Neeraj (Neil) Surana, MD, PhD

Dr. Surana completed his undergraduate education at Indiana University where he received degrees in Biochemistry, Economics, and Biology. He subsequently received his MD and PhD degrees from Washington University in St. Louis. During his graduate work in the laboratory of Joseph St. Geme, III, Dr. Surana elucidated mechanisms of protein secretion in gram-negative bacteria. He subsequently completed his pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital. In 2010, Dr. Surana joined the laboratory of Dennis Kasper in the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School to study the nexus between the microbiota and the host immune system. Dr. Surana’s research innovatively integrates gnotobiotic murine models, immunology, and microbiology with the ultimate aim of identifying immunomodulatory commensal bacteria and subsequently characterizing their immunological effects. Dr. Surana joined the faculty of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2012.