Dr. Alan Joseph Lesse M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3495 Bailey Ave 151 Vamc Buffalo NY, 14215About
Dr. Alan Lesse is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Lesse specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1981
University of Virginia / Main Campus 1981
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Characterization of P1-deficient isogenic mutant of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius associated with Brazilian purpuric fever.
- Stable, conserved outer membrane epitope of strains of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius associated with Brazilian purpuric fever.
- Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli as a cause of invasive nonurinary infections.
- Identification and characterization of outer membrane proteins G1a and G1b of
- Expression of a peroxiredoxin-glutaredoxin by Haemophilus influenzae in biofilms and during human respiratory tract infection.
- Differential genome contents of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strains from adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Construction of a mutant and characterization of the role of the vaccine antigen P6 in outer membrane integrity of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.
- Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a Haemophilus influenzae type b lipooligosaccharide synthesis gene(s) that encodes a 2-keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid epitope.
- Characterization of igaB, a second immunoglobulin A1 protease gene in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.
- Lipooligosaccharide epitopes shared among gram-negative non-enteric mucosal pathogens.
- Haemophilus haemolyticus: a human respiratory tract commensal to be distinguished from Haemophilus influenzae.
- Clinical and molecular epidemiology of nursing home-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
- Mining the Moraxella catarrhalis genome: identification of potential vaccine
- Loss of vancomycin bactericidal activity against accessory gene regulator (agr) dysfunctional Staphylococcus aureus under conditions of high bacterial density.
- Pharmacodynamics of vancomycin at simulated epithelial lining fluid concentrations against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): implications for dosing in MRSA pneumonia.
Awards
- 1993, 1993, 1993, 1993 Letter of Commendation for Clinical Teaching, Siegel Cmte. for Teachin
- Department of Pharmacol 2011 Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty Teaching Award
- 1999 Resident Teaching Award in Medicine
- 1989, 1989, 1989 Letter of Commendation for Pre-Clinical Teaching, Siegel Cmte. for Te
- 1990 Siegel Committee for Teaching
- 1991 Recipient of the first F. Carter Pannill Housestaff Teaching Award
Treatments
- Bioinformatics
Fellowships
- Research Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, University of Virginina 1987
- Clinical Fellowship in Infectious Disease, University of Virginia Affiliated Program 1985
Experience & Accolades
- Member2009 - 2014Chief, Infectious Disease, Infectious DIsease, VA WNY Healthcare System, VA Western NY Healthcare Sy
- Associate Professor 1994 - 2014 Medicine, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York at B
- Member2010 Acting Associate Chief of Staff, Research, VA Western New York Healthcare System
- Assistant Professor 1987 - 1994 Medicine and Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medicine, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, State University o
- Research Fellow 1985 - 1987 Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Clinical Fellow 1984 - 1985 Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia Affiliated Hospitals Program
- Medical Resident 1982 - 1984 Department of Medicine, Temple University
- Member1981 - 1982 Medical Intern, Department of Medicine, Temple University
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