Faculty | Infectious Diseases Division

Helen C Koenig, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Attending Physician, Hospital of the Univeristy of Pennsylvania; 2 blocks of 2 weeks annually and half day of clinic weekly

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Division of Infectious Diseases
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 3rd floor Silverstein, Suite D.
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Office: 215-662-6932
Fax: 215-662-7899

Email:
helen.koenig@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
AB (Molecular Biology)
Princeton University, 1999.
MD
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 2003.
MPH (Public Health graduate training)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2003-2004.
Resident in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2004-2006.
Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2009.
Resident in Preventive Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2008-2010.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2006.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, 2009.
American Board of Preventive Medicine, 2010.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

HIV, HIV-hepatitis C coinfection, treatment of multi-drug resistant HIV

Description of Research Expertise

HIV prevention

Selected Publications

Mara Gordon, Jennifer Lydic, & Beth Rutstein; Academic preceptors H. Koenig, Zvi Gellis, Brendan C. Carr; Community preceptors Stacey Trooskin, Danielle Parks: Do One Thing. Presented at 22nd Annual Bridging the Gaps Symposium September 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

History Making Productions : Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia 1793. Documentary Film. Sam Katz Productions, 2012 Notes: Served as Medical Expert as part of “Philadelphia: The Great Experiment” series, a historical documentary television film and Internet project that presents the story of Philadelphia, the single most compelling stage for the unfurling and testing of American ideals.

Koenig Helen C, Finkel Barbara B, Khalsa Satjeet S, Lanken Paul N, Prasad Meeta, Urbani Richard, Fuchs Barry D: Performance of an automated electronic acute lung injury screening system in intensive care unit patients. Critical care medicine 39(1): 98-104, Jan 2011.

Koenig Helen C, Sutherland Andrea, Izurieta Hector S, McGonagle Dennis: Application of the immunological disease continuum to study autoimmune and other inflammatory events after vaccination. Vaccine 29(5): 913-9, Jan 2011.

Koenig HC, Holtgrave D: Sexual Risk Behaviors. Motivating Behavior Change in Populations. Kahan S (eds.). Accepted by Elsevier, awaiting publication, 2011.

Koenig HC, Peterson J, Olthoff G, Hague C, Valentine D, Hilton C, Ketemepi S: Behavioral Surveillance Study of Subgroups of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Baltimore City. Committee Report, Baltimore City Health Department 2011.

Mabry-Hernandez Iris R, Koenig Helen C: Screening and treatment for major depressive disorder in children and adolescents. American Family Physician 82(2): 185-6, Jul 2010.

Tuton LW, Azzam H, Scott P, Cappola AR, Abbuhl S: FOCUS: Expanding Our Efforts to Foster the Next Generation of Women in Medicine. Presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges Conference November 2009 Notes: Poster presentation.

Azzam Helen C, Khalsa Satjeet S, Urbani Richard, Shah Chirag V, Christie Jason D, Lanken Paul N, Fuchs Barry D: Validation study of an automated electronic acute lung injury screening tool. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 16(4): 503-8, Jul-Aug 2009.

Azzam Helen C, Gahunia Mona K, Sae-Tia Sutthichai, Santoro Jerome: Mycobacterium avium-avium-associated typhlitis mimicking appendicitis in an immunocompetent host. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 337(3): 218-20, Mar 2009.