Dr. Merchant has a Masters degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a volunteer instructor at the Sexual Assault and Trauma Resource Center of Rhode Island. Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine Residency Training: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY and Internship at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda. Fellowship Training: Research Fellow in the Section of Emergency Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital. Research Interests: HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, emergency contraception, and HIV and STD testing and prevention.