Infectious Diseases

What We Treat

We provide treatment and follow-up care to children and young adults who have a variety of conditions related to infectious diseases, including:

  • Infections with resistant organisms
  • Antiviral and antifungal therapies
  • Fevers of unknown origin
  • Frequent, recurrent or unusual infections
  • Diagnosis and management of HIV and AIDS
  • Serious or life-threatening infections
  • Infections with unusual organisms
  • Medical management of bone or joint infections
  • Recurrent skin and soft tissue infections
  • Infections in individuals with suppressed immune systems
  • Congenital infections

Children with an HIV infection should call the Grady Ponce de Leon Center at 404-616-6323 to make an appointment.

Services We Offer

For children and adolescents who have an infectious disease, we provide:

  • Consultations 
  • Expert treatment 
  • Follow-up care 

Innovative research

Our team is also involved in a variety of clinical research projects with an emphasis on the following areas:

  • Causes of diarrheal illness 
  • Clinical trials of vaccines and antibiotics 
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 
  • Immunity to infectious diseases 
  • Malaria 
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and vaccine advancements 
  • Tuberculosis

Learn more about research at Children's


Meet the Team

Meet our infectious disease specialists

Our team includes the following doctors who specialize in pediatric infectious diseases.

  • Evan John Anderson, MD

    Evan John Anderson, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Evan John Anderson, MD

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    Evan John Anderson, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago
    • Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
    • Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University

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    Frank E Berkowitz, MD

    Frank E Berkowitz, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Frank E Berkowitz, MD

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    Frank E Berkowitz, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Graduate School: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Medical School: University of the Witwatersrand
    • Internship: University of the Witwatersrand
    • Residency: University of the Witwatersrand
    • Fellowship: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

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    Andres F Camacho-Gonzalez, MD

    Andres F Camacho-Gonzalez, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Andres F Camacho-Gonzalez, MD

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    Andres F Camacho-Gonzalez, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: Colegio Mayor/Nuestra Senora Del
    • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

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    Ann M Chahroudi, MD, PhD

    Ann M Chahroudi, MD, PhD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Ann M Chahroudi, MD, PhD

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    Ann M Chahroudi, MD, PhD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Internship: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
    • Residency: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

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    Rana Chakraborty, MD

    Rana Chakraborty, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Rana Chakraborty, MD

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    Rana Chakraborty, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: University of Health Sciences Antigua
    • Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
    • Fellowship: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
    Lisa M Cranmer, MD

    Lisa M Cranmer, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Lisa M Cranmer, MD

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    Lisa M Cranmer, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    • Residency: Seattle Childrens Hospital
    • Fellowship: Seattle Children's University of Washington Medical Center

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    Lindsay Hatzenbuehler, MD

    Lindsay Hatzenbuehler, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Lindsay Hatzenbuehler, MD

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    Lindsay Hatzenbuehler, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: Ben Gurion University
    • Residency: University of Utah Hospital
    • Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

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    Joseph A Hilinski, MD

    Joseph A Hilinski, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Joseph A Hilinski, MD

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    Joseph A Hilinski, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: State University of NY Upstate Medical University
    • Internship: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

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    Anita Katherine McElroy, MD

    Anita Katherine McElroy, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Anita Katherine McElroy, MD

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    Anita Katherine McElroy, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine
    • Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

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    Christina Allen Rostad, MD

    Christina Allen Rostad, MD

    Christina Allen Rostad, MD

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    Christina Allen Rostad, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

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    Andrea Shane, MD, MPH

    Andrea Shane, MD, MPH

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Andrea Shane, MD, MPH

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    Andrea Shane, MD, MPH

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: Louisiana State University at New Orleans School of Medicine
    • Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program
    • Fellowship: Univ of California at San Francisco School of Medicine
    • Fellowship: Epidemic Intelligence Service

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    Craig A Shapiro, MD

    Craig A Shapiro, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Craig A Shapiro, MD

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    Craig A Shapiro, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
    • Residency: Childrens National Medical Center
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

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    Steven L Shore, MD

    Steven L Shore, MD

    Steven L Shore, MD

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    Steven L Shore, MD

    Education

    • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    • Internship: Boston Childrens Hospital
    • Residency: Boston Childrens Hospital
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

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    Jumi Yi, MD

    Jumi Yi, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Jumi Yi, MD

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    Jumi Yi, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
    • Residency: St Christophers Hospital for Children
    • Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

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    Inci Yildirim, MD

    Inci Yildirim, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Inci Yildirim, MD

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    Inci Yildirim, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Education

    • Medical School: Hacettepe University
    • Residency: Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
    • Fellowship: Boston Medical Center

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