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Eric
Chow
MD, MS, MPH

Eric Chow

(206) 263-2458

401 5th Ave, Suite 1250, Seattle, WA 98104

he/him/his
Faculty
Infectious Diseases
Pinned
Academic
Clinical Assistant Professor, Volunteer, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Volunteer, Department of Epidemiology
Professional
Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization, Public Health - Seattle & King County
Sites of Practice
Harborview Medical Center

 

BIO

Eric J. Chow, MD, MS, MPH, FIDSA, FACP, FAAP is the Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization for Public Health – Seattle & King County and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. He is board certified in internal medicine, pediatrics and adult infectious diseases and trained as a medical epidemiologist through the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service program. While at the CDC, he worked within the Influenza Division and led several COVID-19 investigations during the early days of the pandemic. He supported Public Health – Seattle & King County’s investigation of the long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreak.

He also helped characterize the initial cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and develop the case definition for the condition in the United States. He has authored over 50 peer reviewed publications and his research interests are focused on community respiratory virus epidemiology, extra-pulmonary manifestations of respiratory viruses, emerging infectious diseases and public health practice. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Community respiratory virus epidemiology,
  • Extra-pulmonary manifestations of respiratory viruses,
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Public health practice

CLINICAL INTERESTS

  • General infectious diseases
  • Respiratory viral infections

EDUCATION & TRAINING

BA, International Relations, Stanford University, 2007
BS, Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 2007
MS, Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 2008
MPH, Epidemiology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2010
MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2013

Residency
Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, 2017
Chief Residency, Pediatrics, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, 2018

Fellowship
Infectious Disease, University of Washington, 2022

Other
Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018-2020

honors

Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, 2011
Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2012
Mason C. Andrews Citizen-Scholar Award,  2013
Gold Humanism Honor Society Leonard Tow Student Award, 2013
David J. Sencer Scholarship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention EIS Program, 2015
Gary Onady National Med-Peds Residents' Association Award, 2015
Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, 2016
AMA Foundation Leadership Award, 2016
Brown University Resident Teaching Award, 2016
Brown University Outstanding Teacher Award, 2016
Joseph E. Johnson Award, American College of Physicians, 2017
Lifespan Haffenreffer Housestaff Award, Rhode Island Hospital, 2017
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown, 2017
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2017
David C. Leach Award, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, 2019
Fellow, American College of Physicians, 2020
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2024

PUBLICATIONS

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