Wei-Teng Yang, MD MPH AAHIVS FASAM FACP

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Director of Infectious Diseases Addiction Medicine Integration, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Department: Medicine

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3400 Spruce Street, Silverstein 3F, Suite E
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
MD
National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Taiwan, 2007.
MPH
Johns Hopkins University, 2010.
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Selected Publications

Yang WT, Dombrowski JC, Glick SN, Kim HN, Beieler AM, Lan KF, Dhanireddy S.: Partial-Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Bone and Joint Infections in People With Recent Injection Drug Use. Open Forum Infect Dis 10(1): 5, Jan 2023.

Amy W Liu, Wei-Teng Yang, Sara N Glick, H Nina Kim, Alison M Beieler, Kristine F Lan, Shireesha Dhanireddy, Judith I Tsui: Stimulant Co-use Is Associated With Patient-directed Discharges in Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use and Injection Drug Use Related Infections. J Addict Med 17(6): 646-647, 2023.

Shivakoti R, Ewald ER, Gupte N, Yang WT, Kanyama C, Cardoso SW, Santos B, Supparatpinyo K, Badal-Faesen S, Lama JR, Lalloo U, Zulu F, Pawar JS, Riviere C, Kumarasamy N, Hakim J, Pollard R, Detrick B, Balagopal A, Asmuth DM, Semba RD, Campbell TB, Golub J, Gupta A; NWCS 319 and ACTG PEARLS Study Team.: Effect of baseline micronutrient and inflammation status on CD4 recovery post-cART initiation in the multinational PEARLS trial. Clin Nutr 38(3): 1303-1309, Jun 2019.

Yang WT, Grant M.: Actinomyces neuii: a case report of a rare cause of acute infective endocarditis and literature review. BMC Infect Dis 19(1): 511, Jun 2019.

Tenforde MW, Yadav A, Dowdy DW, Gupte N, Shivakoti R, Yang WT, Mwelase N, Kanyama C, Pillay S, Samaneka W, Santos B, Poongulali S, Tripathy S, Riviere C, Berendes S, Lama JR, Cardoso SW, Sugandhavesa P, Christian P, Semba RD, Campbell TB, Gupta A; NWCS319 and ACTG 5175 study team.: Vitamin A and D Deficiencies Associated With Incident Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Multinational Case-Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 75(3): e71-e79, Jul 2017.

Balagopal A, Gupte N, Shivakoti R, Cox AL, Yang WT, Berendes S, Mwelase N, Kanyama C, Pillay S, Samaneka W, Santos B, Poongulali S, Tripathy S, Riviere C, Lama JR, Cardoso SW, Sugandhavesa P, Semba RD, Hakim J, Hosseinipour MC, Kumarasamy N, Sanne I, Asmuth D, Campbell T, Bollinger RC, Gupta A.: Continued Elevation of Interleukin-18 and Interferon-γ After Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy and Clinical Failure in a Diverse Multicountry Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cohort. Open Forum Infect Dis 3(3): ofw118, Jul 2016.

Shivakoti R, Yang WT, Berendes S, Mwelase N, Kanyama C, Pillay S, Samaneka W, Santos B, Poongulali S, Tripathy S, Riviere C, Lama JR, Cardoso SW, Sugandhavesa P, Balagopal A, Gupte N, Semba RD, Campbell TB, Bollinger RC, Gupta A; NWCS 319 and PEARLS Study Team.: Persistently Elevated C-Reactive Protein Level in the First Year of Antiretroviral Therapy, Despite Virologic Suppression, Is Associated With HIV Disease Progression in Resource-Constrained Settings. J Infect Dis 213(7): 1074-8, Apr 2016.

Shivakoti R, Christian P, Yang WT, Gupte N, Mwelase N, Kanyama C, Pillay S, Samaneka W, Santos B, Poongulali S, Tripathy S, Riviere C, Berendes S, Lama JR, Cardoso SW, Sugandhavesa P, Tang AM, Semba RD, Campbell TB, Gupta A; NWCS 319 and PEARLS Study Team.: Prevalence and risk factors of micronutrient deficiencies pre- and post-antiretroviral therapy (ART) among a diverse multicountry cohort of HIV-infected adults. Clin Nutr 35(1), 102-10 2016.

Balagopal A, Asmuth DM, Yang WT, Campbell TB, Gupte N, Smeaton L, Kanyama C, Grinsztejn B, Santos B, Supparatpinyo K, Badal-Faesen S, Lama JR, Lalloo UG, Zulu F, Pawar JS, Riviere C, Kumarasamy N, Hakim J, Li XD, Pollard RB, Semba RD, Thomas DL, Bollinger RC, Gupta A; ACTG PEARLS and NWCS 319 Study team.: Pre-cART Elevation of CRP and CD4+ T-Cell Immune Activation Associated With HIV Clinical Progression in a Multinational Case-Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 70(2): 163-71, Oct 2015.

Shivakoti R, Yang WT, Gupte N, Berendes S, Rosa AL, Cardoso SW, Mwelase N, Kanyama C, Pillay S, Samaneka W, Riviere C, Sugandhavesa P, Santos B, Poongulali S, Tripathy S, Bollinger RC, Currier JS, Tang AM, Semba RD, Christian P, Campbell TB, Gupta A; New Work Concept Sheet 319 and The Prospective Evaluation of Antiretrovirals in Resource-Limited Settings Study Team.: Concurrent Anemia and Elevated C-Reactive Protein Predicts HIV Clinical Treatment Failure, Including Tuberculosis, After Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation. Clin Infect Dis 61(1): 102-10, Jul 2015.

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