Kapil Saharia

Kapil Saharia is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, specializing in Infectious Diseases with a focus on Transplant Medicine and HIV/AIDS. He serves as Chief of the Transplant Infectious Disease section at the Institute of Human Virology.

• Education: MD from Duke University, MPH from UNC, BA in Biology and English from Johns Hopkins
• Training: Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Fellowship at University of Maryland, Postdoc at NIH Vaccine Research Center

His research explores infectious outcomes in transplant recipients, mycobacterial infections, and immune responses to vaccines in immunocompromised populations. Publications highlight work on SARS-CoV-2, HPV, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunology.

Clinical expertise includes managing infections in solid organ transplant recipients, HIV patients, and those with mechanical cardiac devices. He actively participates in NIH-sponsored clinical trials and industry-based research initiatives.