Chinazo Cunningham, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Departments of Medicine, Family and Social Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY

E-mail: ccunning "at" montefiore.org

Research Topics

• HIV and substance abuse
  
  
  

Lecture and Writing Topics

• HIV and substance abuse
• Health services to marginalized populations
  
  
  

Current Professional Summary

Dr Cunningham is an attending physician at Montefiore Medical Center, and cares for predominantly HIV-infected substance users. She is a co-founder and the Director of the CitiWide Health Services Program, which serves hundreds of HIV-infected marginalized individuals in the Bronx and Harlem, NY. She is faculty of the social and primary care internal medicine residency programs, and directs a course on homeless medicine. Her research interests include HIV and substance abuse, the development and evaluation of health care programs, and health services of marginalized populations.

Honors and Awards

• Mary O'Flaherty Horn Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2001
  
• Lawrence Linn Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2000
  
  
  

Education

• Northwestern University, BA in Psychology (1990)
  
• University of California San Francisco, MD in Medicine (1994)
  
• University of California San Francisco, Internship in Primary Care Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital (1994-1995)
  
• New York University, Residency in Primary Care Internal Medicine (1995-1997)
  
• New York University, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (1997-1998)
  
  
  

Selected Publications

1. Cunningham CO, Shapiro S, Berg K, Sacajiu G, Paccione G, Goulet JL. An evaluation of a medical outreach program targeting unstable housed HIV-infected individuals. J Health Care Poor Underserved. In Press.
   
2. Cunningham CO, Selwyn P. HIV-related medical complications and treatment. In Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook, 4th Edition. Lowinson JH, Ruiz P, Millman RB (editors). Baltimore MD: Williams & Wilkins; 2004.
   
3. Heller D, McCoy K, Cunningham C. An invisible barrier to integrating HIV primary care with harm reduction services: philosophical clashes between the harm reduction and medical models. Public Health Report. Public Health Rep. 2004;119:32-39.
   
4. Cunningham CO, Selwyn PA. Mastitis due to Mycobacterium avium complex in an HIV-infected woman taking highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2003;17:547-550.