FACULTY

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.

Paul Arons, M.D., is Medical Director, Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Tallahassee, FL

Efraín Arroyo, 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 and Glades County Health Department, 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).

Aimee Bert-Moreno, R.D. L.D., is a Dietitian/Nutritionist at the HUG-Me Program, Orlando, FL. and a Florida/Caribbean AETC Clinical Consultant/Trainer.

Patricia M. Bryan, R.N., B.S.N., M.P.H., is a Florida/Caribbean AETC Coordinator/Trainer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine.

Gloria B. Callwood, Ph.D., R.N., is Chairperson and Associate 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.

Suellen Cirelli, M.S.N., A.R.N.P., A.C.R.N., is a Florida/Caribbean AETC Coordinator/Trainer, Hug-Me Program, Orlando, Florida.

Leslie L. Clarke, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Epidemiology, College of Medicine at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Jill A. Frushtick, P.A., is a Certified Physician Assistant at the Alachua County Health Department.

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 M. 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, and works as a Nurse Practitioner at the Specialty Care Center, Hillsborough County Health Department, Tampa, Florida.

Ramón F. González 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 Gonzalez Gompf, M.D., 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.

Sally H. Houston, M.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, USF College of Medicine, and Director of Employee Health, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.

Jennifer Janelle, M.D., is Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, 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.

Pamela Juba, M.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Internist, and the Director of Adult Program, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Edgard E. Li-Espino, M.D., is a Physician at The Center for Prevention and Treatment of Infections, Pensacola, Florida.

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.

Joan S. Marsh, M.S.N., R.N., Chair, Division of Nursing Education, University of the Virgin Islands.

Michael K. Miller, Ph.D., is Professor, Health Policy and Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.

Jose Montero, M.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious and Tropical Disease and Faculty Coordinator, CDC STD Faculty Expansion Program, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. He is member of the Medical Staff at Transitional Hospital, Tampa General Hospital, and 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.

Jeffrey Nadler, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, USF College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida.

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, M.P.H., is the Minority AIDS Initiative coordinator for the Florida/Caribbean AETC and Perinatal Prevention Coordinator in the USF Center for HIV Education and Research, Florida Mental Health Institute, USF, Tampa, Florida.

Joanne 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 and Vice Chair Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director Perinatal Division, University of Miami School of Medicine.

Ana M. Puga, M.D., Medical Director, Comprehensive Family AIDS Program, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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

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.

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.

Patricia S. Robinson, A.R.N.P.-C., is a Pediatric and Adolescent A.R.N.P. at HUG-Me Program, Orlando, Florida and a Florida/Caribbean AETC consultant.

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.

Ana Rua-Dobles R.N., A.C.R.N., is a Nurse Clinician specializing in reduction of perinatal transmission at HUG-Me Program, Orlando, Florida and a Florida/Caribbean AETC Consultant.

Lissette 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.

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.

Robert Schwartz, M.D., is Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.

Gwendolyn B. Scott, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, 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.

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.

Corklin Steinhart, M.D., Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, University of South Florida, and practices at the Special Immunology Services, Mercy Hospital, Miami, Florida.

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. 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 Associate 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.

Ophelia A. Powell Torres, R.N., B.S.N., M.A., Assistant Professor, Division of Nursing at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas Campus.

Diana Travieso Palow, M.P.H., M.S., R.N., is Director of HIV/AIDS Educational Services, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Donna M. Treloar, A.R.N.P., Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the College of Nursing, University of Florida, and the Primary Preceptor in the four Florida/Caribbean AETC Clinical Training Clinics, Gainesville, Florida.

Barbara H. Wade, M.D., is the Director, Center for Prevention and Treatment of Infections, Pensacola, Florida.

David Waldron, R.N., B.S.N., is an AETC Consultant and Consumer Advocate. He is also an HIV Nurse Specialist/Health Planner, Health Planning Council of Southwest Florida.

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.