All Current Trainees
Medical School: University of Michigan
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Infectious Disease Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Infectious Disease Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Maryland
Infectious Disease Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
![Heather Machkovech, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/people_component_portraits/public/2023-10/machkovech_heather-20201119-large.jpeg?itok=P2q09mo2)
Heather Machkovech, MD, PhD
Medical School: MD/PhD, University of Washington School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Infectious Disease Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: MD/PhD, Temple University School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: MD/PhD, The University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
![Heather Machkovech](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_component_focal_point_image/public/2024-05/RCT08413-20240312-Med.jpg?h=03d80c87&itok=wVRLVfn_)
Heather Machkovech, MD, PhD, a current PSTP trainee and Infectious Disease fellow, recently published a paper in The Lancet Infectious Diseases offering a clearer, broader definition of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection and a new conceptual framework for classifying persistent infection.