Debra A. Benator M.D

Associate Professor of Medicine, GWU SMHS
Director, HIV-Infectious Diseases Clinic
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington DC

Phone: (202) 745-8301
Fax: (202) 745-8432
Email: Debra.Benator@va.gov

Current HIV/AIDS Educational Activities:

• Director, GWUMC/VAMC Infectious Diseases Fellowship Education Program
• HIV-Infectious Diseases Clinic Teaching Attending for the Tuesday Fellow Clinic
• Infectious Diseases Consult Service Attending

Current HIV/AIDS Clinical Activities:

• Clinic Director for the HIV-Infectious Diseases Clinic at the VAMC in Washington DC where HIV and primary care is provided for approximately 850 patients with HIV infection.

Current HIV/AIDS Research Activities:

• Principal Investigator, Tuberculosis Trials Consortium: Protocol Co-chair for Treatment of HIV–related Tuberculosis Study and Protocol Chair and Pharmacokinetic Working Group Member for pharmacokinetic studies in HIV-related Tuberculosis
• Principal Investigator, SILCAAT; A Phase III Multicenter Randomized study of the biological and clinical efficacy of subcutaneous recombinant human interleukin-2 in HIV-infected patients with low cd4+ counts under active antiretroviral therapy