Dr. Cynthia Livingstone Gibert MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Veterans Affairs Medical Center 50 Irving St Nw Vamc Washington -Den Washington DC, 20422About
Dr. Cynthia Gibert is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Gibert 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
Howard Univ Coll of Med, Washington Dc 1984
Howard University College of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sex differences in the associations of HIV disease characteristics and body composition in antiretroviral-naive persons.
- An elderly man receiving hemodialysis who had diarrhea, weight loss, and liver mass.
- Long-term body composition and metabolic changes in antiretroviral naive persons randomized to protease inhibitor-, nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-, or protease inhibitor plus nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based strateg
- Effects of HIV infection on body composition changes among men of different racial/ethnic origins.
- Illicit drug use and HIV treatment outcomes in a US cohort.
- Long-term subcutaneous tissue changes among antiretroviral-naive persons initiating stavudine, zidovudine, or abacavir with lamivudine.
- Racial differences in changes of metabolic parameters and body composition in antiretroviral therapy-naive persons initiating antiretroviral therapy.
- The effect of individual antiretroviral drugs on body composition in HIV-infected persons initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- Continuous antiretroviral therapy decreases bone mineral density.
- Risk factors associated with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in HIV-infected and uninfected patients.
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