Neil Ampel MD

Neil M. Ampel, MD, is a Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and a supplemental consultant at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. His clinical interests include fungal infections, particularly coccidioidomycosis, as well as HIV care. His research focuses on the cellular immune response in human coccidioidomycosis. Dr. Ampel is a member of the NIH/CDC/IDSA Working Group for Therapy of Opportunistic Infections and the IDSA Guidelines Committee on coccidioidomycosis. Dr. Ampel has been writing for NEJM Journal Watch Infectious Diseases since 2002.