2008 American Board of Internal Medicine – Infectious
June 2007 Board eligible in psychiatry
Medical License: State of Florida # ME99772
DEA# FA019-4124
ECFMG certificate #0-519-536-7
Honors and Awards
2006 Martin Fenton National Resident of the Year Award. Association of Medicine and Psychiatry, 2006-07 West Virginia representative; Member-in-training, of the American Psychiatric Association, 2007 Reviewer for the Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Research and Publication
Hager C, Abaaba C, Kerns F Streptococcus Bovis Meningitis, and Sepsis Associated with Strongyloidiasis in an immunocompetent patient WV Medical Journal Nov/Dec 2007 Vol 103 No 5 page 19-20.
Charles Abaaba APA Report from a Resident, West Virginia District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association News letter April 2007 page 2-3.
Fahd Zarrouf, MD, James Griffith, MD., Charles Abaaba, Cristian Sirbu, MD, Ph.D MD, Jack Chen High Sensitive C-Reactive Protein in Elderly Patients diagnosed with Coronary Heart Disease and Depression, (Submitted for Publication with American Journal of Geriatrics Psychiatry)
Legesse B, Abaaba C, Baisden A, Thachil R. Factors associated with time to die after withdrawal of care in the ICU. (Submitted for IRB review)
EMPLOYMENT
Apr 1997 - Jul 1998 Clinical observation/ Prepairing For PLAB Test St Anns Hospital Tottenham, London UK
RESIDENCY
Aug 1998 - Jun 2002 Senior House Officer in Psychiatry St. Mary Psychiatric Training Scheme London, UK
Jul 2002 - Jun 2007 Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Residency WVU Charleston Division. 3110 macCorkle Ave Charleston, WV 25304
FELLOWSHIP
Jul 2007 – Jun 2009 Infectious Diseases Fellowship University of Florida, PO Box 100277 Gainesville, FL 32810.