Phone
212-639-8873
Title
Assistant Attending, Infectious Diseases Service Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Residency
Internal Medicine, Michigan State University
Fellowship
Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Research Interest
My research interests include development of molecular diagnostic assays for various infections encountered in persons with cancer and those who have undergone bone marrow transplant.
Recent Publications
Kamboj M, Chung D, Seo SK, et al. The changing epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus bacteremia in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. Epub 2010 May 25. [PubMed Abstract]
Kamboj M, Sepkowitz KA. Nosocomial infections in patients with cancer. Lancet Oncol. 2009 Jun;10(6):589-97. Review. [PubMed Abstract]
Goldberg JD, Kamboj M, Ford R, Kiehn TE, Gilhuley K, Perales MA. ‘Kennel Cough’ in a patient following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2009 Feb 23. No abstract available.
El-Hajj HH, Marras SA, Tyagi S, Shashkina E, Kamboj M, Kiehn TE, Glickman MS, Kramer FR, Alland D. Use of sloppy molecular beacon probes for identification of mycobacterial species. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Apr;47(4):1190-8. [PubMed Abstract]
Kamboj M., Gerbin M, Chiung-Kang Huang, Brennan C, Stiles J, Balashov S, Park S, Perlin DS, Pamer EG, Sepkowitz KA. Clinical characterization of Human Metapneumovirus infection among patients with cancer. J Infect. 2008 Dec;57(6):464-71. [PubMed Abstract]
Kamboj M., Louie E. , Kiehn T., Papanicolaou G, Glickman M, Sepkowitz K. Mycobacterium hemophilum following infection after alemtuzumab treatment. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Nov;14(11):1821-3. [PubMed Abstract]
Kamboj M., Mihu CN, Sepkowitz K, Kenan NA, Papanicolaou GA. Work-up for infectious diarrhea after allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Single specimen testing results in cost savings without compromising diagnostic yield. Transpl Infect Dis. 2007; 9(4):265-269. [PubMed Abstract]
Kamboj M., Sepkowitz K. The Risk of Transmission Associate with Live Attenuated Vaccines Given to Healthy Persons Caring for or Residing with an Immunocompromised Patient. Infection Control and Hospital epidemiology. 2007; Vol.28.No.6. [PubMed Abstract]
Kamboj M., Weinstock D, Sepkowitz KA. Progression of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients receiving echinocandin therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2006; 43. [PubMed Abstract]
Kamboj M., Sepkowitz K. The Risk of Tuberculosis in Patients with Cancer. Clin Infect Dis. 2006; 42(11):1592. [PubMed Abstract]
Kamboj M., Zuccotti G. Infections in Returning Travelers. Infection in Medicine. February 2006; vol.23(2):56-63.
