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Robert L. Murphy

Robert Leo Murphy is an American infectious disease physician and professor of medicine. He is the John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University where he serves as executive director of the Institute for Global Health and the Center for Global Communicable Diseases. Murphy earned a MD at the Stritch School of Medicine in 1978. He completed a medical residency and fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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Robert Leo Murphy (born 1950) is an American infectious disease physician and professor of medicine. He is the John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University where he serves as executive director of the Institute for Global Health and the Center for Global Communicable Diseases. Murphy earned a MD at the Stritch School of Medicine in 1978. He completed a medical residency and fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.12

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  1. "Faculty Profile". www.feinberg.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. "Northwestern Infectious Disease Expert Rips National Response to Pandemic". WTTW News. Retrieved 2020-10-03.