Jasmine Marcelin, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.
- Name: Jasmine Marcelin, M.D.
- Hometown: I was born in the Caribbean on the beautiful island of Dominica and spent my teenage years and early adulthood on another island, Antigua.
- Current position: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Research/professional interests:
- Antimicrobial stewardship;
- skin/soft tissue infections;
- HIV; and
- medical education.
How I fell in love with infectious disease treatment:
During residency, I realized that I was most excited about patients with potential infectious causes of their diagnostic dilemmas, and infectious diseases was the one rotation that never felt like “work” to me. I love that infectious diseases is both consistent and ever-changing, both old-fashioned and new-fangled. While we have made so many life-changing advances in diagnosis and therapy, such as the microscope and penicillin, there is still so much discovery and change on the horizon, such as an HIV cure or finding ways to prevent multi-drug resistant organisms. Finally, in infectious disease I can be both a consultant and manage specific conditions, as well develop long-term relationships with my HIV-infected patients.
Degrees:
- M.D., American University of Antigua College of Medicine
- Residency, internal medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
- Fellowship, infectious diseases, Mayo Clinic
Memberships:
- American College of Physicians
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
Three things people may not know about me:
- I speak conversational (but not quite medical) French Creole.
- I was on the track team in college.
- I have travelled to almost every island in the Eastern Caribbean.