Dr. Young is assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of Colorado and consultant physician for Denver ID Consultants at Rose Medical Center in Denver.

The much-traveled Dr. Young is a long-term resident of Colorado Rocky Mountains, but was raised in New York and San Diego. Dr. Young began his graduate studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he received a Ph.D. in molecular biology and biochemistry working in the laboratory of Nobel laureate Thomas Cech. He went on to earn his medical doctorate in 1992 from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and completed his post-graduate training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the University of Colorado and now directs the course on HIV primary care for medical house staff. Dr. Young is the author of numerous journal articles, reviews and studies relating to HIV and its treatment. He is a principal investigator with the HIV Outpatient Study, a massive ongoing analysis of the health of HIV-positive people throughout the U.S. A member of the HIV Medicine Association and the American Academy of HIV Medicine, Dr. Young is also actively involved in educating healthcare professionals and community groups throughout the world on HIV-related subjects. He has devoted the past two years to training HIV physicians in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Disclosures

Dr. Young has been a consultant for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cerner Corporation, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Merck & Co., Monogram Biosciences and Pfizer, Inc. He has served on speakers bureaus for Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Monogram. In addition, he has received research support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cerner Corporation, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffman-La Roche and Merck.