Physician Profile

Edward L. Pesanti, M.D.

Dr. Pesanti is a professor of medicine in the Infectious Diseases Division. He has been of the faculty of the University of Connecticut Health Center since 1982 and has been working with Dr. Bruce Browner caring for patients with osteomyelitis since 1994.

Appointment

• Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, UConn Health Center
• Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health Center

Specialty

• Internal Medicine

Subspecialty

• Infectious Diseases

Certifications
Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases

Education
B.A., Carroll College
M.D., University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

State Licensure
Connecticut

Residency
Barnes Hospital

Fellowship
Infectious Diseases, Stanford University

Awards

• Invited Participant: NIH workshops - AIDS and Opportunistic Infections
• Invited Participant: International Workshops on Pneumocystis carinii
• Clinical Investigator, Veterans Administration
• Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Fellow, American College of Physicians

Selected Publications
Pesanti E.L., Lorenzo J. Cellular events in the development of chronic osteomyelitis. Clin Orthop 355:290-299, 1998.

Okechukwu C.N., Pesanti E. Episodic spontaneous hyperhidrosis with hypothermia in HIV-virus positive patients. Clin Infect Dis 29:210, 1999.

Springer S.A., Pesanti E., Hodges J., Macura T., Doros G., Altice F.L. Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV-Infected Prisoners: Reincarceration and the Lack of Sustained Benefit after Release to the Community. Clin Infect Dis 38:1754-1760. 2004.

Salvana J., Rodner C., Browner B.D., Livingston K., Schreiber J., Pesanti E. Chronic Osteomyelitis: results obtained by an integrated team approach to management. Connecticut Med 69:195-202, 2005.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Research Interests

Clinical Research

• Care of patients with osteomyelitis.
• Care of patients with chronic viral infections (HIV and HCV).