Faculty | Infectious Diseases Division

Valerianna K. Amorosa, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Attending Physician, Viral Hepatitis Clinic, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Chief, Infectious Diseases Section, Philadelphia Veteran's Administration Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Philadelphia Veteran's Administration Medical Center,
Department of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-823-5800

Email:
valerianna.amorosa@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
B.A. (Molecular Biology Cum Laude)
Princeton University, 1993.
M.D.
Washington University in St. Louis, 1998.

Post-Graduate Training
Internship, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-1999.
Resident in Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1999-2001.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2001-2001.
Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2002-2004.

Certifications
ABIM, Infectious Diseases, 2004.
ABIM, Internal Medicine , 2011.

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Description of Research Expertise

Clinical research in HIV, HCV coinfection

Description of Clinical Expertise

HIV, HIV/HCV coinfection

Selected Publications

Lo Re V 3rd, Teal V, Localio AR, Amorosa VK, Kaplan DE, Gross R. : Adherence to Hepatitis C Virus Therapy in HIV/Hepatitis C-Coinfected Patients AIDS Behav. 17(1): 94-103, Jan 2013.

Amorosa VK, Aibana O, Shire N, Dorey-Stein Z, Ferrara T, Gilmore J, Kostman J, Lo Re V: Willingness to Undergo a Repeat Liver Biopsy among HIV/Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected and Hepatitis C Virus-Monoinfected Patients. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. ] (eds.). Epub, Jan 2013.

Lee YJ, Osinusi A, M Kang, T Umbleja, Amorosa VK, Kottilil S, Peters MG: Augmentation of Interferon signaling by Nitazoxanide in HIV HCV Coinfected Patients : Exploratory Analysis from the ACTG5269 trial. Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, March 2013, Atlanta GA. 2013.

Raphael BA, Dorey-Stein ZL, Lott J, Amorosa V, Lo Re V 3rd, Kovarik C. : Low prevalence of necrolytic acral erythema in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J Am Acad Dermatol. Epub ahead of print, February 2012

Nagler A, Kim B, Gormley R, Chandler L, Han J, Amorosa V, Kovarik C.: A Verrucous Nodule on the Upper Lip: A Case of Coccidioidomycosis in a Non-endemic Region. Cutis in press, 2012.

Amorosa V, Umbleja T, Johnson V, Kang M, Leutkemeyer A, Bardin M, Haas D, Chung R, Yesmin S, Alston-Smith B, Tebas P, Peters M : The addition of Nitazoxanide to peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin does not significantly improve sustained virologic response in HCV treatment-naïve genotype 1 HIV-1/HCV co-infected subjects: Results of ACTG 5269. IAS conference, Washington, July 2012 2012.

Lo Re V, Teal V, Localio R, Amorosa V, Kaplan D, Gross R: Adherence to Hepatitis C Virus Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, March 4-7, 2012, Seattle, WA Page: Q142, 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

Hafkin J, Osborn M, Kostman J, Chang KM, Amorosa V, Localio R, Mounzer K, Gross R, Lo Re V. : Incidence and Risk Factors for Incomplete HBV Suppression Among Tenofovir-Treated HIV/HBV-Coinfected Patients Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, March 4-7, 2012, Seattle, WA Page: Q-173, 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

Luetkemeyer A, Umbleja T, Amorosa V, Dayyeh B, Chung RT, Kang M, Bardin M, Haas DW, Tebas P, Peters M: Nitazoxanide (NTZ) may Mitigate the Unfavorable Association between IL28B Genotype and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Treatment Response to Pegylated Interferon-based therapy Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, March 4-7, 2012, Seattle, WA Page: Q-143, 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

Lemonovich T, Hanes K, Lautenbach E, Amorosa V: Combination Therapy with an Aminoglycoside for Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis and/or Persistent Bacteremia Is Associated with Decreased Rate of Recurrent Bacteremia: a Cohort Study. Infection 39(6): 549-54, December 2011 Notes: Epub 2011 Sep 6.