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   <name>Mesfin Fransua, M.D.</name>
   <title>Professor</title>
   <department>Medicine </department>
   <title2></title2>
   <department2></department2>
   <email>mfransua@msm.edu</email>
   <phone>404-756-1400</phone>
   <location></location>
   <education>
      <p><strong>POSTGRADUATE:</strong><br></br>University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York<br></br><strong>Fellowship: </strong>Infectious Disease<br></br><br></br>Saint Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, New York<br></br><strong>Residency and Internship: </strong>Internal Medicine</p>
      <p><span class="greyBold"><strong><br></br>MEDICAL SCHOOL:</strong><br></br></span>Jimma Health Science Institute, Jimma, Ethiopia<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Doctor of Medicine</p>
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   <clinicalinterests></clinicalinterests>
   <specialties>Infectious Diseases</specialties>
   <research>HIV<br></br><br></br>Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C</research>
   <boardcerts>Internal Medicine<br></br><br></br>Infectious Diseases</boardcerts>
   <publications>
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            <p class="title">Zhang S, McGoy SL, Dawes D, <strong>Fransua M</strong>, Rust G, Satcher D. The potential for elimination of racial-ethnic disparities in
               HIV treatment initiation in the Medicaid population among 14 southern states<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24769625">.</a> <span class="jrnl" title="PloS one">PLoS One</span>. 2014 Apr 25;9(4):e96148. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096148. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24769625<br></br><br></br>Simard EP, <strong>Fransua M</strong>, Naishadham D, Jemal A. The influence of sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment
               on human immunodeficiency virus death rates among adults, 1993-2007. <span class="jrnl" title="Archives of internal medicine">Arch Intern Med</span>. 2012 Nov 12;172(20):1591-8. PMID: 23045164<br></br><br></br>Antoine TL, Curtis AB, Blumberg HM, Desilva K, <strong>Fransua M</strong>, Gould CV, King M, Kraman AA, Pack J, Ribner B, Seybold U, Steinberg JP, Wells JB,
               Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Cardo D, Jernigan JA, Gaynes RP. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
               regarding piperacillin-tazobactam prescribing practices: results from a multicenter
               study. <span class="jrnl" title="Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America">Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol</span>. 2006 Nov;27(11):1274-7. Epub 2006 Oct 23. PMID: 17080393<br></br><br></br>Yashar PR, <strong>Fransua M</strong>, Frishman WH. The sodium-calcium ion membrane exchanger: physiologic significance
               and pharmacologic implications. <span class="jrnl" title="Journal of clinical pharmacology">J Clin Pharmacol</span>. 1998 May;38(5):393-401. Review. PMID: 9602949 <br></br><br></br><br></br>Click <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Fransua%20M%22%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cmd=DetailsSearch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to view additional  publications.</p>
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   <awards>
      <p>Merit certificate by the Ethiopian head of state for Superior academic achievement
         at graduation from Medical school</p>
   </awards>
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