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Luther A. Bartelt, MD, DTM&H

Associate Professor of Medicine

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130 Mason Farm Road, 2nd Floor
Room 7314 CB# 7030
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

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Luther A. Bartelt, MD, DTM&H

Associate Professor of Medicine

Areas of Interest

Host-microbiota-pathogen interactions, gastrointestinal infections, tropical medicine, parasitology, emerging infections, malnutrition, immunocompromised host, translational epidemiology

About

Luther Bartelt is an early investigator who studies intestinal infectious organisms with complex pathogenesis, namely Giardia and Cryptosporidium.  He has board certification in clinical Infectious Diseases, expertise in clinical and laboratory Tropical Medicine, and active care of immunocompromised patients. He completed an NIDDK-sponsored post-doctoral fellowship, and he is currently supported by an NIAID-sponsored Career Development Award. Working with Dr. Richard Guerrant during post-doctoral training at the University of Virginia, he developed a novel murine model of giardiasis that recapitulated features of both chronic infections in adults, as well as findings associated with infections in malnourished children. Intestinal bacteria, both resident and pathogenic, were observed to influence the pathogenesis of giardiasis during malnutrition.

Education

  • Undergraduate

    Wartburg College

  • Medical School

    The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

  • Residency

    The University of Virginia

  • Fellowship

    The University of Virginia

  • Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    The Gorgas Institute and the University of Alabama Birmingham