Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Kwong as Co-Medical Director of the National HIV and Aging Initiative. A collaboration of the Academy, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and ACRIA, the Initiative is made up of...
The Academy Council for Racial Equity (ACRE) was established in September 2020 by the National Board of the American Academy of HIV Medicine. We are a group of medical providers representing various medical disciplines who provide care for people with HIV. The Academy recognized the...
The Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of Carolyn Chu, MD, AAHIVS, as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the organization. A long-time member, Dr. Chu has also served as co-chair of the Academy’s California/Hawaii chapter steering committee and on the National Board of Directors. Dr....
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine, the nation’s leading independent organization of healthcare professionals dedicated to providing excellence in HIV care and prevention, recently released the new HIV Management in Primary Care multi-media online activity. Housed within the Academy’s online Provider Education Center,...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine is mourning the loss of Representative John Lewis (D-GA), a beacon of the civil rights movement and an ambassador for equality. Throughout his career, Rep. Lewis fought against systemic racism and disparities within our healthcare system, advocating that all Americans...
July 8, 2020: Data from an online survey presented this morning at the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual) by the American Academy of HIV Medicine show that approximately 1/3 of respondents using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and under a shelter-in-place order (SIPO) stopped taking their PrEP...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care have awarded the 2020 Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Drs. Rebecca Dillingham and Karen Ingersoll of the University of Virginia (UVa) Ryan White Clinic for their PositiveLinks (PL)...
The Academy is pleased to announce the one-year extension of accredited CME content related to managing the health and wellness of older persons with HIV. Hosted on the HIV-Age.org website, the newly updated clinical information will help health professionals treating people living with HIV as...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine today offered support for the newly introduced HIV Epidemic Loan-Repayment Program (HELP) Act. The bill, introduced by Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), would offer up to $250,000 in loan repayment over five years to physicians, nurse practitioners, physician...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine today called the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recommendation for states to adopt block grants for their Medicaid programs misdirected and warned that the health and welfare of millions – including people living with HIV...