He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Taege earned a BS in microbiology from the University of Nebraska in 1979. He completed his medical degree at Saint Louis University in 1979 and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic 1998. He holds dual appointments in Infectious Disease and the Digestive Disease Institute Transplant Center. He has over 20 peer reviewed publications and is funded by the NIH, VA, NSF and several foundations Center. Dr. Alan J Taege has research interests include HIV & AIDS, surgical infections and teaching, transplant infections