Dr. Judith S. Currier MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1399 Roxbury Dr Suite 100 Los Angeles California, 90035About
Dr. Judith Currier is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Currier 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
MD at Dartmouth Medical School
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1988
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Joint effects of HIV-1 RNA levels and CD4 lymphocyte cells on the risk of specific opportunistic infections.
- How to manage metabolic complications of HIV therapy: what to do while we wait for answers.
- Discontinuing prophylaxis for opportunistic infection: guiding principles.
- Absence of virological changes after acute febrile illnesses in two patients with undetectable pre-illness plasma HIV-1-RNA levels.
- Predictive markers of HIV-related weight loss and determination of differences between populations with weight loss stratified by opportunistic processes.
- Preliminary guidelines for the evaluation and management of dyslipidemia in adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus and receiving antiretroviral therapy: Recommendations of the Adult AIDS Clinical Trial Group Cardiovascular Disease Focus Gr
- Impact of prophylaxis for Mycobacterium avium complex on bacterial infections in
- OI prophylaxis in antiretroviral responders: stay the course or bite the bullet?
- Skin test reactivity and cellular immune responses to Mycobacterium avium sensitin in AIDS patients at risk for disseminated M. avium infection.
- Association of adherence to Mycobacterium avium complex prophylaxis and antiretroviral therapy with clinical outcomes in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
- Localized osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- Cardiovascular risk associated with HIV therapy.
- A study of discontinuing maintenance therapy in human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex: AIDS Clinical Trial Group 393 Study Team.
- Complications of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy.
- Coronary heart disease in HIV-infected individuals.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor of Medicine, Division Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, Los Angeles -
Awards
- Received HIV Master Educator Award- 2015
- 2010-2012 Southern California Super Doctors
- 2011 Top Women Southern California Super Doctors
- 2009 Southern California Super Doctors 2008
- 2007 Los Angeles Super Doctors
Treatments
- Aids/hiv
Fellowships
- Infectious Disease, Harvard Medical School 1989
- Infectious Disease, Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr-East Campus 1988
Internships
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowships
- Harvard Medical School
Professional Society Memberships
- Board of Directors For the International Aids Society USA
Articles and Publications
- Published Over 200 Peer Reviews and Research Papers
What do you attribute your success to?
- Great opportunities and a wonderful mentorship.
Hobbies / Sports
- Skiing
Favorite professional publications
- New England Journal of Medicine
Dr. Judith S. Currier MD's Practice location
Practice At 200 Medical Plaza #214,365,530,420,120
200 Medical Plaza #214,365,530,420,120 -Los Angeles, CA 90095Get Direction
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