Dr. Allison Lorna Agwu M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
200 N Wolfe St Rm 3145 Baltimore MD, 21287About
Completed residency training in internal medicine & pediatrics, and combined adult/pediatrics infectious diseases. Co-principal investigator of the JHU International Maternal, Pediatric, and Adolescen ...
Education and Training
University of Maryland School of Medicine 1999
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 2014
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hepatocellular carcinoma in a teenager with perinatally acquired HIV Infection without hepatitis B or C coinfection: a case report.
- Disparities in receipt of antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adults (2002-2008).
- Antiretroviral treatment strategies in highly treatment experienced perinatally HIV-infected youth.
- Sustained savings from a longitudinal cost analysis of an internet-based preapproval antimicrobial stewardship program.
- Perinatally HIV-infected youth presenting with acute stroke:
- Antiretroviral treatment, management challenges and outcomes in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents.
- Trends in hospitalizations among children and young adults with perinatally acquired HIV.
- Longitudinal evaluation of a World Wide Web-based antimicrobial stewardship program: assessing factors associated with approval patterns and trends over time.
- CD4 counts of nonperinatally HIV-infected youth and young adults presenting for
- Factors informing HIV providers' decisions to start antiretroviral therapy for young people living with behaviorally acquired HIV.
- Further thoughts on starting antiretroviral therapy: a response to ball.
- Long-term Virologic Suppression Despite Presence of Resistance-associated Mutations Among Perinatally HIV-infected Youth.
- Antiretroviral Stewardship in a Pediatric HIV Clinic: Development, Implementation
- Factors Associated With Retention Among Non-Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth in the
- The Impact of Youth-Friendly Structures of Care on Retention Among HIV-Infected Youth.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Aids/hiv, Infections
- Hives
Professional Memberships
- Member Infectious Diseases Society of America, HIV Medical Association, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Socie
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Infectious Diseases 2007
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2007
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