Leonid Heifets
MD, PhD
- Fax
- 303-398-1953
- Email
- heifetsl@njhealth.org
- Gender
- Male
Specialties
Research
Mycobacterial and Respiratory Infections
Affiliation with University of Colorado Denver
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology
Professional Memberships/Societies
ASM, ATC, IUTLD
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Research Interests
Clinical Mycobacteriology.
TB drug development.
Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria.
Development of new methods and culture media for mycobacteria.
Etiology of Crohn’s disease.
Service
Education & Training
Education
- Moscow Medical Institute
- 1947
Residencies
- Moscow Medical Institute
- 1950
Fellowships
- National Jewish Health
- 1980
Awards & Recognition
Gardner Middlebrook Award from Becton-Dickinson,
ASM Recognition for Distinguished Service as a Board Member of the JAAC
National Jewish Health Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award
Recent or Important Publications
Heifets L and Desmond E. Mycobacteriology (tuberculosis) laboratory: services and methods (Chapter 2). In: Cole, ST, Eisenach, K., McMurry, DN, Jackobs, WR. Eds. Tuberculosis and the tubercle bacillus. ASM Press, Washington, DC, 2005, 49-60.
Gelperina S, Kisich K, Iseman MD, Heifets L. The potential advantages of nanoparticle drug delivery systems in chemotherapy of tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005, 172:1487-1490.
Heifets, LB. Drug susceptibility in the chemotherapy of mycobacterial infections. CRC Press, 1991, Boca Raton-Ann Arbor-Boston-London
Heifets LB. Qualitative and quantitative drug susceptibility tests in mycobacteriology. Amer. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1988, 137: 1217-1222.
Boulabahl and Heifets L. Bacteriology of Tuberculosis (Chapter 2). In Raviglione MC (ed). Tuberculosis: a comprehensive international approach, Third Edition. 2006.
Curriculum Vitae
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