Jack D. Sobel

Dr. Sobel was previously Chair of Internal Medicine and served as Chief of Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. A graduate of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Sobel did his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He has specialized as a “Candidologist”, specifically in Candida infection of the genitourinary tract. His research interests have encompassed microbiology, immunology, and molecular biology of Candida infections including immunologic Candida studies as well as tissue culture methods and development of animal models of experimental vaginal candidiasis. More specifically, multiple studies on the diagnosis and treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis in women. More recently, studies on Candida infection of the urinary tract have emerged. Ongoing studies include invasive candidiasis and candidemia, evaluating epidemiology, and investigation of new antifungal drugs. Other studies include new diagnostic tests for VVC and evaluating new treatment regimens for recurrent and refractory vaginal candidiasis.