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America., 40(5), 772; author reply 77, Mar 2005
  • Ghanem KG, Shah N, Klein RS, Mayer KH, Sobel JD, Warren DL, Jamieson DJ, Duerr AC, Rompalo AM, HIV Epidemiology Research Study Group (Feb 2005) Influence of sex hormones, HIV status, and concomitant sexually transmitted infection on cervicovaginal inflammation, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 191 (3), 358-66
  • Gebo KA, Chander G, Jenckes MW, Ghanem KG, Herlong HF, Torbenson MS, El-Kamary SS, Bass EB (Nov 2002) Screening tests for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review, Hepatology (baltimore, Md.), 36 (5 Suppl 1), S84-92
  • Gebo KA, Herlong HF, Torbenson MS, Jenckes MW, Chander G, Ghanem KG, El-Kamary SS, Sulkowski M, Bass EB (Nov 2002) Role of liver biopsy in management of chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review, Hepatology (baltimore, Md.), 36 (5 Suppl 1), S161-72
  • Gebo KA, Herlong HF, Torbenson MS, Jenckes MW, Chander G, Ghanem KG, El-Kamary SS, Sulkowski M, Bass EB (Nov 2002) Role of liver biopsy in management of chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review, Hepatology (baltimore, Md.), 36 (5 Suppl 1), S161-72
  • Steinberg JP, Galindo RL, Kraus ES, Ghanem KG (Sep 2002) Disseminated acanthamebiasis in a renal transplant recipient with osteomyelitis and cutaneous lesions: case report and literature review, Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 35 (5), e43-9
  • Gebo KA, Jenckes MW, Chander G, Torbenson MS, Ghanem KG, Herlong HF, Sulkowski MS, El-Kamary SS, Harris KA, Guedelhoefer OC, Bass EB (Jun 2002) Management of chronic hepatitis C, Evidence Report/technology Assessment (summary) (60), 1-7

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