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Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP

Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP

Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP is the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Indiana University.

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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.

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Authors: MaryAnn Tran, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP, Chair, Department of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing author and editors:

Author: Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, Program Director, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Manitoba; Site Coordinator of Respiratory Medicine, St Boniface General Hospital.

Editors: Ruben Olmedo, MD, Chief, Division of Toxicology, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Ron Fuerst, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina College of Medicine; Director, Children's Emergency Center, Children's Hospital of Richland Memorial Hospital.

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Padian, N.S., S.I. McCoy, S.S. Karim, et al. "HIV prevention transformed: the new prevention research agenda." Lancet 378.9787 July 16, 2011: 269-278.

Piot, P., M. Kazatchkine, M. Dybul, and J. Lob-Levyt. "AIDS: Lessons Learned and Myths Dispelled." Lancet 374.9685 July 18, 2009: 260-263.

Thompson, M.A., J.A. Aberg, P. Cahn, et al. "International AIDS Society-USA. Antiretroviral treatment of adult HIV infection: 2010 recommendations of the International AIDS Society-USA panel." JAMA. 304.3 July 21, 2010: 321-333.

United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "HIV/AIDS." June 14, 2010. <http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/>.

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