Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
				
				PO Box 980019
				
				Richmond
				VAUSA
				23298-0019
				
				
					 Email:
					gbearman@vcu.edu
				
				
				
Biographical Sketch: Gonzalo Bearman is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. He is a graduate of Colgate University (BA), SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (MD) and Columbia University (MPH). He completed a residency in Internal Medicine and was Chief Resident, both at SUNY at Buffalo. He then completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases and a residency in Preventive Medicine/Public Health, both at Cornell University. Dr. Bearman is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. 
Since 2003, Dr Bearman is an attending physician in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease Services at VCU Medical Center.  
Dr. Bearman's area of research focus on the epidemiology of hospital-acquired infections. Dr. Bearman has multiple peer-reviewed publications, textbook chapters, and has edited a book on infection prevention.