Joseph St. Geme III, MD - Duke Medicine

Leadership Chancellor Administration Victor J. Dzau, MD R. Sanders Williams, MD Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD Catherine Lynch Gilliss, DNSc Asif Ahmad Monte D. Brown, MD Robert M. Califf, MD Michael Cuffe, MD Karen Frush, MD Mary Ann Fuchs, RN William J. Fulkerson Jr., MD Ranga R. Krishnan, MB ChB Kenneth C. Morris Michael J. Morsberger Paul Newman Molly O'Neill Robert L. Taber, PhD Douglas B. Vinsel Kerry Watson Huntington F. Willard, PhD Mark Newman, MD Kenneth Kreuzer, PhD Elizabeth DeLong, PhD Brigid Hogan, PhD J. Lloyd Michener, MD Thomas F. Tedder, PhD Harvey Jay Cohen, MD Thomas Petes, PhD James McNamara, MD Haywood Brown, MD David L. Epstein, MD Salvatore Pizzo, MD, PhD Joseph St. Geme III, MD Anthony R. Means, PhD Ranga R. Krishnan, MB ChB Christopher Willett, MD Carl E. Ravin, MD Danny O. Jacobs, MD Board Members
	Home > Leadership > Administration > Joseph St. Geme III, MD Joseph St. Geme III, MD Joseph St. Geme III, MD, became chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center on July 1, 2005. St. Geme is a nationally recognized expert in basic research and clinical treatment for pediatric infectious diseases. He has been recognized for his research into the genetic and molecular basis of virulence by Haemophilus influenzae, a bacterium that causes middle ear infections, bronchitis, sinusitis, pneumonia and meningitis. He has been involved in efforts to create a pediatric vaccine to prevent these widespread infections, which are often fatal in developing countries. St. Geme graduated from Stanford University in 1979 and earned a medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1984. He completed residency training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He served as chief resident in pediatrics at Children's Hospital from 1987 to 1988 and was a postdoctoral fellow in infectious diseases and microbiology at Stanford University from 1988 to 1992. He then joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine, most recently serving as professor of pediatrics and molecular microbiology. St. Geme is president-elect of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. His numerous awards include the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America Squibb Award, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society Young Investigator Award, and the March of Dimes Foundation Basil O'Connor Award. St. Geme was also named Clinical Teacher of the Year three years in a row, from 2001 to 2003, at Washington University School of Medicine. In his role at Duke, he oversees clinical activities and research in the Department of Pediatrics, which offers primary care, consultations and comprehensive services for infants, children and adolescents. Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center is one of the largest health care providers for children in the Southeast.