Dr. Risa Michelle Hoffman M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
200 Medical Plz Suite 365 B Los Angeles CA, 90095About
Dr. Risa Hoffman is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Hoffman specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
University of California 2000
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy duration and regimen on risk for mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Maternal outcomes after HAART for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in HIV-infected women in Brazil.
- A qualitative analysis of the barriers and facilitators to receiving care in a prevention of mother-to-child program in Nkhoma, Malawi.
- High-risk human papillomavirus in HIV-infected women undergoing cervical cancer screening in Lilongwe, Malawi: a pilot study.
- Seminal plasma HIV-1 RNA concentration is strongly associated with altered levels of seminal plasma interferon-γ, interleukin-17, and interleukin-5.
- Evaluation of the UCLA department of medicine Malawi global health clinical elective: lessons from the first five years.
- Provider attitudes about childbearing and knowledge of safer conception at two HIV clinics in Malawi.
- One-year outcomes of women started on antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy before and after the implementation of Option B+ in Malawi: A retrospective chart review.
- Who Provides Primary Care? An Assessment of HIV Patient and Provider Practices and Preferences.
- Brief Report: Health-Seeking Behavior and Symptoms Associated With Early HIV Infection: Results From a Population-Based Cohort in Southern Malawi.
- Evaluation of a Structured Predeparture Orientation at the David Geffen School of Medicine's Global Health Education Programs.
- Successes and Challenges of HIV Mentoring in Malawi: The Mentee Perspective.
- CD4 Variability in Malawi: Implications for Use of a CD4 Threshold of 500 Cells/mm Versus Universal Eligibility for Antiretroviral Therapy.
- Development of an HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Protocol for Trainees Engaging in Academic Global Health Experiences.
- Randomized trial of stopping or continuing ART among postpartum women with pre-ART CD4 ≥ 400 cells/mm3.
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