Jess Fogler Waldura, MD

• Associate Clinical Professor, Family and Community Medicine
• University of California San Francisco
• Director, National Perinatal HIV Hotline
• San Francisco General Hospital
• San Francisco, CA

 

Research Topics

• Improving the quality of HIV care delivered by primary care providers

 

Lecture and Writing Topics

• Perinatal HIV, including contraception, care of HIV-infected pregnant women, HIV testing in pregnancy, care of HIV-exposed infants
• Care of HIV-discordant couples, including topics such as sperm washing and use of PREP
• Management of HIV resistance in pediatric patients

 

Current Professional Summary

Currently, Dr Waldura's primary clinical role is that of HIV Consultant for the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians’ Consultation Center (NCCC), where she provides telephone consultation to clinicians throughout the United States regarding care of their HIV/AIDS patients. She also advises clinicians about the management of exposures to blood-borne pathogens and the use of post-exposure prophylaxis.

Dr Waldura acts as Director of the NCCC’s National Perinatal HIV Hotline, which she helped establish. The Hotline provides telephone consultation to clinicians caring for HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants. She is responsible for training and supervising the physicians and pharmacists who staff the phone lines and acts as a primary consultant on challenging perinatal cases. She conducts CQI sessions, as well as administrative and research activities for the Hotline.

Since 2006, Dr Waldura has been on the Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Treatment of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission, which produces the national perinatal HIV practice guidelines.

Her research is focused on identifying effective and economical interventions to improve the quality of care delivered to HIV-infected individuals in the primary care setting.

 

Committees and Organizations

• DHHS Panel on Treatment of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission

 

Honors and Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha (1999)

 

Education

• University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, MD, Medicine (1995-1999)
• University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Resident, Family and Community Medicine (1999-2002)
• University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, MAS, Clinical Research (2009-present)

 

Selected Publications (Most publications are listed under the name Fogler)

1. Mahoney MR, Fogler J, Neff S, Weber S. HIV testing: removing barriers can lead to earlier detection and reduced transmission. Am Fam Physician. 2010;82:878-880.
2. Perinatal HIV Guidelines Working Group. Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV transmission in the United States - May 24, 2010. http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/PerinatalGL.pdf. Accessed December 20, 2010.
3. Fogler J, Cohan D, Weber S, Goldschmidt RH.Delivery options for prevention of perinatal HIV transmission. Am Fam Physician. 2009;80:1356.
4. Fogler JA, Weber S, Cohan D, Goldschmidt RH. Providing the best quality care for HIV-exposed infants. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/eletters/123/1/175#43407. Published February 2009. Accessed December 20, 2010.
5. Fogler J, Weber S, Mahoney MR, Goldschmidt RH. Clinicians' knowledge of 2007 Food and Drug Administration recommendation to discontinue nelfinavir use during pregnancy. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2009;8:249-252.
6. Mahoney MR, Fogler J, Weber S, Goldschmidt RH. Applying HIV testing guidelines in clinical practice. Am Fam Physician. 2009;80:1441-1444.
7. Fogler JA, Weber S, Goldschmidt RH, Mahoney MR, Cohan D. Consultation needs in perinatal HIV care: experience of the National Perinatal HIV Consultation Service. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007;197:S137-S141.
8. Goldschmidt RH, Fogler JA. Opportunities to prevent HIV transmission to newborns. Pediatrics. 2006;117:208-209.
9. Mahoney MR, Fogler JA. HIV infection: clues to timely diagnosis. Consultant. 2006;46:853-860.