Catherine F. Decker

MD FACP FIDSA

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Medicine
Title
Infectious Diseases Staff Physician
Location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
HIV infection
Email
catherine.decker@usuhs.edu
Office Phone
(301) 295-2986

Education

BS Biology: King's College Wilkes-Barre, PA
Medical Degree (MD): Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, D.C.
Internal Medicine Residency: The George Washington University Medical Center Washington, D.C.
Infectious Diseases Fellowship: The George Washington University Medical Center Washington, D.C.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Fellow American College of Physician

Fellow Infectious Diseases Society of America

Past President, Greater Washington Infectious Diseases Society

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honor medical society

TEACHER OF THE YEAR awarded by the NNMC Internal Medicine Residents: June 1996

TEACHER OF THE YEAR awarded by the NNMC Internal Medicine Residents: June 1998

STAFF TEACHER OF THE YEAR awarded by the National Naval Medical Center June 1999; STAFF PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR (Internal Medicine) awarded by the National Naval Medical Center: June 2002

Meritorious Civilian Service Department of Navy June 1999

STAFF TEACHER OF THE YEAR National Naval Medical Center U.S. Navy Chapter American College of Physicians October 2010

JAMES E. LEONARD TEACHING AWARD: AMBULATORY TEACHER OF YEAR: 3RD YEAR CLERKSHIP IN INTERNAL MEDICINE awarded by USHUS Department of Internal Medicine 2000

Representative Bibliography

Biosketch Link
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catherine_Decker

Blaylock J.M., Hakre S., Decker C.F., Wilson B., Bianchi E., Michael N., Beckett C., Okulicz J., Scott P.T. HIV PrEP in the military: Experience at a tertiary care medical center. Mil Med 2018 Mar 1:138 (suppl_1): 445-449.

Ganesan A., Crum-Cianflone N., Higgins J., Qin J., Rehm C., Metcalf J., Brandt C., Vita J., Decker C.F., Sklar P., Bavaro M., Tasker S., Follmann D., Maldarelli F. High dose atorvastatin decreases cellular markers of immune activation without affecting HIV-1 RNA levels: Results of a double-blind randomized placebo controlled clinical trial. J Infect Dis 2011;203(6):756-64.

Nayak G., Ferguson M., Tribble D.R., Porter C., Rapena R., Marchicelli M., Decker C.F. Cardiac diastolic dysfunction is prevalent in HIV-infected patients. AIDS Patient Care STDs 2009 Apr;23(4):231-8.

Blaylock J.M., Byers D.K., Gibbs B.K., Nayak G., Ferguson M., Tribble D.R., Porter C., Decker C.F. Longitudinal assessment of cardiac diastolic function in HIV-infected patients. Int J STD AIDS 2012 Feb;23(2):105-10.

Decker, C.F. Emerging sexually transmitted diseases: Hepatitis C, lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) and mycoplasma genitalium infections. Dis Mon. 2016 Aug; 62(8):314-8.