Deborah A Theodore, MD

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Debbie Theodore is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, as well as Associate Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. Her research interests include prevention of HIV through the expansion and delivery of PrEP and the implementation and execution of clinical trials of vaccines and broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies for HIV prevention and treatment. Her research also includes prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 through clinical trials of vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and antiviral medication. She has a particular interest in understanding women-specific impacts of infectious diseases.

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Administrative Titles

  • Associate Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

Gender

  • Female

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Location(s)

CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
180 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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Phone:
(212) 305-3174
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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • AETNA Westchester MG Local 1199
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • NY Signature
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Amida Care

  • Amida Care Westchester MG HIV SNP
  • Amida Care Westchester MG Medicaid Managed Care
  • Special Needs

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield ACN West
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG Anthem
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG Blue Access (Marketplace)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG Blue Card
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG Connection
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG Direct HMO
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG Direct Share POS
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG EPO
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG FEP
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG HMO
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG Indemnity
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG POS
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG PPO
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Westchester MG Unicare

Cigna

  • CIGNA Westchester MG FEP
  • CIGNA Westchester MG HealthPartners
  • CIGNA Westchester MG HMO
  • CIGNA Westchester MG LocalPlus
  • CIGNA Westchester MG Medical Indemnity
  • CIGNA Westchester MG MVP
  • CIGNA Westchester MG Open Access Plus (OAP)
  • CIGNA Westchester MG POS
  • CIGNA Westchester MG PPO
  • CIGNA Westchester MG Priority Health
  • CIGNA Westchester MG TPA
  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO

Elderplan

  • ElderPlan Westchester MG Medicare Managed Care

ElderServe

  • Special Needs

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

EmblemHealth

  • EmblemHealth ACN West
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Access I/II
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Bridge Program
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Bridge Program
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Brooklyn Healthworks
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Child Family Health Plus
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG DC37 Med-Team
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Emblem Health
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG EPO
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG EPO
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Federal Employee Benefit (FEHB)
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Healthcare Partners (HCP)
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG HMO
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Indemnity
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Medicaid Managed Care
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Medicare Managed Care
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Millennium (Essential Plan 1-4
  • 200-250)
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG NYCE PPO
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG POS
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG POS
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG PPO
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG PPO
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Prime Network
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Select Care (Exchange)
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Select Care Network
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Somos
  • EmblemHealth Westchester MG Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Individual Network (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Fidelis Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Fidelis Care ACN West Child Family Health Plus
  • Fidelis Care ACN West Dual Exchange
  • Fidelis Care ACN West Essential Plan 1 and 2
  • Fidelis Care ACN West Essential Plan 3 and 4
  • Fidelis Care ACN West Exchange
  • Fidelis Care ACN West Medicaid Managed Care and HARP
  • Fidelis Care ACN West Medicare Managed Care
  • Fidelis Care Westchester MG Ambetter (Exchange)
  • Fidelis Care Westchester MG Essential Plan
  • Fidelis Care Westchester MG Medicaid Managed Care
  • Fidelis Care Westchester MG Medicare Dual Advantage
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthfirst

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Healthfirst ACN West Child Family Health Plus
  • Healthfirst ACN West Essential Plan 1 and 2
  • Healthfirst ACN West Essential Plan 3 and 4
  • Healthfirst ACN West Exchange
  • Healthfirst ACN West Medicaid Managed Care and HARP
  • Healthfirst ACN West Medicare Managed Care
  • Healthfirst Westchester MG Child Family Health Plus
  • Healthfirst Westchester MG Essential Plan
  • Healthfirst Westchester MG Exchange (Leaf Metal Plans)
  • Healthfirst Westchester MG Medicaid Managed Care and HARP
  • Healthfirst Westchester MG Medicare Managed Care
  • Healthfirst Westchester MG NY Life Improvement Plan (SNP-DUAL Only)
  • Healthfirst Westchester MG Qualified Health Plan
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthplus

  • Healthplus Westchester MG Child Family Health Plus
  • Healthplus Westchester MG Essential Plan
  • Healthplus Westchester MG Exchange (Gatekeeper)
  • Healthplus Westchester MG Managed Long Term Care (MLTC)
  • Healthplus Westchester MG Medicaid Managed Care (Healthplus
  • Amerigroup
  • Wellpoint)

Healthspring

  • Healthspring Westchester MG Medicare Managed Care

Healthspring (Cigna Medicare)

  • Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare
  • Magnacare (National) Westchester MG ASC
  • Magnacare (National) Westchester MG PPO

Medicaid

  • Medicaid Westchester MG Traditional

Medicare

  • Medicare Westchester MG Railroad
  • Medicare Westchester MG Traditional
  • Traditional Medicare

Molina Healthcare

  • Molina Healthcare Westchester MG Medicare Managed Care (Senior Whole Health)

Multiplan

  • Multiplan
  • Multiplan Westchester MG EPO
  • Multiplan Westchester MG HMO
  • Multiplan Westchester MG PHCS
  • Multiplan Westchester MG POS
  • Multiplan Westchester MG PPO

MVP Health Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • MVP Health Care Westchester MG

UnitedHealthcare

  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare ACN West
  • UnitedHealthcare Westchester MG EPO
  • UnitedHealthcare Westchester MG HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare Westchester MG Oxford Freedom
  • UnitedHealthcare Westchester MG Oxford HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare Westchester MG Oxford Liberty
  • UnitedHealthcare Westchester MG Oxford Metro
  • UnitedHealthcare Westchester MG POS
  • UnitedHealthcare Westchester MG PPO

VNS Health

  • VNS Health ACN West Medicaid/Medicare Managed Care Advantage Plus
  • VNS Health ACN West Select Health Medicaid Manage Care and HARP
  • VNS Health Westchester MG Medicaid Managed Care
  • VNS Health Westchester MG Medicare Managed Care

VNSNY CHOICE

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • SelectHealth
  • Special Needs

WellCare

  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • WellCare ACN West American Progressive Life & Health
  • WellCare ACN West Managed Long Term Care (MLTC)
  • WellCare ACN West Medicaid Managed Care and Child Family Health Plus (NJ)
  • WellCare ACN West Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS)
  • WellCare ACN West Medicare Managed Care
  • WellCare Westchester MG American Progressive Life
  • WellCare Westchester MG New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
  • WellCare Westchester MG NJ Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS)
  • WellCare Westchester MG NJ Medicaid
  • WellCare Westchester MG NY Medicare

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease

Research

Selected Publications

  1. Rowe K, Theodore DA, Zucker J, Cohensedgh O, LaSota E, Carnevale C, Cohall A, Olender S, Gordon P, Sobieszczyk ME. Lost2PrEP: Understanding Reasons for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Sexual Health Care Disengagement Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Attending a Sexual Health Clinic at a Large Urban Academic Medical Center in New York City. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2022 Apr;36(4):153-158. doi: 10.1089/apc.2022.0004. PMID: 35438522; PMCID: PMC9057871.
  2. Falsey AR, Sobieszczyk ME, Hirsch I, Sproule S, Robb ML, Corey L, Neuzil KM, Hahn W, Hunt J, Mulligan MJ, McEvoy C, DeJesus E, Hassman M, Little SJ, Pahud BA, Durbin A, Pickrell P, Daar ES, Bush L, Solis J, Carr QO, Oyedele T, Buchbinder S, Cowden J, Vargas SL, Guerreros Benavides A, Call R, Keefer MC, Kirkpatrick BD, Pullman J, Tong T, Brewinski Isaacs M, Benkeser D, Janes HE, Nason MC, Green JA, Kelly EJ, Maaske J, Mueller N, Shoemaker K, Takas T, Marshall RP, Pangalos MN, Villafana T, Gonzalez-Lopez A; AstraZeneca AZD1222 Clinical Study Group. Phase 3 Safety and Efficacy of AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) Covid-19 Vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2021 Dec 16;385(25):2348-2360. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2105290. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PMID: 34587382; PMCID: PMC8522798.
  3. Zucker J, Carnevale C, Theodore DA, Castor D, Meyers K, Gold JAW, Winetsky D, Scherer M, Cohall A, Gordon P, Sobieszczyk ME, Olender S. Attitudes and Perceived Barriers to Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Among Graduate Medical Trainees. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Oct 1;48(10):e149-e152. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001396. PMID: 34110753; PMCID: PMC8462979.
  4. Zucker J, Gomez-Simmonds A, Purpura LJ, Shoucri S, LaSota E, Morley NE, Sovic BW, Castellon MA, Theodore DA, Bartram LL, Miko BA, Scherer ML, Meyers KA, Turner WC, Kelly M, Pavlicova M, Basaraba CN, Baldwin MR, Brodie D, Burkart KM, Bathon J, Uhlemann AC, Yin MT, Castor D, Sobieszczyk ME. Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Identify Early Predictors of Poor Outcome in Patients with COVID-19 Presenting to a Large Quaternary Care Hospital in New York City. J Clin Med. 2021 Aug 11;10(16):3523. doi: 10.3390/jcm10163523. PMID: 34441819; PMCID: PMC8397083.
  5. Shoucri SM, Purpura L, DeLaurentis C, Adan MA, Theodore DA, Irace AL, Robbins-Juarez SY, Khedagi AM, Letchford D, Harb AA, Zerihun LM, Lee KE, Gambina K, Lauring MC, Chen N, Sperring CP, Mehta SS, Myers EL, Shih H, Argenziano MG, Bruce SL, Slater CL, Tiao JR, Natarajan K, Hripcsak G, Chen R, Yin MT, Sobieszczyk ME, Castor D, Zucker JE. Characterising the long-term clinical outcomes of 1190 hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in New York City: a retrospective case series. BMJ Open. 2021 Jun 2;11(6):e049488. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049488. PMID: 34083350; PMCID: PMC8182750.
  6. Tang W, Khalili L, Giles J, Gartshteyn Y, Kapoor T, Guo C, Chen T, Theodore D, Askanase A. The Rise and Fall of Hydroxychloroquine with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Narrative Review of Selected Data. Rheumatol Ther. 2021 Jun;8(2):681-691. doi: 10.1007/s40744-021-00315-x. Epub 2021 May 24. PMID: 34028704; PMCID: PMC8142615.
  7. Zucker J, Carnevale C, Theodore D, et al. Attitudes and Perceived Barriers to Routine HIV Screening and Provision and Linkage of Postexposure Prophylaxis and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Graduate Medical Trainees. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2021;35(5):180-187. doi:10.1089/apc.2021.0029
  8. Theodore D.A., Greendyke W.G., Miko B, Whittier S, Green D.A., Shoucri S, Verna E.C., Zucker J, Sobieszczyk M.E., Aaron J.G., Scully B.E., Saiman L, Pereira M, Furuya E.Y. Cycle thresholds among solid organ transplant recipients testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. Transplantation. 2021 Feb 15. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003695.
  9. Theodore D.A., Castor D., Sovic B., Castellon M., De A., Gray B., Palmer S., Greene R., Freibott C., Wu Y., Zucker J., Chang J.Y, Loughlin P., McNairy M.L., Meyers K. COVID-19 vaccine attitudes among healthcare workers in New York City: Preliminary findings from the Antibody Response Monitoring for Occupational Resilience (ARMOR) study. Poster presented at HIVR4P, January 27-28, 2021.
  10. Yumori C, Zucker J, Theodore D, Chang M, Carnevale C, Slowikowski J, LaSota E, Olender S, Gordon P, Cohall A, Sobieszczyk ME. Women Are Less Likely to Be Tested for HIV or Offered Preexposure Prophylaxis at the Time of Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnosis. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Jan;48(1):32-36.
  11. Chernyak E, Shi H, Theodore DA, Thakur KT. An Atypical Case of Neurosyphilis in a Patient With HIV: A Case Report. Neurohospitalist. 2021 Jul;11(3):255-258. doi: 10.1177/1941874420985984. Epub 2021 Jan 8. PMID: 34163553; PMCID: PMC8182402.
  12. Theodore D, Zucker J, Carnevale C, Grant W, Adan M, Borsa A, Richards P, Olender S, Cohall A, Gordon P, Sobieszczyk ME.  Pre-exposure prophylaxis use among predominantly African American and Hispanic women at risk for HIV acquisition in New York City. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2020 Jan-Feb;31(1):110-114. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000147. PMID: 31789687; PMCID: PMC7380512.
  13. Winetsky D, Zucker J, Carnevale C, Theodore D, Scherer M, Sani F, Elkington K, Cohall A, Sobieszczyk ME, Gordon P, Olender S. Attitudes, practices and perceived barriers to hepatitis C screening among medical residents at a large urban academic medical center. J Viral Hepat. 2019 Nov;26(11):1355-1358. doi: 10.1111/jvh.13181. Epub 2019 Aug 9. PMID: 31325394; PMCID: PMC6800582.
  14. Theodore DA, Goodwin RD, Zhang YV, Schneider N, Gordon RJ. History of Depression and Increased Risk of Sternal Wound Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Novel and Potentially Modifiable Risk Factor. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 15;6(3):ofz083. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz083. PMID: 30949529; PMCID: PMC6440688.

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov

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