Brooklyn is one of the country’s most populous “melting pots.” The borough is home to a large number of people from Asian and African countries, as well as Hispanic, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, and Russian communities. This diversity has transformed the practice of infectious diseases at NYU Lutheran Medical Center into something akin to global medicine.

“Our patient population gives us a unique window into diseases not often seen in the U.S., like malaria, dengue fever, and Chikungunya, a virus typically found in tropical areas,” said Jeanne Carey, MD , who heads NYU Lutheran‘s infectious diseases (ID) team that includes Stephanie Sterling, MD, Fanny Ita-Nagy, MD, and Ronald Galbraith, MD. “We also treat a wide variety of conditions, including skin ulcers, tuberculosis, Lyme disease, pneumonia, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases.”