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Faculty and Staff
Division Chief |
Patricia Whitley-Williams,
M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
 Dr.
Whitley-Williams has been Division Chief since 2003.
She is a liaison member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
and the National Network for Immunization Information
of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. In the
past she served as a member of the Advisory Committee
for the Elimination of Tuberculosis at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and National Vaccine Advisory
Committee of the Department of Health and Senior Services
as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee
on Pediatric AIDS. Dr. Whitley-Williams has participated
in the development of the national guidelines for the
reduction of perinatal HIV transmission as a member of
the Department of Health and Senior Services/Public Health
Service Perinatal HIV Guidelines Working Group. Her interests
include pediatric HIV infection/AIDS, tuberculosis in
children and childhood immunization.
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Faculty |
Aswine K. Bal, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Bal is Chief of the Pediatric Infectious
Disease Service and Medical Director of the Pediatric
HIV Program at Jersey Shore University Hospital. Dr. Bal
has served as the Medical Director of St. Claire's Home
for Children, a residential treatment center for HIV,
in Neptune, New Jersey since 1997. Dr. Bal's particular
areas of interest include Hepatitis C, HIV, Lyme Disease,
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Gail Burack, Ph.D.
Psychologist
 Dr.
Burack, our Program Psychologist has been with the division
serving the clients of the Robert Wood Johnson AIDS Program
since January of 2002. Dr. Burack has been involved in
the implementation of a developmentally based pill swallowing
program which has been highly effective in helping children
to take medication in pill form, thereby improving adherence
and overall health outcomes. She coordinates and facilitates
a Pre-Teen and Transition Group for HIV-infected children
and youth and also provides individual and group counseling
to clients, helping them adjust to their diagnosis. As
a certified school counselor, Dr. Burack also serves as
a liaison with local school districts and tends to the
special educational and developmental needs of our
clients.
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Sunanda Gaur,
M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
 Dr.
Gaur has been working with children and families with
HIV/AIDS since 1983 when the first child was diagnosed
with AIDS in central New Jersey . She has been
the Medical Director of the Robert Wood Johnson AIDS Program
in New Brunswick since 1995, one of the largest Pediatric
HIV Programs in New Jersey. Dr. Gaur serves
as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the New Jersey
Statewide Family Centered HIV Care Network, a Title IV
network of seven pediatric HIV care centers, working collaboratively
to enhance the standards of HIV care statewide and collectively
providing an active voice in statewide advocacy for HIV
related issues. Dr. Gaur is a member of the New
Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services Advisory
Council.
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Clemant A. Maccia, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Maccia's area of expertise includes the treatment
of food allergy and asthma. Over the years he has been
interested and involved in issues surrounding occupational
asthma and the development of allergy from small molecular
weight chemicals. The mechanisms and development of allergies
at all ages intrigues Dr. Maccia. He is committed to treatment
advances in allergies of Anti-IgE and beyond.
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Amisha Malhotra, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
 Dr.
Malhotra is actively involved in multiple committees and
research initiatives. Her interests include virology-
particularly enteroviruses, streptococcal infections,
pediatric immunizations, pediatric HIV and international
travel. She is actively involved in resident and
student medical education and is the Division Director
of Medical Education. Dr. Malhotra is actively involved
in the community and enjoys participating in Women in
Medicine/Science forums for high school and college students.
As an advocate for children's literacy, Dr. Malhotra
is director of the Pediatric AIDS Reach Out and Read Program.
Also, with a vivid interest in international health,
Dr. Malhotra has organized and participates in medical
missions to Kenya , Botswana and India with a particular
focus on pediatric health care.
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Roseann Marone,
BSN, RN, MPH
Instructor of Pediatrics
Roseann Marone is committed to maternal-child
health policy development and program planning, family-centered
HIV care, pediatric chronic illness and public health/
community health and community partnerships. She currently
serves on the Mercer County Consortium Ryan White Title
II Committee, is Co-Chair of the Ryan White Care Act Title
I EMA Priorities Committee, and serves on the Ryan White
Title I Planning Council's Comprehensive Care Needs Assessment
Committee. Particular areas of interest include HIV infection/AIDS,
child development, family health education, and life-skills
curriculum for youth. |
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