Background
Lai, Kwan Kew was born on November 12, 1950 in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. Daughter of Ah Tong and Meng Kim (Leng) Lai. came to the United States, 1970.
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Kwan Kew Lai
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Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1974; Doctor of Medical Dentistry, Harvard University, 1977; Doctor of Medicine, Chicago Medical School.
Career
Intern in internal medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1980;
resident in internal medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1982;
fellow in infectious diseases Maxwell Finland Laboratory, Boston City Hospital/boston U. Medical Center, 1982-1984;
graduate medical assistant, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1985-1986;
hospital epidemiologist, infectious disease consultant, New England Sinai Hospital, Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1984-1988;
hospital epidemiologist, infectious disease consultant, Winthrop (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1984-1988;
hospital epidemiologist, infectious disease consultant, Marlborough (Massachusetts) Hospital, 1986-1988;
assistant professor medicine, attending physician, U. Massachusetts Medical School, 1988-1994;
associate professor medicine, U. Massachusetts Medical School, since 1994;
hospital epidemiologist, medical director department infection control, U. Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, since 1990. Presenter, researcher, lecturer in field. Peer reviewer subspecialty board examination American Board Internal Medicine, since 1991, American Society Hospital Pharmacists, 1992, Medical Letter, 1992, Archives of Internal Medicine, 1991, Annals of Internal Medicine, 1991, Clinical Infectious Diseases, since 1993, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, since 1997.
Consultant, teacher Human Immunodeficiency Virus patients Great Brook Valley Health Center, 1989-1991. Member Massachusetts Common for Elimination of Tuberculosis, 1991-1992. Member Governor's Advisory Board for Elimination of Tuberculosis in Massachusetts, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Massachusetts Medical Society.
Connections
Married Scott Thomas FitzGibbon, May 26, 1979. Children: Timothy James, Cara, Charles Thomas.
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American
Awards
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Grantee NSH, 1972-1973, DuPont, 1992-1993, New England Cmty. Research Initiative, 1994, Program for Healthcare Innovation, 1993, dental student summer research grantee, 1973. Recipient award for higher studies Lee Foundation, 1975-1977, award for study of medicine American Association of University Women, 1977-1979.Grantee NSH, 1972-1973, DuPont, 1992-1993, New England Cmty. Research Initiative, 1994, Program for Healthcare Innovation, 1993, dental student summer research grantee, 1973. Recipient award for higher studies Lee Foundation, 1975-1977, award for study of medicine American Association of University Women, 1977-1979.