Our guest speaker this morning was Connie Smith, MD, Medical Director of Infectious Disease at WVU Medicine. Connie is a Petersburg, WV native and a graduate of the WVU School of Pharmacy and the WVU School of Medicine in Morgantown. She completed her residency in pediatrics and internal medicine at Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron and Akron General Medical center, both in Ohio. In 2003, Smith completed a fellowship in infectious disease at the WVU School of Medicine/J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. For the past 18 years, she has been practicing infectious disease in the Winchester area. She is board certified in infectious disease, internal medicine and pediatrics.
A member of the medical staffs at Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center, Smith is serving as the medical director of infectious disease and employee health at both hospitals as well as an assistant professor for the WVU School of Medicine. Her special interests include general infectious diseases, inpatient/outpatient antibiotic management, travel medicine and HIV care.
