Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dr Karen Bloch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (infectious Diseases) and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her research interests include tickborne infections and fungal infections of the central nervious system. She is a co-author of the IDSA Guidelines on the Mangement of Encephalitis (archived) and the International Encephalitis Consortium Consensus Statement on Diagnostic Criteria and Evaluation of Encephaltiis. She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, editorials, and chapters related to CNS infections.