District of Columbia Government
Dept of Health
S.E. STD Clinic
1900 Massachusetts Ave, SE, Bldg # 8
Washington,
DC
USA
20003
Email:
shukdeo.sankar@dc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Medical Director of the SE STD Clinic in Washington, D.C. from March 2000 to current time. Busy, urban STD Clinic. In addition to providing general STD care - started large scale Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccination programs at this clinic after evaluating the cost effectiveness of prior screening. Developed incentives and strategies for improving compliance for follow up doses of vaccines.
Published early data on Hepatitis B vaccination rates (2003) in poster and abstract form at the 2004 National STD conference.