The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the promotion of Roderick A. Go, D.O., FIDSA, Division of Infectious Diseases, to Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Renaissance School of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Dr. Go completed his undergraduate studies at the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey where he received the Excellence in Pathology Award. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 2004, and completed his subsequent fellowship training at Stony Brook University Hospital in 2007.
Dr. Go has been part of the core faculty with the Stony Brook Infectious Diseases division since 2016, and is currently the Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Stony Brook Medicine. The Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at Stony Brook Medicine and Stony Brook Children’s Hospital promotes the appropriate and optimal use of antimicrobial agents to maximize their therapeutic impact and minimize the emergence of resistance and toxicity.
Dr. Go is currently the PI on the PROVE study (a multi-center, chart review study of cefiderocol use for resistant Gram-negative infections) and the FURI trial (a phase 3, open label clinical trial of ibrexafungerp (formerly SCY-078) for treatment of refractory invasive fungal infections.)
Dr. Go also holds multiple educational roles in the Renaissance School of Medicine, such as Transition to Residency, Internal Medicine (Co-Course Director), Advanced Clinical Experience, Internal Medicine (Course Director), Internal Medicine Subinternship (Course Director) and Co-Director, Internal Medicine Clerkship.
He was elected an IDSA fellow (Infectious Diseases Society of America) in September 2023 and recognized for his professional excellence and high level of commitment to the field of infectious diseases.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Go on this well-deserved promotion, and we thank him for his significant contributions as a clinician, educator and mentor in the Department of Medicine and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.
