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Valerianna K. Amorosa, M.D.

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Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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Attending Physician, Philadelphia Veteran's Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)
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Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
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Medical Director, Penn Home Infusion Therapy
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Medical Director, Penn Medicine Home Health
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Description of Research Expertise

39 Clinical research in HIV, HCV coinfection
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Description of Clinical Expertise

28 HIV, HIV/HCV coinfection
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Description of Other Expertise

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Selected Publications

cb Hamiter M, Amorosa V, Belden K, Gidley PW, Mohan S, Perry B, Kim AH.: Skull Base Osteomyelitis: Historical Perspective, Diagnosis and Management Update. 4f Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 56(5): 987-1001, Oct 2023.

c5 Daniel J Escobar, Maria Lanzi. Pouné Saberi, Ruby Love, Darren R Linkin, John J Kelly, Darshana Jhala, Valerianna Amorosa, Mary Hofmann, Jeffrey B Doyon 81 : Mitigation of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a Nursing Home Through Serial Testing of Residents and Staff. Clin Infect Dis 31 72(9): 394–396, May 2021.

c0 Amorosa VK and Garst R: Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 and Emerging Variants. Infusion 27(3): 36-43, May-June 2021.

14c Xue Z, Coughlin R, Amorosa V, Quinn R, Schiavone P, Stoner N, Kinosian B, Compher C. : Factors Associated With Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in a Cohort of Adult Home Parenteral Nutrition Patients. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 44(8), Nov 2020.

15c Chida N, Brown C, Mathad J, Carpenter K, Nelson G, Schechter MC, Rebolledo PA, Fabre V, Cantillo DS, Longworth S, Amorosa V, Petrauskis C, Boulanger C, Cain N, Gupta A, McKenzie-White J, Bollinger R, Melia M.: Developing an Assessment Framework for Essential Internal Medicine Subspecialty Topics. 45 J Grad Med Educ. 10(3): 331-335, June 2018.

16e Chida N, Brown C, Mathad J, Carpenter K, Nelson G, Schechter MC, Giles N, Rebolledo PA, Ray S, Fabre V, Cantillo DS, Longworth S, Amorosa V, Petrauskis C, Boulanger C, Cain N, Gupta A, McKenzie-White J, Bollinger R, Melia MT.: Internal Medicine Residents' Knowledge and Practice of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis. 41 Open Forum Infect Dis. 5(7), June 2018.

148 Gowda Charitha, Sheikh Umar, Maier Andrew W, Chang Kyong-Mi, Kaplan David E, Re Vincent Lo, Amorosa Valerianna K: Strategies to Improve Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in Veterans With Hepatitis B Infection. Fed Pract 34(Suppl 4): S30-S39, Jun 2017.

12e Petersen T, Lee YJ, Osinusi A, Amorosa VK, Wang C, Kang M, Matining R, Zhang X, Dou D, Umbleja T, Kottilil S, Peters MG: Interferon Stimulated Gene Expression in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients Treated with Nitazoxanide/Peginterferon-Alfa-2a and Ribavirin 2 2 2 4c AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 32(7): 660-7, Jul 2016.

79 Hill A, Roberts T, Amorosa V, Pourmand K, Matthews G, Cooke G, Khan H, Cohn J b9 : Can HCV antigen testing replace HCV RNA analysis, for monitoring of DAA-based treatment for Hepatitis C? AASLD November 2015 Notes: Poster presentation.

73 Gowda C, Sheikh U, Maier A, Chang KM, Kaplan DE, Lo Re III V, Amorosa V b0 : Identifying barriers and potential strategies to improve HCC surveillance for HBV-infected veterans IDSA Oct 2015 Notes: Poster presentation.

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