Natasha S Hochberg

Natasha Hochberg, MD, MPH is an infectious disease physician with appointments in the Schools of Public Health and Medicine. Prior to her arrival at Boston University, Dr. Hochberg was an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer at the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) in the Division of Parasitic Diseases and worked internationally on projects related to malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, guinea worm disease, and lymphatic filariasis. In addition to her interest in the epidemiology of parasitic infections, Dr. Hochberg's current research interests also include parasitic disease/tuberculosis co-infection, tuberculosis and the immune response in the elderly, and preventing diseases in international travelers. She is the co-director of the travel clinic at Boston Medical Center where she sees travelers, refugees, and patients with tropical diseases; she also cares for HIV-infected persons at the Center for Infectious Diseases. She attends on the infectious disease consult service.