Susan Boruchoff, MD

Dr. Boruchoff received her undergraduate education at Harvard University (A.B. 1977) and her MD in 1982 from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. She trained in Internal Medicine at George Washington University, and completed a Clinical and Research Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Massachusetts. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She has been a faculty member at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School since 1990, where she is currently Professor of Medicine. She also holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration at Rutgers School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Boruchoff is the Director of Clinical Services and Education for the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. Her experiences and contributions to RWJMS and RWJUH are extensive. She is one of the core teaching faculty of the ID Division and the lead clinician on the General Infectious Diseases Consultation Service, extremely committed to medical education and mentor􀀓hip. Other prior academic efforts include many years as course director of the second-year medical student Infectious Diseases section of Clinical Pathophysiology, for which she received an award for teaching excellence, and several years as the ID Fellowship Program Director. Between 2001 and 2022 she was the Hospital Epidemiologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where she led the Infection Prevention preparations and response to Anthrax, SARS, Ebola and COVID-19 outbreaks, among others, and is now serving as the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist. In addition, between 2019 and 2021 she was the Interim Chief of the Division of Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Diseases.