Veronica Dioverti, MD

M. Veronica Dioverti, M.D. is a Clinical Associate in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She graduated from Universidad Nacional de Asuncion and completed her internship and residency training at Bridgeport Hospital-Yale University in Bridgeport, CT. She then pursued General and Transplant/Oncology Infectious Diseases fellowships at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Her primary clinical interest is caring for transplant, hematology/oncology malignancies and other immunocompromised immunocompromised: (i-myoo-no-KOM-pruh-mized) Occurs when the immune system is not functioning properly, leaving the patient open to infection. A person can be immunocompromised due to low white blood cell count or due to some medicines. Also called immune compromised. patients. Her research has focused on optimizing the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection via quantitative nucleic acid testing and risk stratification using Interferon ? Release Assays. Other areas of interest include fungal infections in hematologic malignancies.