Vance Fowler, M.D.

Vance G. Fowler, Jr, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Box 3824

Durham, N. Carolina 27710

Fax: (919) 684-8902

Phone: (919) 684-4335

Email: fowle007@mc.duke.edu

Dr. Fowler graduated cum laude from Duke University, where he double-majored in English and Zoology.  He attended medical school at the University of North Carolina, where he graduated AOA  and with honors.  After spending a year as a Rotary Scholar studying malaria in the highland rainforests of Tanzania, he returned to Duke University and completed a residency in internal medicine, fellowships in infectious diseases and health services research, a masters in health science in clinical research, and certification in clinical tropical medicine.  He is currently an assistant professor at Duke University in the division of infectious diseases. Funded originally by a K23 and currently an R01 Award from the National Institutes of Health, he has published more than 70 peer reviewed original manuscripts. He was recently awarded Young Investigator Awards from the American Federation of Medical Research, the American Society for Microbiology, and Glaxo SmithKline. His current research interests involve the host-pathogen interaction in gram-positive bacteria.