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Q&A: Dr. Joseph Gathe, HIV-Treatment Specialist

More than 10,000 HIV-positive people nationwide have learned their serostatus since 2007 because of a routine-testing project to increase testing and HIV knowledge in the Black community, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The... Read more »

Should the Treatment of HIV Infection Be Left to Specialists?

During the first decade of the HIV epidemic, when the number of new cases of AIDS was growing exponentially, the consensus was that virtually every office-based physician with a broad clinical practice would eventually see some HIV-infected... Read more »

Why It Is Important for an HIV Care Provider to Become an AAHIVM HIV Specialist™

A little over six years ago a group of HIV care providers, many of whom had been in practice at the dawn of the AIDS epidemic, came together to discuss ways they could harness their nearly three decades of knowledge, experience and insight to... Read more »

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PEP Treatment HELP? (PROPER CONDOM USE, 2009) (PEP AND THE NEED FOR HIV SPECIALIST, 2009)

Hi there, I found your contact details online and your help would be very much appreciated as I am currently in a panic mode! Here it goes: 1. I had anal sex (me top HIV neg) with a partner (bottom HIV pos with viral load 20k 26k copies)...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,First off, what's up with your condoms? Did you buy them during the Reagan era? Have you been storing them in the glove box of your car parked in sweltering heat? Are you using oil-based lubricant (incompatible with latex)? I think it's... Read more »

HIV Positive and pregnant (CHOOSING AN HIV SPECIALIST 2009)

I tested positive in 2006 and haven't gone for any check up's to check my cd4 count and now I'm pregnant and still afraid to go for a check up. My husband is also positive and we still have sex without a condom, what are the chances...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I find it terribly unfortunate and a bit sad that fear has prevented you from getting appropriate monitoring and treatment for your HIV disease. I hope you realize that by not getting the care you need, you are allowing the virus to replicate... Read more »

Re: Baseline HIV Testing before giving PEP? (PEP AND THE NEED FOR HIV SPECIALIST, 2011)

Thank you so much for your answer Dr. Bob, I will be looking for another HIV specialist to follow up with... but I just wanted to ask you one more thing regarding my original question; Had the baseline HIV test been actually done at the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello David,I agree it's irrational to think a hospital lab would run an HIV test, determine the results are positive, and then tell you the test was never run or canceled. Why would they do that? It really doesn't matter to the hospital... Read more »

Baseline HIV Testing before giving PEP? (PEP AND THE NEED FOR HIV SPECIALIST, 2011)

Hi there Dr. Frascino, I understand you must have tons of questions to answer so I'll try to be as short as I can. I went to the ER after a possible exposure, they called the ID doctor that was on call and he decided that my risk were...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi David,I agree you should have an HIV-antibody baseline test. You can get it done now. If you are HIV infected, the HIV-antibody test will still be positive, even though you are taking PEP.I'm quite concerned on several levels about the ID... Read more »

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Treatment Specialist, Washington, DC

Posted by Anonymous

Carl Vogel Center
Treatment Specialist, Washington , District of Columbia
Description:
RN, NP or PA-C with experience in HIV clinical care to provide individual HIV treatment education, adherence counseling and group educational programs for a... Read more »

Need to know of any HIV specialists in NY?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am newly diagnosed HIV + and very frightened. I live in NY (Long Island) and I have no idea what doctor to see...I was given a name of Robert Gayle in manhattan and I have an initial appointment. Please can anyone help? I am very frightened and... Read more »

HIV Specialist NYC

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Recently I was diagnosed as HIV+ and currently use a provider at the Callen-Lorde clinic in NYC. Unfortunately I am not that pleased with them and am looking for new provider. A conservative provider but not one who prescribes meds too freely.

Any... Read more »

hiv specialist suggestions?

Posted by bluewindow, 2 Replies

Dear thebody members,

Only a few weeks ago, I tested positive for HIV and currently I am looking for a physician in the New York City area. I ve been reading that is very important to get a doctor with experience and up-to -date knowledge. A... Read more »

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