Dr. Cheston Cunha

Associate Professor

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Biography

Cheston B Cunha is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown University’s Alpert School of Medicine and an attending physician specializing in adult infectious diseases at Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital. He earned his medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Brown University. Dr. Cunha also completed a fellowship in Infectious Disease at Brown University. He has been instrumental in establishing the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital, where he serves as the founding Medical Director. Dr. Cunha is currently the program director for the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Brown. He has contributed significantly to medical literature, authoring over 50 articles and 75 book chapters. His editorial contributions include editing several books on topics such as antimicrobial stewardship and clinical infectious diseases. Dr. Cunha has received multiple teaching awards, including the Dean’s Excellence Teaching Award and the Beckwith Family Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His clinical research interests encompass general infectious diseases, antimicrobial therapy stewardship, historical epidemics, and fever of unknown origin (FUO).

Research Interests

Awards

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Dean’s Excellence Teaching Award

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Beckwith Family Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching

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House Staff Award for Outstanding Teaching Consultant

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Steven M. Opal Teaching Award

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics