Clinical Development of new antiretroviral agents
Treatment of Multi drug Resistant HIV virus, HIV-HCV co-infection
Suboxone Clinic for HIV infected opioid-addicted patients
Selected Publications
Maguire C, Rueve K, Farmer E, Huesgen E, Karaj A, Binkley A, Mounzer K, Brizzi M, Chary P, Sung P, Graziani A, Hiserodt E, Baron J, Koenig H, Short WR: Real World Virologic Outcomes in Patients With Elevated Body Mass Index Receiving Long Acting Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine. Clin Infect Dis 81(1): 67-74, Aug 2025.
McMyn NF, Varriale J, Wu HWS, Hariharan V, Moskovljevic M, Tan TS, Lai J, Singhal A, Lynn K, Mounzer K, Tebas P, Montaner LJ, Hoh R, Yu XG, Lichterfeld M, Simonetti FR, Kovacs C, Deeks SG, Siliciano JM, Siliciano RF: Factors associated with resistance of HIV-1 reservoir viruses to neutralization by autologous IgG antibodies. J Clin Invest 135(19): e194081, Jul 2025.
Mounzer K, Osterman MD, Brunet L, Hsu RK, Pierone G Jr, Fusco JS, Prata Menezes N, Gruber J, Lim T, Dunbar M, Fusco GP: Characterizing treatment interruptions in the OPERA cohort and virologic outcomes after resumption with bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide. AIDS Res Ther 22(1): 77, Jul 2025.
Pozniak A, Orkin C, Yazdanpanah Y, Baumgarten A, Mounzer K, D'Antoni ML, Huang H, Liu H, Andreatta K, VanderVeen LA, Callebaut C, Hindman JT, Arribas JR: Efficacy of Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide (B/F/TAF) After A Viremic Event: A Pooled Analysis of Studies in People with HIV. Infect Dis Ther 14(6): 1201-1217, JUN 2025.
Mounzer K, Brunet L, Sension M, Hsu RK, Osterman MD, Fusco JS, Whiteside YO, Fusco GP: Weight loss with real-world doravirine use in the OPERA cohort: a US-based cohort study. AIDS Res Ther 22(1): 64, JUN 2025.
Mohammed Zogheib, John Koethe, Jordan E. Lake, Karam Mounzer, Christian Caldji, Brandon Cash, Colleen McGary: BMI Is a Poor Surrogate for Excess Visceral Adiposity and Cardiovascular Risk in Persons With HIV. CROI 2025 5(1): 239, May 2025.
Richard K, Yuan Z, Tang H-Y, Goldman AR, Kuthu R, Raphane B, Register ET, Sharma P, Ross BN, Morris J, Williams DE, Cheney C, Wu G, Mounzer K, Laird GM, Zuck P, Andersen RJ, Simonambango S, Andrae-Marobela K, Tietjen I, Montaner LJ: Ex vivo and in vivo HIV-1 latency reversal by "Mukungulu," a protein kinase C-activating African medicinal plant extract. mBio. 16(5): e0381624, May 2025.
Karam Mounzer,Laurence Brunet, Ricky K. Hsu, Philip C. Lackey, Michael Sension, Michael B. Wohlfeiler, Joshua Gruber, Megan S. Dunbar, Seojin Park, Jennifer S. Fusco, Gregory P. Fusco: First Year of Lenacapavir Long-Acting Injectable Use in the OPERA Cohort. CROI 3(1): 123, 2025.
Natalie F. McMyn, Joseph Varriale, Hanna Wu, Vivek Hariharan, Jun Lai, Anushka Singhal, Kenneth Lynn, Karam Mounzer, Pablo Tebas, Luis J. Montaner, Colin M. Kovacs, Rebecca Hoh, Steven G. Deeks, Janet M. Siliciano, Robert F. Siliciano: Resistance of Inducible, Infectious HIV-1 to Autologous Neutralizing IgG After Long-Term ART. CROI 2025.
Malcolm Hedgcock, pedro.cahn, Mounzer, Karam, Peter Sklar, Mauricio Montezuma , Nicolas Margot , Xu Zhang , Chloe Orkin : Demographic and clinical characteristics of Phase 3 participants in ARTISTRY-1, an open-label study comparing a bictegravir/lenacapavir (BIC/LEN) single tablet regimen (STR) with complex antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens. EACS 1(1): 120, 2025.
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