Dr. Stephen Scholand

Dr. Stephen J. Scholand is a passionate infectious disease specialist and internal medicine physician with over 25 years of clinical experience. He is a graduate of the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington DC, USA. He subsequently trained at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia for internship, residency, and fellowship in infectious diseases. Dr. Scholand is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the University of Arizona. He is active in the Nuvance Global Health Program as an educator. He has a particular interest in rabies, as he experienced firsthand the true horrors of the disease working on a human rabies ward in the Philippines. Each case was a tragedy, particularly as children were affected. Dr. Scholand said he was never the same after that – the experience changed his life. He went on to found the charity “A Rabies Free World” focusing on rabies education as a means to create change. Stephen follows in the footsteps of his late father, Dr. Joseph F. Scholand, who for more than 30 years dedicated his life to patient care.