Faculty
Florida/Caribbean AETC faculty represent a diverse group of HIV care providers. They serve as authors for our HIV CareLink Newsletter, HIV/AIDS Primary Care Guide, and all clinical resources. AETC Faculty also develop and present our HIV/AIDS programs in the region.
Maribel Acevedo, MD, Physician at Community Network in Community Network in Clinical Research on AIDS San Juan PR.
Midnela Acevedo, MD, Pediatrician, Co-Principal Investigator Pediatric Research Protocols San Juan City Hospital, San Juan PR.
Wanda Acosta Rivera, RN, 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, MD, 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, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases and Immunology, and Director of Fellowship Program, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida.
Efraín Arroyo Pena, MD, Director, Centro de Salud Migrantes, Mayagüez, PR. Miembro de la Asociación Americana de Medicina-VIH y de la Sociedad Internacional de SIDA.
David Ashkin, MD, 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. He is Co-Principal Investigator of the Southeastern National TB Center. Dr. Ashkin is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.
Jeffrey Beal, MD, AAHIVS, Clinical Director, Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center; Medical Director, Bureau of HIV/AIDS of the Florida Department of Health; Associate Professor, University of South Florida; and Medical Director, Ryan White Part C, Hendry/Glades County Health Departments, LaBelle, FL.
Belinda Beauchamp, MD, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan. Co-investigator of Women-Infant Transmission Study, Natural History Study of Women with HIV Infection and their Offspring, and Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Unit (PACTU).
Roberto Calderón, MD, Internal Medicine specialist at Community Network in Clinical Research on AIDS San Juan PR.
Gloria B. Callwood, PhD, RN, 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, MD, MPH, 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, MS, RN, LMT, Visiting Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of the Virgin Islands.
Amanda Cotter, MD, MRCOG, MRCPI, MSPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) in the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Florida. Dr. Cotter also serves as Director of the Perinatal HIV Service within the OB/GYN Division of Research and Special Projects.
Wilfredo E. Cuevas, MD, HIV Treater Medical Association in PR, President and AIDS Comprehensive Care Program Physician Ryder Memorial Hospital Humacao PR.
Clemente Díaz, MD, 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, MD, Co-Principal Investigator at Pediatric/Ob-Gyn Research Protocols and Assistant Professor of Obstetric and Gynecology, San Juan City Hospital.
Patricia J. Emmanuel, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and head of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa. She is the Medical Director for the University of South Florida HIV Program for children and adolescents.
Luis A. Espinoza, MD, 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.
Irma Febo, MD, 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, MD, 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, RN, BS, Instructor for the Division of Nursing Education at the University of the Virgin Islands.
Lawrence B. Friedman, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the HIV/AIDS House Physician Program; Director of Inpatient Adult HIV Services in the Department of Medicine; Director of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine.
Martha Friedrich, PhD, 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, MSN, ARNP, CPNP, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the University of Florida, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Center, Jacksonville, Florida.
Sagar Galwankar, MBBS, DNB (India), MD, MPH (USA), 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, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Latin American Center of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Lecturer, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico.
Daisy H. Gely, MPHE, Professor of Health Education at the University of Puerto Rico, and is the Puerto Rico Director.
Patricia P. Gilliam, MEd., MSN, ARNP, BC, 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, DDS, MPH, 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, MD, FACP, 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, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Daniel Haight, MD, 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, ARNP, MSN, Florida/Caribbean AETC Clinical Consultant Trainer and Nurse Practitioner at St. Joseph's Hospital Tampa Care Clinic.
Jennifer Janelle, MD, Staff Physician, Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville; and Consultant, HIV Clinic Alachua County Health Department.
Francisco Javier Parga, PhD, Clinical Psychologist. Coordinator for the Psychology and Case Management Sections of the HIV/AIDS Program, Puerto Rico, Department of Health.
Dushyantha Jayaweera, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami.
Michael D. Knox, PhD, Director, Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center; Distinguished Professor at The University of South Florida (USF) in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Department of Internal Medicine, and Department of Global Health; Director, USF Center for HIV Education and Research, which he founded in 1988.
Michael A. Kolber, MD, PhD, 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, ARNP, PhD, Director, HIV Services, Tampa General Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine; and Nurse Practitioner, Specialty Care Center, Hillsborough County Health Department, Tampa.
Ernesto J. Lamadrid, MD, AAHIVS, Director of HIV/AIDS Services, Alachua County Health Department, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville.
Michael Lauzardo, MD, MSc, 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, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville. Dr. Lawrence is a specialist with 20 years of experience in Pediatric HIV, including participation with the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Group. He provides direct clinical HIV care for infants, children, adolescents and young adults in Gainesville and the surrounding counties as well as at satellite clinics in Tallahassee, Panama City and Pensacola. He participates in editing the Pediatric Antiretroviral Pocket Card, HIV clinical program evaluations and educational programs concerning primarily, pediatric HIV medical care, Adolescent HIV medical care and preventing HIV Perinatal transmission.
Hilda Leon, BS, RNC, 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, MD, MS, 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, MSN, ARNP, Practitioner and Director of Education, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Florida, Jacksonville and Florida/Caribbean AETC Coordinator/Trainer.
Ingrid Marin-Espinet, PsyD, 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, MD, 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, MD, Infectious disease specialist and Director of Internal Medicine Department San Cristóbal Hospital, Ponce, PR.
Lucia Martinez-Bejar, MD, 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, MD, FAAFP, AAHIVS, Assistant Professor, Family Practice Department, Ponce School of Medicine; Family Practice Residency, Dr. Pila Hospital and Saint Luke's Hospital Internal Medicine Residence Program; Principal Investigator and Medical Director of Centro ARARAT, a non-profit multidisciplinary HIV organization in Ponce, Puerto Rico; Clinical Consultant of the Ryan White Planning Council; ADAP Advisory Board, Puerto Rico Juvenile Institutions and Resistance Testing Consultation Florida/Caribbean AETC; Vice President, Puerto Rico HV Treaters Association.
Cesar A. Migliorati, DDS, MS, PhD, Associate Professor in Oral Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine.
Swati R. Modi, MD, AAHIVS, Assistant Professor, University of Florida Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service (UF CARES), Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville.
Jose Montero, MD, FACP, Associate Professor in Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. He treats HIV patients at Tampa General Hospital and the Hillsborough County Health Department.
Jose Moreno, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Eknath Naik, MD, PhD, 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, MD, Director, Disease Intervention Services (HIV/STD/TB/Hepatitis) Collier County Health Department, Senior Physician, ID Clinic, Collier County.
Mary Jo O'Hara, MSN, ARNP, Clinical Coordinator and Nurse Practioner at the Miami Family Care Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Joanne J. Orrick, PharmD, AAHIVE, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville. She is heavily involved in writing and editing AETC resource materials.
Mary J. O'Sullivan, MD, Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine.
Elizabeth Piantadosi, RN, BSM, Clinical Research Nurse and Special Projects Coordinator, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease.
JoNell Efantis Potter, PhD, RN, ARNP, 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, MD, 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, MD, Internal Medicine Specialist, Co-Director, HIV Clinic, Marion E. Fether Medical Center, Immokalee, Florida.
William E. Ramirez, JD, Consultant and speaker for the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.
Mobeen Rathore, MD, CPE, FAAP, FIDSA, FACPE, Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Pediatrics, and Chief of Infectious Disease and Immunology, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville.
Carmen M. Rivera-Torres, RN, MPH, 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, DNS, RN, ACRN, 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, DSW, 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, MD, Principal Investigator/Program Director, AIDS Clinical Trial Unit and Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan.
Lizette Santiago, MD, 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, MD, Associate Professor UPR School of Medicine and Co-Investigator for HIV Vaccine Dual Network PR Site.
Gwendolyn Scott, MD, Director and Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Gladys Sepúlveda Arzola, MD, 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, MD, FACP, 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, MD, 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, MD, 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, MS, DDS, MS, Florida/Caribbean AETC Dental Director and Professor in the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida.
Diane Straub, MD, MPH, Director, Adolescent Medicine and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of South Florida Department of Pediatrics, Tampa.
Michael Thompson, PharmD, BCNSP, Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee.
John F. Toney, MD, FACP, FIDSA, 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.
Lydia E. Vera-Méndez, MPH, 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, BSN, RN, AETC Consultant Trainer.
Todd S. Wills, MD, Associate Professor, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine Tampa. He is also Assistant Director, Florida STD/HIV Prevention Training Center: CDC National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Centers.
Carmen D. Zorrilla, MD, Professor, School of Medicine, OB-Gyn Department, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan. Principal Investigator, Center for Maternal-Infant Studies and Woman-Infant HIV Transmission Studies; NIH Office of AIDS Research Prevention Science Working Group Member; 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; and ACTG OB, Subcommittee Member.
