The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) applauds the choice of Francisco Ruiz as the new Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Mr. Ruiz will take an instrumental role in supporting and implementing efforts to end HIV and to ensure health equity for communities most affected by HIV. “Mr. Ruiz brings with him an incredible background of service and leadership within the field, and the Academy is looking forward to working with him to make progress on our mutual goals of making HIV care and prevention tools and services widely and easily accessible to everyone w ..read more

Washington, D.C.: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) yesterday announced the Dr. Dawn K. Smith HIV Prevention Clinical Fellowship, funded by a grant through ViiV Healthcare. The fellowship will provide comprehensive HIV prevention training for non-infectious disease clinicians and will focus efforts in communities disproportionately affected by HIV. “The Academy is committed to working toward ending the HIV epidemic, and broadly employing the full scale of our prevention options plays a critical part in that,” says Bruce J. Packett, II, Executive Director of AAHIVM. “Unfortunately ..read more

Transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care is life-saving health care. As an organization whose members are comprised of health care providers and clinicians, the Academy unequivocally supports transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care as well as the professionals who provide it. We uphold the sanctity of the patient-provider relationship and the individual decisions regarding the provision of health care that the patient and their provider make together. Additionally, providing health care for the whole person, including gender-affirming care, is a ..read more

WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care (ITHC) have awarded the 2023 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Damien Cares in Indianapolis, Ind. The organization and its president and CEO, Alan Witchey, are being recognized for developing and implementing a creative telemedicine program that helps to expand needed services to individuals who typically face barriers to care. Damien Cares offers individuals in central Indiana access to infectious disease care, primary care, HIV/STI testing, HIV pre-exposure prophyl ..read more

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Academy of HIV Medicine denounces last week’s court ruling on the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case. Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) violated the appointments clause and is not a legally appointed body, effectively blocking enforcement of USPSTF recommendations. The judge also ruled that the plaintiffs, Braidwood Management and Kelley Orthodontics, do not have to provide insurance coverage for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) because doing so would v ..read more

WASHINGTON, DC: This week, the American Academy of HIV Medicine has launched a new podcast, The Academy Exchange: HIV Today & Tomorrow. This podcast will explore the latest news and advances in HIV prevention, care, and treatment, as well as examine the societal and systemic issues facing people with and at risk for HIV. The Academy Exchange: HIV Today & Tomorrow is geared toward anyone who wants to learn more about the latest advances in HIV prevention, treatment and care. Hosted by the Academy’s Executive Director, Bruce J. Packett, this podcast series of interviews with clinical, re ..read more

WASHINGTON, DC:  This week, the American Academy of HIV Medicine launched a new online resource, www.hivlaa.org, to expand the knowledge base for long-acting antiretroviral agents (LAAs) used for the treatment and prevention of HIV. LAAs are innovative new tools in the fight against HIV that come in many forms including injections, implants, and oral medication. Long-acting treatment offers an enormous benefit to people with HIV by decreasing the need to take daily medications. The new Long-acting Agent Resource Center website is designed to be a one-stop shop for information on LAAs and ..read more

WASHINGTON, DC:  The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care have awarded the 2022 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Dr. Hillary Liss and Dr. Jennifer Jones-Vanderleest of Seattle, Washington. Drs. Liss and Jones-Vanderleest are being recognized for an innovative telemedicine partnership between the Madison Clinic, a Ryan White clinic at Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and Public Health-Seattle and King County Jail (KCJ) Health Services, found to improve care of incarcerated individuals ..read more

Washington, DC:  This week, members of the American Academy of HIV Medicine, the nation’s leading network of HIV care providers, met with Congressional representatives to highlight four critical policy interventions needed to achieve the goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030. Over fifty Academy members and credentialed providers participated in thirty scheduled meetings, representing eighteen states across the U.S. Participants included doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists, representing the core of the HIV clinical care team. “It is important for our Congr ..read more

The American Academy of HIV Medicine applauds the Biden Administration for prioritizing health care funding in the recently released budget proposal. With a $127.3 billion investment in discretionary programs and $1.7 trillion in mandatory programs for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the budget showcases a deep commitment to reinvesting in public health, research, and making major investments in HIV, overdose prevention, mental health, maternal health and cancer. Most significant to the millions with or those most at-risk for HIV in the U.S., the budget includes an increase ..read more