
Christopher D. Pilcher, MD
Associate Professor in Residence, Attending physician, Positive Health Practice, SFGH
Clinical Core Director, UCSF Options Project
Research Interests
Acute HIV Infection, Genital Shedding of HIV, HIV Diagnostic Testing, Public Health Interventions to Reduce HIV Transmission
Select Publications
| 1) | C.D. Pilcher, J.T. McPherson, P.A. Leone, M. Smurzynski, A.L. Peace-Brewer, J. Owen O'Dowd, J. Harris, C.B. Hicks, J.J. Eron, Jr. and S.A. Fiscus. Real-time, universal screening for acute HIV infection in a routine HIV counseling and testing population. JAMA 2002 Jul 10;288(2):216-221 |
| 2) | C.D. Pilcher, H. Tien, J.J. Eron, Jr., P.L. Vernazza, S. Lu, P. Stewart, L. Goh, M.S. Cohen, et al.. Brief but efficient: Acute HIV infection and the sexual transmission of HIV. J Infect Dis 2004;189:1785-1792 |
| 3) | C.D. Pilcher, S.A. Fiscus, T.Q. Nguyen, E. Foust, J.T. McPherson, D. Williams, R. Ashby, J. Owen O'Dowd, W. Miller, JJ Eron, Jr., M.S. Cohen and P.A. Leone. Detection of acute HIV infections during HIV testing in North Carolina. New Engl J Med. 2005 May;152(18):1873-1883 |
| 4) | Fiscus, S. A., C. D. Pilcher, W. C. Miller, K. A. Powers, I. F. Hoffman, M. Price, D. A. Chilongozi, C. Mapanje, R. Krysiak, S. Gama, F. E. Martinson and M. S. Cohen (2007). "Rapid, real-time detection of acute HIV infection in patients in Africa." J Infect Dis 195(3): 416-24. |
| 5) | Pilcher CD, Joaki G, Hoffman IF, Martinson FE, Mapanje C, Stewart PW, Powers KA, Galvin S, Chilongozi D, Gama S, Price MA, Fiscus SA, Cohen MS. Amplified transmission of HIV-1: comparison of HIV-1 concentrations in semen and blood during acute and chronic infection. AIDS. 2007 Aug 20;21(13):1723-30. |
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Education & Training
AB, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1986
MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, 1993
Residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1993-1997
Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997-2000
PHP Faculty
Oliver Bacon, MD
Jason Barbour, PhD, MHS
George Beatty, MD, MPH
Susa Coffey, MD
Steven G. Deeks, MD
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Bradley Hare, MD
Hiroyu Hatano, MD
Diane Havlir, MD
Rick Hecht, MD
Laurence Huang, MD
Peter Hunt, MD
Mark Jacobson, MD
James Kahn, MD
Teri Liegler, PhD
Royce Lin, MD
Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Paula Lum, MD, MPH
Meg Newman, MD
Chris Pilcher, MD
Elise D. Riley, PhD, MPH
Jacqueline Tulsky, MD
Sheri D. Weiser, MD
Dan Wlodarczyk, MD
Affiliated Faculty
John Baker
Paul Baum, MD, PhD
Peter Chin-Hong, MD
Deborah Cohan
Grant Colfax, MD, MPH
Tri Do, MD
Ruth Greenblatt
Sandra Hernandez
Cheryl Jay
Nnemdi Kamanu
Dan Karasic, MD
Mitch Katz, MD
Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH
Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH
Toby Maurer
Joseph M. McCune, MD, PhD
Michelle Roland
Robin Serrahn
Mark Smith
Serena Spudich
Padmini Srikantiah
Oliver Bacon, MD
Jason Barbour, PhD, MHS
George Beatty, MD, MPH
Susa Coffey, MD
Steven G. Deeks, MD
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Bradley Hare, MD
Hiroyu Hatano, MD
Diane Havlir, MD
Rick Hecht, MD
Laurence Huang, MD
Peter Hunt, MD
Mark Jacobson, MD
James Kahn, MD
Teri Liegler, PhD
Royce Lin, MD
Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Paula Lum, MD, MPH
Meg Newman, MD
Chris Pilcher, MD
Elise D. Riley, PhD, MPH
Jacqueline Tulsky, MD
Sheri D. Weiser, MD
Dan Wlodarczyk, MD
Affiliated Faculty
John Baker
Paul Baum, MD, PhD
Peter Chin-Hong, MD
Deborah Cohan
Grant Colfax, MD, MPH
Tri Do, MD
Ruth Greenblatt
Sandra Hernandez
Cheryl Jay
Nnemdi Kamanu
Dan Karasic, MD
Mitch Katz, MD
Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH
Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH
Toby Maurer
Joseph M. McCune, MD, PhD
Michelle Roland
Robin Serrahn
Mark Smith
Serena Spudich
Padmini Srikantiah







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