FACULTY

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Maribel Acevedo, M.D., Physician at Community Network in Community Network in Clinical Research on AIDS San Juan PR.

Midnela Acevedo, M.D., Pediatrician, Co-Principal Investigator Pediatric Research Protocols San Juan City Hospital, San Juan PR.

Wanda Acosta Rivera, R.N., is Special Projects Coordinator for the Ryan White III Program, Migrant Health Center, Western Region, Inc. Coordinator for Air Bridge Network, Project Director for the CDC HIV Prevention Program, Puerto Rico.

Orlando Alonso, M.D., is Medical Director, El Nuevo Puerto Rico CoNCRA. Emergency Physician. Study and Work Program, Latin American Center of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Member of the International Association of Physicians on AIDS Care.

Ana Alvarez, M.D., is Associate Professor of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases and Immunology, and Director of Fellowship Program, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida.

Efraín Arroyo Pena, M.D., Director, Centro de Salud Migrantes, Mayagüez, PR. Miembro de la Asociación Americana de Medicina-VIH y de la Sociedad Internacional de SIDA.

David Ashkin, M.D., is Medical Executive Director of A.G. Holley State TB Hospital. He also serves as the State TB Controller for the Florida Department of Health and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine with the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Ashkin is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.

Jeffrey Beal, M.D., is Florida/Caribbean AETC Clinical Director, Associate Professor, University of South Florida, Medical Director, Ryan White Title III, Hendry/Glades County Health Departments, Senior Physician, Lee County Health Department.

Belinda Beauchamp, M.D., AETC Clinical Director for Puerto Rico. Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico. Co-investigator in Women-Infant Transmission Study Collaborative Longitudinal, Natural History Study of Women with HIV Infection and their Offspring and Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Unit (PACTU).

Roberto Calderón, M.D., Internal Medicine specialist at Community Network in Clinical Research on AIDS San Juan PR.

Gloria B. Callwood, Ph.D., R.N., is Chairperson and Professor of Nursing, Division of Nursing at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas campus. She is a clinical specialist in psychiatric/mental health nursing and a Florida/Caribbean AETC Coordinator.

Alberto Carrera-Baquero, M.D., M.P.H., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of OB/GYN at the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families.

Debbie Cestaro-Seifer, M.S., R.N., L.M.T, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of the Virgin Islands.

Amanda Cotter, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. She also serves as Director of the Perinatal HIV Service within the OB/GYN Division of Research and Special Projects.

Wilfredo E. Cuevas, M.D., HIV Treater Medical Association in PR, President and AIDS Comprehensive Care Program Physician Ryder Memorial Hospital Humacao PR.

Clemente Díaz, M.D., Professor and Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico and Director of Women and Infants Transmission Study, University of Puerto Rico.

Rodrigo Diaz Velazco, M.D., Co-Principal Investigator at Pediatric/Ob-Gyn Research Protocols and Assistant Professor of Obstetric and Gynecology, San Juan City Hospital.

Patricia J. Emmanuel, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Head of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Emmanuel is the Medical Director for the University of South Florida HIV Program for children and adolescents. The USF Program provides specialty care and access to clinical trials for over 200 infected children and adolescents throughout the gulf coast of Florida.

Luis A. Espinoza, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the HIV/AIDS House Physician Program at the University of Miami School of Medicine; Director of Inpatient Adult HIV Services in the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami. He is also AETC faculty.

Irma Febo, M.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico. Pediatrics/Clinician AIDS Clinical Trial Unit, University Pediatric Hospital. Director, Gamma Project, Pediatric AIDS Clinic, University Pediatric Hospital.

Francisco Fernandez, M.D., Chairperson and Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; University of South Florida; College of Medicine; Tampa, FL. Member, Commission on AIDS; American Psychiatric Association; and Steering Committee; AIDS Education Project, Center for Mental Health Services and American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C.

Yvonne D. Francis, R.N., B.S., is an instructor for the Division of Nursing Education at the University of the Virgin Islands.

Lawrence B. Friedman, M.D., is Professor and Director of Adolescent Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Martha Friedrich, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, and Associate Director and Evaluator of the USF Center for HIV Education and Research and Florida/Caribbean AETC, Tampa, Florida.

Carol Fulton, M.S.N., A.R.N.P., C.P.N.P., is the Perinatal Transmission Prevention Project's trainer in the north Florida region and a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the University of Florida, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Center, Jacksonville, Florida.

Sagar Galwankar, M.B.B.S., D.N.B. (India), M.D., M.P.H. (USA), is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, USF College of Medicine and the USF College of Public Health. He serves as the International coordinator for USF’s CHART-India Center.

Hermes R. García, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, Latin American Center of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Lecturer, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico.

Daisy H. Gely, M.P.H.E., is Professor of Health Education at the University of Puerto Rico, and is the Puerto Rico Director.

Patricia P. Gilliam, M.Ed., M.S.N., A.R.N.P., B.C., is a Florida/Caribbean AETC Clinical Consultant/Trainer. She is a Nurse Practitioner and is the Clinical Research Liaison with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida. She also works as an Adult Nurse Practitioner at the Specialty Care Center, Hillsborough County Health Department, Tampa, Florida.

Ramón F. Gonzáles Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H., Oral Clinical Consultant and Trainer, Puerto Rico AIDS Education and Training Center. Researcher/Clinician Ryan White HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement Grant, University of Puerto Rico, School of Dentistry and Director, Department of Dentistry of Dr. Federico Trilla Hospital, University of Puerto Rico.

Sandra Gonzales Gompf, M.D.,F.A.C.P., is Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, and Section Chief, James A. Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, Florida.

Adolfo M. Gonzalez-Garcia, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Daniel Haight, M.D., is Director of the Polk County Health Department and an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of South Florida. He is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

Lois Hall, A.R.N.P., M.S.N., is a Florida/Caribbean AETC Clinical Consultant/Trainer and Nurse Practitioner at St. Joseph's Hospital Tampa Care Clinic, Tampa, Florida.

Francisco Javier Parga, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist. Coordinator for the Psychology and Case Management Sections of the HIV/AIDS Program, Puerto Rico, Department of Health.

Michael D. Knox, Ph.D., The Florida/Caribbean AETC Director, is Distinguished University Professor at The University of South Florida (USF), Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, USF, Director and Founder, USF Center for HIV Education and Research, Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, and Professor of Community and Family Health in the College of Public Health, USF, Tampa, Florida. (website)

Michael A. Kolber, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami School of Medicine. He is Director, AIDS Disease Management Initiative, JMH Health System. He is Director, Infectious Disease Clinical Research Unit. Director, Adult HIV Services, Department of Medicine, University of Miami. He is also Professor of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine

Donald E. Kurtyka, A.R.N.P., Ph.D., is Director, HIV Services, Tampa General Hospital; Clinical Instructor, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine; Nurse Practitioner, Specialty Care Center, Hillsborough County Health Department, Tampa, Florida.

Ernesto J. Lamadrid, M.D., is Medical Director of the Bureau of HIV/AIDS of the Florida Department of Health.

Michael Lauzardo, M.D., is the Deputy TB Controller for the state of Florida and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Robert M. Lawrence, M.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Hilda Leon, B.S., R.N.C., is the Perinatal HIV Transmission Prevention Program Coordinator for the USF Center for HIV Education and Research and the Clinical Educator for the Florida/Caribbean AETC Rapid Testing Initiative.

Jorge Lujan-Zilbermann, M.D., M.S., is Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Florida College of Medicine. He is a co-principal investigator for the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group and the Adolescent Trials Network site at USF's Pediatric HIV program.

Saniyyah Mahmoudi, M.S.N., A.R.N.P., is a Practitioner and Director of Education, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Florida, Jacksonville and Florida/Caribbean AETC Coordinator/Trainer.

Ingrid Marin-Espinet, Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist in Clinical Research (PR-CONCRA) San Juan PR. Individual, family & group therapist for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families, San Juan PR.

Santiago Marrero De León, M.D., Physician, El Nuevo Puerto Rico CoNCRA and AIDS Clinical Trials Unit. Lecturer and training in HIV/AIDS. Has participated in Clinical Trials for HIV/AIDS Protocols.

Gabriel Martinez, M.D., Infectious disease specialist and Director of Internal Medicine Department San Cristóbal Hospital, Ponce, PR.

Lucia Martinez-Bejar, M.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Rainbow Center for Women, Adolescents, Children, and Families, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Florida, Jacksonville.

Iván Meléndez-Rivera, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., A.A.H.I.V.S., is Assistant Professor, Family Practice Department, Ponce School of Medicine and Family Practice Residency, Dr. Pila Hospital. He is Director and Founder of Centro ARARAT, Inc. a non-profit multidisciplinary HIV organization in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He is a Clinical Consultant of the Ryan White Planning Council and Puerto Rico Juvenile Institutions.

Cesar A. Migliorati, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., is Associate Professor in Oral Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine.

Jose Montero, M.D., is an Associate Professor in Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of Kindred Hospital Central Tampa as well as serving as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). He treats HIV patients at Tampa General Hospital and the Hillsborough County Health Department.

Jose Moreno, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

J. Jamile Munajj-Brown, A.R.N.P., is the Perinatal Transmission Prevention Project's trainer in the Miami Florida region.

Eknath Naik, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, USF College of Public Health and in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, USF College of Medicine. He is the director of Centers for Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Training in India (CHART-India).

Allison Nist, M.D., Director, Disease Intervention Services (HIV/STD/TB/Hepatitis) Collier County Health Department, Senior Physician, ID Clinic, Collier County.

Shalewa Noel-Thomas, M.P.H., is Perinatal Prevention Coordinator in the USF Center for HIV Education and Research, Florida Mental Health Institute, USF, Tampa, Florida.

Joanne J. Orrick, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., is a Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida.

Mary J. O'Sullivan, M.D., is Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine.

JoNell Efantis Potter, Ph.D., R.N./A.R.N.P., is Division Director for Research and Special Projects, Assistant Professor in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine, and licensed as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner.

Sanjay Pujari, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, USF College of Medicine. He is Director of the HIV clinic at Grant Medical Foundation/Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India and in charge of the Pune branch of USF's CHART-India Center.

Jose Quero, M.D., Internal Medicine Specialist, Co-Director, HIV Clinic, Marion E. Fether Medical Center, Immokalee, Florida.

William E. Ramirez, J.D., Consultant and speaker for the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Mobeen Rathore, M.D., is Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Pediatrics, and Chief of Infectious Disease and Immunology, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida.

Carmen M. Rivera-Torres, R.N., M.P.H., is Coordinator of Connect to Protect; An Youth HIV Prevention Project of the Adolescent Medicine Trial Network (ATN), Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico.

Marta Rivero, D.N.S., R.N., A.C.R.N., Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Professor, School of Nursing, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico. Sex Educator and AIDS Certified Registered Nurse.

William Rowe, D.S.W., Director of the School of Social Work, University of South Florida, National Board Health Canada HIV Scholar in Residence Program, Editor Canadian Social Work Journal, Consultant Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work HIV Curriculum Network, Steering Committee Group for Advancement of Doctoral Education.

Jorge Santana, M.D., Principal Investigator/Program Director, AIDS Clinical Trial Unit and Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico.

Lizette Santiago, M.D., Doctorado en Medicina de Familia. Desde el 1994 labora en la Clínica de Seguimiento del Programa SIDA de San Juan como co-investigadora de la Clínica de investigaciones Clínicas del programa SIDA de San Juan.

Lydia E. Santiago, M.D., Associate Professor UPR School of Medicine and Co-Investigator for HIV Vaccine Dual Network PR Site.

Gwendolyn Scott, M.D., is Director and Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Gladys Sepúlveda Arzola, M.D., Medical Director and Coordinator, Regional Immunology Clinic-ETS-T.B. and Infectious Diseases Director and Consultant, San Lucas Hospital, Ponce, Puerto Rico and Medical Director, Medicine Department, Oncology Hospital. President and Consultant Infectious Control Committee.

John T. Sinnott, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Cullison Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and Mental Health. He is Director of the Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, and Chief of Infectious Diseases, Tampa General Healthcare, Tampa, Florida.

Charurut Somboonwit, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine. She is also Communicable Disease Director and Clinical Research Director at the Hillsborough County Health Department.

Ruth Soto Malavé, M.D., Physician, El Nuevo Puerto Rico CoNCRA. Attending Physician, Infectologist Puerto Rico Community Network in Clinical Research on AIDS RCM. Has participated in Clinical Trials for HIV/AIDS Protocols.

Carol M. Stewart, D.D.S., M.S., is Florida/Caribbean AETC Dental Director and Associate Professor in the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida.

Diane Straub, M.D., M.P.H., is Director, Adolescent Medicine and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of South Florida Department of Pediatrics, Tampa.

Michael Thompson, Pharm.D., B.C.N.S.P., is Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida.

John F. Toney, M.D., is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, USF College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. He is the Medical Director of the Florida STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, one of the CDC National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers.

Alma Vega, A.R.N.P.-B.C., M.S.N., Ed.D., is Clinic Coordinator for the Pediatric Special Immunology Program at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Lydia E. Vera-Méndez, M.P.H., Doctorado en Medicina de Familia. Desde el 1994 labora en la Clínica de Seguimiento del Programa SIDA de San Juan como co-investigadora de la Clínica de investigaciones Clínicas del programa SIDA de San Juan.

David Waldron, R.N., B.S.N., is an AETC Consultant Trainer.

Todd S. Wills, M.D., Assistant Professor, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tampa. He is also Assistant Director, Florida STD/HIV Prevention Training Center: CDC National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Centers.

Carmen D. Zorrilla, M.D., Professor, School of Medicine, OB-Gyn Department, University of Puerto Rico. Principal Investigator, Center for Maternal-Infant Studies and Woman-Infant HIV Transmission Studies. NIH Office of AIDS Research Prevention Science Working Group Member and US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Office on Women's Health Research Work Group Member. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal- Editorial Board Member. ACTG OB, Subcommittee Member.

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