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Richard G. Bennett, M.D.
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Marc Chalet, M.D.
Melvin Chiu, M.D.
Jonathan Cotliar, M.D.
Ronald Cotliar, M.D.
Joseph Greco, M.D.
Miguel Gutierrez, M.D.
Jennifer Cecelia Haley, M.D.
Christopher Ho, M.D.
Malcolm Ke, M.D.
Christina Kim, M.D.
Jenny Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Stephan Krutzik, Ph.D.
Gary P. Lask, M.D.
Delphine Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Patrick K. Lee, M.D.
Roger Lo, M.D., Ph.D.
Lloyd Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert L. Modlin, M.D.
Maria Teresa Ochoa, M.D.
Peter Allan Sieling, Ph.D.
Teresa Soriano, M.D.
Marie-Josee Thibault, M.D.
Eric Williams, M.D.
Lorraine Young, M.D.
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Maria Teresa Ochoa, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Medical Education Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Internship Instituto Seguros Sociales
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Residency Training Universidad del Valled Dermatologia
Hospital Universitario del Valle
Fellowship Training University of California, Los Angeles,
Dermatology
Clinical Interest Skin manifestations of HIV and infectious-
tropical diseases of the skin
Research Interest The immunologic mechanism of host
response in infectious diseases

Selected Publications

1. Bleharski JR, Li H, Meinken C, Graeber TG, Ochoa MT, Yamamura M, Burdick A, Sarno EN, Wagner M, Rollinghoff M, Rea TH, Colonna M, Stenger S, Bloom BR, Eisenberg D, Modlin RL. Use of genetic profiling in leprosy to discriminate clinical forms of the disease. Science 301(5639):1527-30, 2003.

2. Krutzik SR, Ochoa MT, Sieling PA, Uematsu S, Ng YW, Legaspi A, Liu PT, Cole ST, Godowski PJ, Maeda Y, Sarno EN, Norgard MV, Brennan PJ, Akira S, Rea TH, Modlin RL. Activation and regulation of Toll-like receptors 2 and 1 in human leprosy. Nat Med 9(5):525-32, 2003.

3. Ochoa MT, Legaspi A, Hatziris Z, Godowski PJ, Modlin RL, Sieling PA. Distribution of Toll-like receptor 1 and Toll-like receptor 2 in human lymphoid tissue. Immunol 108(1):10-5, 2002.

4. Ochoa MT, Stenger S, Sieling PA, Thoma-Uszynski S, Sabet S, Cho S, Krensky AM, Rollinghoff M, Sarno EN, Burdick AE, Rea TH, Modlin RL. T cell release of granulysin contributes to host defense in leprosy. Nat Med 7(2):174-179, 2001.

5. Thoma-Uszynski S, Stenger S, Takeuchi O, Ochoa MT, Engele M, Sieling PA, Barnes PF, Rollinghoff M, Bolcskei PL, Wagner M, Akira S, Norgard MV, Belisle JT, Godowski PJ, Bloom BR, Modlin RL. Induction of direct antimicrobial activity through mammalian Toll-like receptors. Science 291(5508):1544-7, 2001.

6. Palacios R, Osorio LE, Ochoa MT. Treatment failure in children in a randomized clinical trial with 10 and 20 days of meglumine antimonate for cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. Viannia species. Am J Trop Med Hyg 64(3-4):187-93, 2001.