Erna Milunka Kojic, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Research Topics

• HPV and HIV coinfected women
• Metabolic complications of HIV

Lecture and Writing Topics

• HPV infections and HPV-associated diseases
• HIV complications

Current Professional Summary

Dr Kojic is the Medical Director of the Immunology Center at the Miriam Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School. She teaches outpatient HIV/ID care to medical students and residents, as well as a course in microbiology/infectious diseases. She is an attending physician at the Miriam Hospital. Dr Kojic’s research focuses on HPV/HIV coinfection in women, and she is a Principal Investigator of the Rhode Island site in the SUN study.

Committees and Organizations

• Member, Infectious Diseases Society of America (2000-present)
• Member, SUN Study Committee (Study to Understand the Natural History of HIV and AIDS in the Era of Effective Therapy) (2004-present)
• Member, National Institutes of Health, AIDS Clinical Trials Group (2004-present)
• Member, National Institutes of Health, AIDS Clinical Trials Group, Women's Health Internetwork Scientific Committee (2009-present)

Honors and Awards

• Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (2010)
• Co-Founder and Recipient of National Recognition from "HIV Plus" for establishing the 1st Menopause Clinic for HIV-positive women in the United States at The Miriam Hospital, an affiliate of Brown University (2005)

Education

• University of Iceland, MD, Medicine (1992)
• University of Iceland Hospital, Residency/Chief Residency, Medicine and Surgery (1992-1996)
• Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Residency/Chief Residency, Internal Medicine (1996-2000)
• Baylor College of Medicine, Fellowship, Infectious Diseases (2000-2002)
• Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Research Fellowship, HIV/AIDS (2002-2003)
• Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Research Fellowship, HIV and Cancer (2007-2009)

Selected Publications

1. Mondy KE, Gottdiener J, Overton ET, et al. High prevalence of echocardiographic abnormalities among HIV-infected persons in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52:378-386.
2. Kojic EM, Cu-Uvin S, Conley L, et al. Human papillomavirus infection and cytologic abnormalities of the anus and cervix among HIV-infected women in the study to understand the natural history of HIV/AIDS in the era of effective therapy (The SUN Study). Sex Transm Dis. 2010;37:1-7.
3. Conley L, Bush T, Darragh TM, et al. Factors associated with prevalent abnormal anal cytology in a large cohort of HIV-infected adults in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2010;202:1567-1576.
4. Kojic EM, Carpenter CCJ. Neurocognitive changes in AIDS: evolution of treatment of HIV infection. In: Paul RH, et al, eds. HIV and the Brain. New York, NY: Springer Publishing; 2009:1-8.
5. Anderson BL, Wang CC, Delong AK, et al. Genital tract leukocytes and shedding of genital HIV type 1 RNA. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;47:1216-1221.
6. Gerber JG, Kitch DW, Fichtenbaum CJ, et al. Fish oil and fenofibrate for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia in HIV-infected subjects on antiretroviral therapy: results of ACTG A5186. JAIDS. 2008;47:459-466.
7. Kojic EM, Cu-Uvin S. Special care issues of women living with HIV-AIDS. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2007;21:133-48, ix.
8. Kojic EM, Cu-Uvin S. Update: human papillomavirus infection remains highly prevalent and persistent among HIV-infected individuals. Curr Opin Oncol. 2007;19:464-469.
9. Kojic EM, Wang CC, Cu-Uvin S. HIV and menopause: a review. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Dec;16(10):1402-1411.
10. Kojic EM, Carpenter CCJ. Initiating antiretroviral therapy. In: HIV InSite Knowledge Base. On-line textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital, June 2003. (http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite)

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