Frederick Lewis Altice, MD, MA

Professor of Medicine (AIDS) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Director, Clinical and Community Research; Director, HIV in Prisons Program; Director, Community Health Care Van; Professor of Medicine, University of Malaya-Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA); Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Office of International Medical Student Education

Global Health Initiative: Infectious Diseases

School of Public Health: Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

Internal Medicine: (Viral Hepatitis Program) | Infectious Diseases

Research Interests

Interface between infectious diseases and substance abuse; treatment of HIV, HCV, and tuberculosis in vulnerable populations (including injection drug users and prison inmates); antiretroviral therapy; extended release naltrexone, buprenorphine and methadone treatment in management of co-morbid conditions; healthcare integration; adherence interventions; behavioral interventions more...

Education

  • M.D., Emory University, 1986

Selected Publications

  • Weiss L., Netherland J., Egan J.E., Flanigan T.P., Fiellin D.A., Finkelstein R., Altice F.L., Collaborative B. (2011) Integration of buprenorphine/naloxone treatment into HIV clinical care: lessons from the BHIVES collaborative. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 56 Suppl 1:S68-75.
  • Altice, F. L., Bruce, R. D., Lucas, G. M., Lum, P. J., Korthuis, P. T., Flanigan, T. P., et al. (2011). HIV treatment outcomes among HIV-infected, opioid-dependent patients receiving buprenorphine/naloxone treatment within HIV clinical care settings: results from a multisite study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 56 Suppl 1, S22-32.
  • Fisher J.D., Amico K.R., Fisher W.A., Cornman D.H., Shuper P.A., Trayling C., Redding C., Barta W., Lemieux A.F., Altice F.L., Dieckhaus K., Friedland G. (2011) Computer-Based Intervention in HIV Clinical Care Setting Improves Antiretroviral Adherence: The LifeWindows Project. AIDS Behav:In Press.

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