Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
Deputy Health Officer and Director
STD Prevention and Control Services
San Francisco Department of Public Health
San Francisco, CA

Web address: www.sfcityclinic.org and http://medicine.ucsf.edu/id/faculty/klausner.html

Research Topics

• Pathogenesis and epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
• Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of STDs including HIV infection
• Role of the Internet in STD/HIV prevention
• Substance use epidemiology and treatment
• Molecular epidemiology of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia
  
  
  

Lecture and Writing Topics

• Epidemiology, management, and prevention of STDs
• Role of the Internet, methamphetamine, and sildenafil in STD/HIV epidemiology and prevention
• HIV prevention for positives
  
  
  

Current Professional Summary

Dr Klausner is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, where he is also the Course Director for Medicine 140.14 STDs. He is the Director of STD Prevention and Control Services at the San Francisco Department of Health, and is also the Co-Director of San Mateo San Francisco Peninsula HIV/AIDS Research Center. In addition, he is the Senior Editor of Lange Current Diagnosis & Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.


Committees and Organizations

• Past President, California STD Controller's Association
• Member, UCSF Center for AIDS Research Advisory Board
• Co-Chair, The National Institute of Mental Health Biological Outcomes Working Group for HIV/STD Collaborative Prevention Trial
• Member, Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Member, American STD Association
• Member, Mayor's Task Force on Crystal Methamphetamine
  
  

Honors and Awards

• American STD Association Young Investigator Award (2002)
• Nominee, Kaiser Excellence in Teaching (2002)
• Community Award 2002 San Francisco Suicide Prevention
  
  

Education

• Cornell University, BA (1984)
• Cornell University, MD (with Honors in Research) (1991)
• NYU-Bellevue Hospital Center, Residency in Internal Medicine (1994)
• Harvard University, MPH (1995)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer (1997)
• University of Washington, Infectious Diseases Fellowship (1998)
  
  
  

Selected Publications

1. Klausner JD, Grant RM, Kent CK. Detection of acute HIV infections. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:631-633.
2. Lukehart SA, Godornes C, Molini BJ, Sonnett P, Hopkins S, Mulcahy F, Engelman J, Mitchell SJ, Rompalo AM, Marra CM, Klausner JD. Macrolide resistance in Treponema pallidum in the United States and Ireland. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:154-158.
3. Buchacz K, Patel P, Taylor M, Kerndt PR, Byers RH, Holmberg SD, Klausner JD. Syphilis increases HIV viral load and decreases CD4 cell counts in HIV-infected patients with new syphilis infections. AIDS. 2004;18:2075-2079.
4. Klausner JD, Levine DK, Kent CK. Internet-based site-specific interventions for syphilis prevention among gay and bisexual men. AIDS Care. 2004;16:964-970.
5. Moss NJ, Gallaread A, Siller J, Klausner JD. "Street medicine": Collaborating with a faith-based organization to screen at-risk youths for sexually transmitted diseases. Am J Public Health. 2004;94:1081-1084.
6. Klausner JD, Wolf W, Fischer-Ponce L, Zolt I, Katz MH. Tracing a syphilis outbreak through cyberspace. JAMA. 2000;284:447-449.