Ashwin Balagopal, MD
Infectious Diseases
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Ashwin Balagopal
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Ashwin Balagopal is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is infectious diseases.
After receiving his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Balagopal completed his residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He performed his fellowship in infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Balagopal's research interests include microbial translocation and Kupffer cells in HIV-HCV coinfection and in situ liver studies of HIV-HCV pathogenesis.
Centers and Institutes
- Heart and Vascular Institute
- Infectious Diseases Center for Viral Hepatitis Research
Lab Website
Ashwin Balagopal Lab - Lab Website
Research Summary
Dr. Balagopal's research interests include microbial translocation and Kupffer cells in HIV-HCV coinfection and In situ liver studies of HIV-HCV pathogenesis.
Selected Publications
Balagopal A, Kandathil AJ, Higgins YH, Wood J, Richer J, Quinn J, Eldred L, Li Z, Ray SC, Sulkowski MS, Thomas DL. “Antiretroviral therapy, interferon sensitivity, and virologic setpoint in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfected patients.” Hepatology. 2014 Aug;60(2):477-86. doi: 10.1002/hep.27158. Epub 2014 May 14.
Crowell TA, Gebo KA, Balagopal A, Fleishman JA, Agwu AL, Berry SA; HIV Research Network. “Impact of hepatitis coinfection on hospitalization rates and causes in a multicenter cohort of persons living with HIV.” J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Apr 1;65(4):429-37. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000059.
Graw F, Balagopal A, Kandathil AJ, Ray SC, Thomas DL, Ribeiro RM, Perelson AS. “Inferring viral dynamics in chronically HCV infected patients from the spatial distribution of infected hepatocytes.” PLoS Comput Biol. 2014 Nov 13;10(11):e1003934.doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003934. eCollection 2014.
Kandathil AJ, Graw F, Quinn J, Hwang HS, Torbenson M, Perelson AS, Ray SC, Thomas DL, Ribeiro RM, Balagopal A. “Use of laser capture microdissection to map hepatitis C virus-positive hepatocytes in human liver.” Gastroenterology. 2013 Dec;145(6):1404-13.e1-10. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.08.034. Epub 2013 Aug 22.
Tenforde MW, Gupte N, Dowdy DW, Asmuth DM, Balagopal A, Pollard RB, Sugandhavesa P, Lama JR, Pillay S, Cardoso SW, Pawar J, Santos B, Riviere C1, Mwelase N, Kanyama C, Kumwenda J, Hakim JG, Kumarasamy N, Bollinger R, Semba RD, Campbell TB, Gupta A; ACTG PEARLS and NWCS 319 Study Group. “C-reactive protein (CRP), interferon gamma-inducible protein 10 (IP-10), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are associated with risk of tuberculosis after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings.” PLoS One. 2015 Feb 26;10(2):e0117424. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117424. eCollection 2015.
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1717 East Monument Street, Park Building, Ground Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-1725
- fax: 443-287-4173
- Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia
- 5450 Knoll North Drive, Suite 390, Columbia, MD 21045
- phone: 410-933-7495
- fax: 443-546-1703
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, 2009Yale New Haven Health
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2000Board Certifications
Infectious Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)