Timothy P. Flanigan, MD

Timothy P. Flanigan, MD is Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals and Brown Medical School.  He received a BA from Dartmouth College and an MD from Cornell University Medical School.  Subsequently, he completed Residency Training Internal Medicine at Hospital University of Pennsylvania.  He completed his Infectious Disease Fellowship and Geographic Medicine Training at Case Western Reserve University and was asked to be Chief Resident.  He subsequently joined faculty as Assistant Professor of Medicine. In 1991 he came to join Dr. Charles Carpenter to lead the HIV and AIDS Program and subsequently was appointed Chief of Infectious Diseases in 1999 until stepping down last year.  He spearheaded the HIV Care Program at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and has received NIH funding to develop improved treatments for HIV infection. In particular, he has initiated an innovative program of community based support to improve HIV treatment among marginalized communities.  This community-based support has included modified directly observed therapy for active substance users.  It has also led to the development of combined substance abuse treatment and HIV treatment at the “one stop shopping” Immunology Center.  He has received NIH funding continuously to improve HIV care from 1991 to present.  He has played a longstanding leadership role in the development of the Brown University Global Health Program and he directs active research programs in Ghana and Ukraine. He has received recognition from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and from the HIV Medicine Association for his community based work with HIV infected men and women that are in prison and jail and providing educational support for their children. He has lead training programs and provided mentorship to dozens of junior investigators and faculty members.