Washington, D.C. -- December 4, 2008 -- Dr. Antonio E. Urbina, M.D., a member of the American Academy of HIV Medicine's New York/New Jersey chapter, was recently appointed to a four-year position on the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA).  Dr. Urbina is the third AAHIVM member currently sitting on PACHA.  He joins Zelalem Temesgen, MD, AAHIVS, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and Sharon Valenti, NP, AAHIVS from St. John Hospital and Medical Center (SJH&MC) in Grosse Point Woods, MI. 

The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) is encouraged by the December 1 announcement of the American College of Physicians (ACP) about its new practice guideline published in Annals of Internal Medicine recommending routine HIV screening for all patients ages 13 to 64.  AAHIVM has supported routine HIV testing since the September 2006 release of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings, and has been awarded a cooperative agreement by the CDC to help develop strategies for implementation of those recommendations.