HIV/AIDS Primary Care Guide - Contributors

Kimberly Alfonso, MAcc (University of South Florida, 1995). Ms. Alfonso is the Assistant Director of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center and served as Managing Editor for this publication.

Rafael Alfonso, DDS (University of Maryland, 1982). Dr. Alfonso is in private practice and a Ryan White Title I provider in Miami, Florida.

David Ashkin, MD (New York Medical College, 1986). Dr. Ashkin is Medical Executive Director of A.G. Holley State 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 also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Jeffrey Beal, MD (University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1979). Dr. Beal is the Clinical Director of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida and Medical Director for the Ryan White Title III program at Hendry/Glades County Health Departments, Florida. In addition, Dr. Beal is the Senior Physician at Lee County Health Department, Florida.

David Beall, PhD Microbiology and Cell Science (University of Florida, 1995). Dr. Beall is Head of Mycobacteriology Laboratory at the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Laboratories, Jacksonville, Florida.

Kevin T. Belasco, DO, MS Dr. Belasco is a current Resident in Dermatology at Sun Coast Hospital in Largo, Florida.

Berry Bennett, MPH Mr. Bennett is the Retrovirology Administrator at the Florida Department of Health, Florida Bureau of Laboratories, Jacksonville, Florida.

Kimberley Brown, PharmD Dr. Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology at The Rainbow Center for Women,Adolescents, Children and Families at the University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Patricia M. Bryan, RN, BSN, MPH (Florida International University, 1997). Ms. Bryan is a Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center Coordinator/Trainer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Tracina Bush is an Epidemiologist for the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Tallahassee, Florida.

Daniela Chiriboga, MD Dr. Chiraboga works in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida.

Charles F. Clark, MD (John Hopkins University, 1964). MPH Dr. Clark is an inpatient physician in psychiatry at Lutheran Medical Center, Wheatridge, Colorado.

Marcus A. Conant, MD (Duke University, 1961). Dr. Conant is Medical Director at Conant Medical Group, San Francisco, California.

Amanda Cotter, MD (Trinity College, Ireland, 1994), MSPH Dr. Cotter is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Perinatal HIV Service in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. Dr. Cotter also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Susan S. Davis, ARNPC, MSN Ms. Davis is a Nurse Practitioner in Employee Health at Memorial Hospital, Miramar, Florida.

Jeri A. Dyson, MD Dr. Dyson is a physician practicing at the University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Michael G. Dow, PhD Psychology (Pennsylvania State University, 1983). Dr. Dow is a Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Patricia Emmanuel, MD (University of Florida College of Medicine, 1986). Dr. Emmanuel is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Head of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. She is also the Medical Director for the University of South Florida HIV Program for Children and Adolescents. Dr. Emmanuel serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Luis A. Espinoza, MD (UNIV/NAC Federico Villarreal, 1986). Dr. Espinosa is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine for the Clinical Immunology Section, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.

Karen V. Farrell RN, BSN, RM Ms. Farrell is the Executive Nursing Director and Director of Education at A.G. Holley State Hospital, Lantana, Florida.

Tanira Ferreira, MD Dr. Ferreira is Senior Physician at A.G. Holley State Hospital, Lantana, Florida.

Cade Fields-Gardner, MS, RD Ms. Fields-Gardner is Director of Services at The Cutting Edge in Cary, Illinois.

Martha Friedrich, PhD Dr. Friedrich 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.

Lawrence B. Friedman, MD (University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1980). Dr. Friedman is Professor and Director of Adolescent Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. Dr. Friedman also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Carol M. Fulton, MSN, ARNP, CPNP Ms. Fulton is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the University of Florida, Department of Pediatrics, The Rainbow Center for Women, Adolescents, Children and Families at the University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Fulton also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Sandra G. Gompf, MD, FACP (University of South Florida College of Medicine, 1991). Dr. Gompf 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. Dr. Gompf also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Manuel Guerra, MD Dr. Guerra is Senior Attending Physician in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Mercy Hospital, Miami, Florida.

Marcella Hamilton, RN, JD (Stetson University College of Law, 1996). Ms. Hamilton serves as a legal consultant for the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Elena S. Hollender, MD (Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1982). Dr. Hollender is Director of Clinical Services at A.G. Holley State Hospital, Lantana, Florida.

Asim A. Jani, MD, MPH, FACP (University of South Florida, College of Medicine, 1987). Dr. Jani is an Assistant State Epidemiologist for the Virginia Department of Health & Clinical Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Jani is also an Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, and Tri-County Infectious Disease Consultant at Orlando Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine.

Michael D. Knox, PhD, Psychology (University of Michigan, 1974). Dr. Knox is a Distinguished Professor of Mental Health Law and Policy, Medicine, and Global Health at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. He is also Director of the USF Center for HIV Education and Research and the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Michael Lauzardo, MD (University of Florida, 1991). Dr. Lauzardo 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, Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Lauzardo is also on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Kathy Letro, RD, LD/N Ms. Letro serves as a registered dietician in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Rainbow Center for Women, Adolescent, Children and Families at the University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Spencer Lieb, MPH Mr. Lieb is an Epidemiologist for the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Tallahassee, Florida.

Joseph A. Lucci III, MD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

D. Stewart MacIntyre, MD Dr. MacIntyre is a Clinical Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Lorene Maddox, MPH Ms. Maddox is an Epidemiologist for the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Tallahassee, Florida.

Igor Melnychuk, MD Dr. Melnychuk is currently a Fellow in the Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Lynette J. Menezes, PhD Public Health (University of South Florida, 2003). Dr. Menezes is Director of International Programs and Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Jose Montero, MD (University of South Florida, College of Medicine, 1993). Dr Montero 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 N. Moreno, MD (University of Puerto Rico, 1967). Dr. Moreno is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. Dr. Moreno also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Jeffrey P. Nadler, MD, FACP (New York Medical College, 1975). Dr. Nadler is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. Dr. Nadler also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Eknath Naik, MD (University of Bombay, 1991). PhD Epidemiology (University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1999). Dr. Naik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of South Florida, College of Public Health and in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. He is the Director of Centers for Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Training in India. Dr. Naik also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Masahiro Narita, MD Dr. Narita serves at the Tuberculosis Control Program, Department of Public Health, Seattle and King County, Washington.

Robin D. Nolen, MSW Ms. Nolen is an Adherence Facilitator and Health Educator in Orlando, Florida.

Joanne J. Orrick, PharmD (University of Florida, 1997). BCPS Dr. Orrick is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Orrick also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Frank Paula, MSN, ARNP Mr. Paula is a Nurse Practitioner at Mercy Hospital in Miami, Florida.

J. Matt Pearson, MD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

JoNell Efantis Potter, PhD, Nursing, ARNP (University of Miami, 2003). Dr. Potter is Division Director for Research and Special Projects, Assistant Professor in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. She also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Ana M. Puga, MD (Ponce School of Medicine, 1990). Dr. Puga is the Medical Director for the Comprehensive Family AIDS Program, Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Puga also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Iván Meléndez-Rivera, MD, FAAFP, AAHIVS Dr. Meléndez-Rivera is Assistant Professor in the Family Practice Department, Ponce School of Medicine and Family Practice Residency, Dr. Pila Hospital. Dr. Meléndez is Director and Founder of Centro ARARAT, Inc., a non-profit multidisciplinary HIV organization in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Mobeen H. Rathore, MD Dr. Rathore is Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, and Chief of Infectious Disease and Immunology at the University of Florida, Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Rathore also serves on the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center faculty.

Allen E. Rodriguez, MD Dr. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Clinical Immunology Section, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.

Samer I. Schuman, MD
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Gwendolyn B. Scott, MD (University of California, 1972). Dr. Scott is Professor and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. Dr. Scott also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

David Simpson, MD (University of Maryland, 1991). Dr. Simpson is a Professor of Neurology, Director of Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories, and Director of the Neuro-AIDS Program, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Charurut Somboonwit, MD (Srinanakharinwirot University, Thailand, 1995). Dr. Somboonwit is Senior Physician at the Polk County Health Department, and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Jerry Jean Stambaugh, PharmD Dr. Stambaugh is Pharmacy Director at the AG Holley State Hospital, Lantana, Florida.

Anne Stewart, PhD Nursing, ARNP Dr. Stewart is Immunology Clinic Manager and a member of the Faculty at Florida Southern College, Orlando, Florida.

Carol Stewart, DDS, MS (Indiana University, 1980). Dr. Stewart is Associate Professor in the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, and the Dental Director of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Stephen N. Symes, MD (Howard University, 1989). Dr. Symes is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Lee Tavel, RPh serves as a Pharmacist for the Orange County Health Department, Florida Department of Health, Orlando, Florida.

Nicoletta Tessler, PsyD Dr. Tessler is a Licensed Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Michael Thompson, PharmD, BCNSP (University of Michigan, 1978). Dr. Thompson is Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Pharmacy Practice in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Thompson also serves on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Deslyn Thornhill, MPH Ms. Thornhill is an Epidemiologist for the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Tallahassee, Florida.

John F. Toney, MD (Marshall University, 1981). Dr. Toney is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. He is the Medical Director of the Florida STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. Dr. Toney is also on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Todd S. Wills, MD (University of South Florida, 1998). Dr. Wills is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. He is Assistant Director of the Florida STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. Dr. Wills is also on the faculty of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

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Paul Arons, MD Dr. Arons is Medical Director, Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Tallahassee, Florida.

Gayle McLaughlin, RN, MSH Ms. McLaughlin is a nurse consultant.

Sherry Riley, BA Ms. Riley is a Program Administrator, Operations and Management, for the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Tallahassee, Florida.

David L. Thomas, MD, JD Dr. Thomas is a Clinical Professor in the Nova Southeastern University, College of Medicine.