Debra L Powell

Dr. Powell received her undergraduate degree in microbiology from the Pennsylvania State University, a Master of Science degree in clinical microbiology from MCP Hahnemann University (now Drexel University), and a medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Reading Hospital and completed a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Powell has been a member of the medical staff of Reading Hospital since 2008. Her research interests include Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, candidemia, and the COVID-19 immune response. She is an Associate Professor in Medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine and a fellow at the Infectious Diseases Society of America. She heads the Section of Infectious Disease, serves as Chair of the Department of Medicine, and is an active medicine residency teacher in the inpatient and outpatient settings.