EDUCATION

College: West Virginia University, BA Biology,1975

Medical School: West Virginia University, 1978

Public Health: West Virginia University, Masters in Public Health Program, 1996-Present, 32 of 43 hours completed through 8/99

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCES

Internship: Flexible, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, TN, June 1978 to June 1979

Residency: Internal Medicine, West Virginia University, July 1984 to October 1986

Fellowship: Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, July 1987 to June 1990

OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE

1979-84 US Navy, Active Duty

2/80 to 2/81- MCAS Iwakuni, Japan

Deployments:

Korea- 5 weeks NAS Cubi Point,

Philippines- 4 weeks

Kadena, Okinawa- 4 weeks

2/81 to 6/83- NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii

Training:

Tropical Medicine- NAMRU 3,Cairo, Egypt, August-September, 1981

Deployments:

NAS Cubi Point, Philippines, 11/81- 5/82

1985-90 US Navy,Reserves

July-August, 1990 (2 weeks)- NAS Bermuda

April, 1991 Medical Group Missions, Macas, Ecuador (2 weeks)

April, 1994 New Tribes Missions, Numonohi, Papua, New Guinea (2 weeks)

January, 1996 Center for Education and Training of Health Personnel, Jakarta, Indonesia (3 weeks)

April, 1998 Zhejiang Medical University, Hangzhou, China (2 weeks)

February, 1999 Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Mali (3 weeks)

November, 1999 Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira Windhoek, Namibia University of Venda and University of Pretoria, South Africa

LANGUAGES

English

HONORS AND RECOGNITION

Whitehill Award in Chemistry, 1972

Robert Waldman Award, 1986

IDSA Pfizer HIV/AIDS Training Program, 1996

National Institutes of Health, April 22-May 3, 1996

Nominee for Clinician of the Year Award, 1997,

WVU School of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha, 1998

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Director, Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, January 1997 - Present

Director, International Health Program, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, January 1997 - Present

Associate Professor (Tenured), Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, July 1996 - Present

Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, WVUHSC, July 1996-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, WVUHSC, June 1992 -July 1996

Assistant Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, September 1990 - July 1996

Instructor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, July 1989 - June 1990

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Fellow, American College of Physicians

American Society of Microbiology

Infectious Diseases Society of America

Society of US Navy Flight Surgeons International

AIDS Society

American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

1) *Farr RW. JC virus: a source of confusion (Letter). AIDS 1996;10:237.

2) Varghese MR, Farr RW, Wax MK, Chafin BJ, Owens RM. Vibrio fluvialis wound infection during medicinal leech therapy. Clin Infect Dis 1996;22:709-10.

3) *Farr RW, Hutzel D, D'Aurora R, Rugino T. Parvovirus B19 outbreak in a rehabilitation hospital. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1996;77:208-10.

4) Sang E, Farr RW, Fisher MA, Hanna SD. Antemortem diagnosis of human rabies. J Fam Pract 1996;43:83-7.

5) * Farr RW, Short S, Weissman D. Fulminant hepatitis during herpes simplex virus infection in apparently immunocompetent adults: report of two cases and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis 1997;24:1191-4.

6) Ramadan HH, Farr RW, Wetmore SJ. Adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus in chronic sinusitis using polymerase chain reaction. Laryngoscope 1997;107:923-5.

7) Farr RW, Foglia G. It's time to establish needle exchange program in West Virginia. WV Med J 1998;94:9.

8) Shaffer DN, Drevets DA, Farr RW. Listeria monocytogenes rhomboencephalitis with cranial nerve palsies: a case report. WV Med J 1998;94:80-3.

9) Foglia G, Farr RW. Epidemiological Profile for HIV Prevention Community Planning in West Virginia. WV Med J 1998;94:321-6.

10) Lacy M, Farr RW, Pore RS. Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess unresponsive to amphotericin B and itraconazole. Infect Dis Clin Pract 1998;8:164-6.

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Work Address: Section of Infectious Diseases,

Box 9163, West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV 26506

Work Telephone: 304-293-1945

Citizenship: United States

E-Mail: rfarr@wvu.edu