Paul Volberding
Encyclopedia
Paul A. Volberding is an American physician
who is best known for his pioneering work in treating persons with HIV
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In 2001 Volberding left the SF General Hospital to become chief medical officer at the San Francisco VA Medical Center
, at which time he also became vice chairman of the department of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
who is best known for his pioneering work in treating persons with HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
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Work
In 1983, Volberding founded the first inpatient ward for persons with AIDS in the San Francisco General HospitalSan Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco General Hospital is the main public hospital in San Francisco, California, and the only Level I Trauma Center serving San Francisco and northern San Mateo County...
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In 2001 Volberding left the SF General Hospital to become chief medical officer at the San Francisco VA Medical Center
San Francisco VA Medical Center
The San Francisco VA Medical Center, also called the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center or the SFVAMC, is a Veterans Affairs medical center in San Francisco.-Partnerships:...
, at which time he also became vice chairman of the department of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco.