KRISTOPHER PAOLINO, MD, MTM&H, FACP

Kristopher Paolino, MD, attended the SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine under the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program and was trained at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, becoming board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases. He then spent over five years working as a clinician researcher at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, serving as Chief of the Clinical Trials Center (CTC) and overseeing the over 24 clinical trials to include first site to vaccinate a patient with the current leading Ebola vaccine, as well as several other leading vaccine candidates against tropical disease treats. He is currently on the faculty at Upstate Medical University (Upstate), faculty mentor for the university’s Resident Research Council and Director of Clinical Research at the Upstate Institute for Global Health and Translational Sciences. He has developed a clinical and research interest in Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.