Born in Boston, MA, current resident of Plymouth, MA Undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College, Magna cum laude MD degree from Tufts, 1981 Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Minnesota 1981-1984 Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology Fellowship at Tufts 1984-1986 Practicing Rheumatologist, Plymouth, MA, & Nantucket Cottage Hospital, since 1986 Medical Director of Tick-borne diseases, Imugen 1997-2020, then at Sonic Northeast since 2020 Dr. Molloy has a longstanding clinical and research interest in Lyme and other Tick-borne diseases, ever since his fellowship under Dr Allen Steere, the discoverer of Lyme disease. He has participated in numerous research protocols on Lyme disease and associated tick borne infections, including the treatment of Lyme arthritis; the development of laboratory tests to distinguish Lyme disease from the Lyme vaccine serological response; blood tests for screening blood donors for Babesia; and in characterizing and diagnosing B.miyamotoi. General rheumatology research interests have also included treatments and monitoring disease activity/outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis; and clinical trials for therapeutic interventions for osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.