Dr. Jorgelina de Sanctis, MD, FACP, FIDSA

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• Percutaneous interventions for lower extremity peripheral vascular disease.
• HIV-associated nemaline rod myopathy: role of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in two persons with HIV/AIDS.

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Get to know Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. Jorgelina de Sanctis, who serves patients in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dr. de Sanctis is a highly trained infectious disease specialist. In collaboration with Spectrum Health, she practices out of Spectrum Health Infectious Disease –  in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Her special interests are methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, clostridium difficile, neuro infectious disease, bone and joint infections, and infections from cardiac devices.

Academically, Dr. de Sanctis earned her medical degree from the National University of Rosario in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, and a HIV/AIDS master’s degree from the University of Barcelona in Spain. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the Hospital Provincial de Rosario in Argentina and the Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center. She also completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan where she served as associate hospital epidemiologist and staff member of the Infectious Disease Division. Prior to her current 

In the most recent years, she was appointed as associated staff at the Infectious Disease Department of the Cleveland Clinic. 

A Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), Dr. de Sanctis is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Infectious disease is a medical specialty dealing with prevention, the diagnosis, and treatment of infections. Infectious disease specialists provide long-term care to people with diseases that are lifelong or last for more than one year. They employ a variety of antimicrobial agents to help treat infections.

On a more personal note, Dr. de Sanctis speaks both English and Spanish.

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