Sherwood Leslie Gorbach (born 1934) is an Emeritus Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine .[ 1] He was editor-in-chief of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases from 2000 to 2016.[ 2]
Education
He graduated from Brandeis University in 1955,[ 3] and completed his MD at Tufts University School of Medicine in 1962.[ 4]
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (ATCC 53103) is a strain of Lactobacillus rhamnosus that was isolated in 1983 from the intestinal tract of a healthy human by Gorbach and Barry Goldin;[ 5] the 'GG' derives from the first letters of their surnames.[ 6]
Awards
He was awarded the Alexander Fleming Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2007.[ 7]
Selected publications
Articles
Books
Gorbach, S. L. (1994). Intra-abdominal Infections: The Role of Piperacillin/Tazobactam . PharmaLibri. ISBN 9780919839205 .
Miller, T. L.; Gorbach, S. L. (1999). Nutritional Aspects of HIV Infection . Arnold.
Baddour, L. M.; Gorbach, S. L., eds. (2003). Therapy of Infectious Diseases . Saunders. ISBN 9780721681450 . [ 8]
Gorbach, S.; Mylonakis, E. (January 2003). Treatment Strategies in Infectious Diseases . Pocketmedicine.Com Incorporated. ISBN 9781931998345 .
Gorbach, S. L.; Bartlett, J. G.; Blacklow, N. R. (2004). Infectious Diseases (3rd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9780781733717 .
Falagas, M. E.; Mylonakis, eds. (6 November 2012). Gorbach's 5-Minute Infectious Diseases Consult (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9781451154085 .
Wanke, C. L.; Gorbach, S. L., eds. (6 December 2012). Lipodystrophy Syndrome in HIV . Springer. ISBN 9781461504719 .
References
^ "Sherwood Leslie Gorbach, MD" . Tufts University School of Medicine . Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2018 .
^ "PAST EDITORS" . Clinical Infectious Diseases . Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018 .
^ "Repairing the World, Pioneering New Drug" . Brandeis Magazine . Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2018 .
^ "Physician honored for pioneering work in infectious disease" . Tufts Journal . Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2018 .
^ US 483928 , Gorbach, Sherwood L. & Goldin, Barry R., "Lactobacillus strains and methods of selection", assigned to New England Medical Centre Inc.
^ Silva M, Jacobus NV, Deneke C, Gorbach SL (August 1987). "Antimicrobial substance from a human Lactobacillus strain" . Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy . 31 (8): 1231–3. doi :10.1128/aac.31.8.1231 . PMC 174909 . PMID 3307619 .
^ "Alexander Fleming Award Winners" . Infectious Diseases Society of America . Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2018 .
^ Wormser, Gary P.; Finch, Douglas A. (2004). "Review of Therapy of Infectious Diseases edited by L. M. Baddour and S. L. Gorbach" . Clinical Infectious Diseases . 38 (4): 598. doi :10.1086/381265 .
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