James B Duke Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University
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John R. Perfect, MD is James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, Chief of Infectious Diseases, and Director of the Duke University Mycology Research Unit (DUMRU). His laboratory examines the molecular pathogenesis/epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis. He has broad interests in the treatment of yeast and mould infections and and participates in investigations from bench to bedside. From antifungal drug development to clinical guidelines, he advises the pharmaceutical industry and is on the Board of Directors of the International Mycoses Study Group.