About the Editor-in-Chief:
Carolyn Chu, MS, MSc, AAHIVS is the Chief Clinical Officer/Primary Investigator of the National Clinician Consultation Center, a federally supported educational resource program founded in 1993 to offer low barrier, person-centered guidance on HIV, hepatitis, and substance use. Dr. Chu completed a Family Medicine residency and clinical research fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY, and previously served as Medical Director for a large network of community health centers in New York City. She is a UCSF Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine and provides health care at San Francisco General Hospital's Family Health Center.
About the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM):
The American Academy of HIV Medicine stands as the nation's foremost independent organization of healthcare professionals committed to excellence in HIV care and prevention. The Academy's membership of practitioners and credentialed clinicians manage the health of most people living with or at risk for HIV in the United States. The HIV-centered credentialing programs promote standards of care as an independent verification of a provider's knowledge of HIV and HCV care, professional ethics, and overall sexual health competencies. The HIV Specialist™ ("AAHIVS"), HIV Expert™ ("AAHIVE"), and HIV Pharmacist™ ("AAHIVP") are the only credentials designated specifically for HIV care providers in the United States.