Lisa K. Fitzpatrick

Dr. Lisa K. Fitzpatrick is an infectious diseases physician and CDC-trained medical epidemiologist. who is currently the Medical Director for Washington DC’s Medicaid program . Dr. Fitzpatrick has authored and peer-reviewed journal articles, has been featured in the The Washington Post, PBS, and TEDtalks and is a guest blogger for the Huffington Post. She earned a BA/MD at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a Masters in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health and is a professorial lecturer for the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.
She is currently the Medical Director for Washington DC’s Medicaid program. She is also on the Advisory board for Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA).
List of Authored and Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

* December 2001: A Preventable Outbreak of Tuberculosis Investigated through an Intricate Social Network
* February 2004: The global HIV/AIDS epidemic and related mental health issues: The crisis for African Americans and Africans. Journal of Black Psych
* November 2006: A Case-Control Study of Factors Associated with HIV Infection Among Black Women
* December 2006: Toward Eliminating Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: The Importance of the Minority Investigator in Addressing Scientific Gaps in Black and Latino Communities
* November 2007: Does Patient- Provider Racial/Ethnic Concordance Influence Ratings of Trust in People with HIV Infection?
* May 2009: HIV Transmission in a State Prison System, 1988-2005
* November 2011: Routine HIV Testing in Older Adults
* December 2012: Guidelines For Persons With HIV
* December 2013: Strengthening The Network of Mentored, Underrepresented Minority Scientists and Leaders to Reduce HIV-Related Health Disparities
* May 2014: Critical Conversations. Sex and The Doctor-Patient Relationship
* August 2014: A Novel Approach to Realizing Routine HIV Screening and Enhancing Linkage to Care in the United States: Protocol of the Focus Program and Early Results
* February 2016: Costs of Expanded Rapid HIV Testing in Four Emergency Departments
 
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