Dr. Paulson received her medical degree at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va. She completed her internal medicine internship and residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Dr. Paulson completed her fellowship training in infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and its Infectious Disease subspecialty. She is an author of articles published in medical journals for her research work, including work on mycobacterial infections and genetic defects leading to infection. Dr. Paulson has medical staff privileges at Allegheny General Hospital, West Penn Hospital and Allegheny Valley Hospital and leads the general infectious disease clinic at Allegheny General Hospital.
Age Groups Seen
Adult, Older Adult
Languages Spoken*
English
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Expertise
travel medicine
spinal infections
staphylococcus infections
zoonosis
sexually transmitted disease (std)
tick borne infections
lyme disease
atypical mycobacteria infection
septic arthritis
clostridium difficile
prosthetic joint infection
aspergillosis infection
fever of unknown origin
infections (bacterial and viral)
osteomyelitis
travel vaccination
cellulitis
yellow fever vaccination
anaplasmosis
post-operative infection
acute bacterial endocarditis
antibiotic resistant infections
mycobacterial infection
empyema
tuberculosis (tb) test
Credentials
Education
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Residency
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Fellowship
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease
Publications
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