The HIV curriculum and educational experience is a cornerstone of our fellowship in which fellows have broad and in-depth exposure to the vast field of HIV and graduate with a high level of clinical proficiency. Los Angeles County is a national geographic hot spot of the HIV endemic in which disparities across the population disproportionately affects patients that receive their care at Harbor-UCLA 

Fellows rotate 25% of their fellowship on the HIV/Immunocompromised Inpatient Team consulting on all patients with known or newly diagnosed HIV. Our fellows have extensive exposure to the diagnosis and management of HIV, HIV prophylaxis (PrEP & PEP), HIV related opportunistic infections and AIDS-related malignancies in addition to common complications of antiretroviral therapy and immune reconstitution syndrome.  Linkage and retention to our Positive Care Clinic is easy and strongly supported by a multidisciplinary team of social and case workers.

Each fellow attends a half-day HIV continuity clinic and assumes the role as the primary provider for a panel of patients with HIV, compiled predominantly by patients initially seen while the fellow was rotating on the inpatient service. Fellows taking care of patients with HIV at Harbor-UCLA have a unique patient-physician longitudinal experience that truly impacts a patient’s life from a near-death defining AIDS defining illness as their inpatient consultant to seeing a robust immune recovery, building a trusted relationship, and tackling barriers of health and comorbid conditions as routine outpatient care.  The Harbor-UCLA Positive Care Clinic provides care to around 1000 persons with HIV.  The clinic boasts a robust multidisciplinary team that includes nurse practioners, dedicated nursing support, case managers, social work, in addition to access to DHS financial, legal, nutrition, and mental health support.