Current Environment:

Medical Services

Specialties

Departments

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

Medical School

Harvard Medical School

1982, Boston, MA

Internship

Boston Children's Hospital

1983, Boston, MA

Residency

Boston Children's Hospital

1985, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital

1988, Boston, MA

Professional History

Dr. Robert Husson obtained his MD from Harvard Medical School and completed training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital. He then served as a Medical Officer in the Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal AIDS Branch and the Pediatric Oncology Branch at the National Institutes of Health, where he was active in clinical and translational research in Pediatric HIV infection, as well as clinical care of children and adults with HIV and infectious complications of cancer. Since returning to Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Husson has been active as an infectious disease clinician and has developed research programs in pediatric HIV and in mycobacterial disease. Dr. Husson is internationally recognized for his work in these areas and is the author of many peer-reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters. Dr. Husson served as the Director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, where he developed a formal curriculum for the training program and was responsible for the training of fellows in infectious diseases.

Dr. Robert Husson is a Senior Physician in Medicine and holds the Children’s Hospital Pediatric Associates Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital, and is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Publications

My goal is to provide the best possible care to all children. As a consultant to many other medical teams, I seek to provide information and recommendations regarding infectious disease issues so that the primary team can develop and implement the best diagnostic and management plans for their patients. As a physician working in the knowledge-based subspecialty of infectious diseases, I strive to maintain current knowledge across the discipline. As a member of a large group of exceptional infectious physicians, each of whom has particular areas of expertise, I regularly seek input from colleagues regarding patients with complex illnesses. Recognizing that for many patients the cause of symptoms or illness may not be immediately apparent, I work to develop efficient but thorough evaluations, to maintain an open mind, and to seek input from patients and parents as well as from medical colleagues.