Title(s):
Associate Professor of Medicine
CAP member, Taussig College of the SOM
Thayer Firm Faculty
Director, GIM Clinician Scholar Mentoring Program
Medical Director, HIV Care/Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station
Thayer Firm Faculty
Director, GIM Clinician Scholar Mentoring Program
Medical Director, HIV Care/Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station
Appointment Phone:
410-955-1725
Primary Location:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise:
General Internal Medicine, HIV/AIDS, Internal Medicine
Education and Experience
Training
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York NY)/ (1990)
Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2003)
Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Hospital Main Entrance - Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
Appointment Phone: 410-955-1725
Location Map
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 N. Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Appointment Phone: 410-955-1725
Location Map
Department / Division
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Medicine - General Internal Medicine
Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Centers/Institutes
Bio
Biography
BA: Columbia College, Columbia University, NY
MD: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, with honors (AOA), NY
Internship: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Medicine, NY
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Medicine/Primary Care, NY
Chief Residency/Ambulatory Medicine: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, NY
MPH: Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (with honors), Baltimore
Fellowship in General Internal Medicine: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Current: Attending Physicians Johns Hopkins Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
MD: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, with honors (AOA), NY
Internship: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Medicine, NY
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Medicine/Primary Care, NY
Chief Residency/Ambulatory Medicine: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, NY
MPH: Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (with honors), Baltimore
Fellowship in General Internal Medicine: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Current: Attending Physicians Johns Hopkins Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Physician Title
CAP member, Taussig College of the SOM
Thayer Firm Faculty
Director, GIM Clinician Scholar Mentoring Program
Medical Director, HIV Care/Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station
Thayer Firm Faculty
Director, GIM Clinician Scholar Mentoring Program
Medical Director, HIV Care/Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station
Awards and Honors
Selected Awards:
Alpha Omega Alpha (1990)
Delta Omega (Alpha Chapter), (1997)
AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award, national finalist (2001)
Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine Ambulatory Precepotor Award (2005)
Fellow of the American College of Physicians (2005)
Top Docs, Baltimore, Baltimore Magazine, 2007
Listed, Marquis Who''s Who In America(2007) Consumers Research Council of America (2008) Continental
Who''s Who (2009), The Global Director of Whos Who, Top Doctors (2009)
Alpha Omega Alpha (1990)
Delta Omega (Alpha Chapter), (1997)
AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award, national finalist (2001)
Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine Ambulatory Precepotor Award (2005)
Fellow of the American College of Physicians (2005)
Top Docs, Baltimore, Baltimore Magazine, 2007
Listed, Marquis Who''s Who In America(2007) Consumers Research Council of America (2008) Continental
Who''s Who (2009), The Global Director of Whos Who, Top Doctors (2009)
Expertise
- General Internal Medicine
- HIV/AIDS
- Internal Medicine
Research
Research and Publications
Selected articles (not all):
Cofrancesco J, Whalen JJ, Dobs AS. Testosterone Replacement Options for HIV-Infected Men. J AcquirImmune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1997:16:254-265.
Thomas PA, Cofrancesco J. The introduction of evidence based medicine into a clinical ambulatory clerkship. J Gen Intern Med .2001: 16:244-249
Zhang H, Zhou Y, Alcock C, Keifer T, Monie D, Siliciano J, Li Q, Pham P, Cofrancesco J, Persaud D, Siliciano RF. Novel single-cell-level phenotypic assay for residual drug susceptibility and reduced replication capacity of drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type1 J.Virology.2004. 78(4), 1718-1729.
Arrington R, Cofrancesco J, Wu AW. Questionnaires to Measure Sexual Quality of Life. Quality of Life Research.2004. 13, 1643-1658.
Cofrancesco J, Brown, T, Martins C. Management Options for Facial Lipoatrophy The AIDSReader, 2004 Dec;14(12):639-40, 645-50.
Nettles RE, Kieffer TL, Kwon P, Monie D, Han Y, Parsons T, Cofrancesco J, Gallant JE, Quinn TC, Jackson B, Flexner C, Carson K, Ray S, Persaud D, Siliciano RF, Intermittent HIV-1 Viremia (Blips) and the Evolution of Drug Reistance in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. JAMA. 2005 Feb 16:193.
Cofrancesco J, Shah N, Ghanem KG. Dobs AS, Klein RS, Mayer K, Schuman P, Vlahov D,Rompalo AM. The Effects of Illicit Drug Use and HIV Infection on Sex Hormone Levels in Women. Gynecological Endocrinology. 2006May;22(5): 244-251.
Cho M, Ye X, Dobs AS, Cofrancesco, Jr J. Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among HIV patients for perceived lipodystrophy. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine: 2006:12(5): 474-482.
Berkenblit G, Sullivan L, Sosman J, Gifford A, Cofrancesco Jr J.. Update in HIV Care. J of Gen Internal Medicine.2007 Feb;22(2):253-6
Brown TT, Cofrancesco J Jr.. Metabolic Abnormalities in HIV-infected patients: An Update. CID. 2006:8:497-504.
Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, Ashar BH, Bass EB, Rice TN, Cofrancesco J Jr. Effect of residency duty-hour limits: views of key clinical faculty.Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jul 23;167(14):1487-92
Cofrancesco J Jr, Brown TT, Luo RF, John M, Stewart KJ, Dobs AS. Body composition, gender, and illicit drug use in an urban cohort. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2007;33(3):467-74.
Homsanit, M., K. E. Nelson, Sonjai A, Anekthananon T, Suwanagool S, Cofrancesco J Jr. "Body shape and metabolic abnormalities in Thai HIV-infected patients." AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. Nov 2007: 23(11):314-21
Cofrancesco, J., Jr., Scherzer R, Tien PC, Gibert CL,Southwell H, Sidney S, Dobs A, Grunfeld C.et al. "Illicit drug use and HIV treatment outcomes in a US cohort." AIDS 22(3): 357-65. January 30, 2008.
Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, Ashar BH, Bass EB, Rice TN,
Cofrancesco J Jr.Impact of Duty Hour Regulations on Medical Students Education: View of Key Clinical Faculty. J General Intern Med. 2008. 23 (7)1084-9.
Peterson S, Martins C, Cofrancesco J Jr. "Lipodystrophy in the Patient with HIV: Social,Psychological
and Treatment Considerations". Aesthet Surg J.2008:Aug;28(4):443-51 (invited review).
Cofrancesco J Jr, Freedland E, McComsey G. Treatment Options for HIV-Associated Central Fat Accumulation". AIDS Patient Care STDs. 2009 Jan;23(1):5-18.
Cofrancesco J, Wu AW. "HIV care and General Internal Medicine: the next generation". J.Gen Intern Med. 2001:16: 9. (editorial)
Luo R. Cofrancesco J. " Injection drug use and HIV transmission in Russia.AIDS.2006:20:935-936. (editorial)
Cofrancesco J, Whalen JJ, Dobs AS. Testosterone Replacement Options for HIV-Infected Men. J AcquirImmune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1997:16:254-265.
Thomas PA, Cofrancesco J. The introduction of evidence based medicine into a clinical ambulatory clerkship. J Gen Intern Med .2001: 16:244-249
Zhang H, Zhou Y, Alcock C, Keifer T, Monie D, Siliciano J, Li Q, Pham P, Cofrancesco J, Persaud D, Siliciano RF. Novel single-cell-level phenotypic assay for residual drug susceptibility and reduced replication capacity of drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type1 J.Virology.2004. 78(4), 1718-1729.
Arrington R, Cofrancesco J, Wu AW. Questionnaires to Measure Sexual Quality of Life. Quality of Life Research.2004. 13, 1643-1658.
Cofrancesco J, Brown, T, Martins C. Management Options for Facial Lipoatrophy The AIDSReader, 2004 Dec;14(12):639-40, 645-50.
Nettles RE, Kieffer TL, Kwon P, Monie D, Han Y, Parsons T, Cofrancesco J, Gallant JE, Quinn TC, Jackson B, Flexner C, Carson K, Ray S, Persaud D, Siliciano RF, Intermittent HIV-1 Viremia (Blips) and the Evolution of Drug Reistance in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. JAMA. 2005 Feb 16:193.
Cofrancesco J, Shah N, Ghanem KG. Dobs AS, Klein RS, Mayer K, Schuman P, Vlahov D,Rompalo AM. The Effects of Illicit Drug Use and HIV Infection on Sex Hormone Levels in Women. Gynecological Endocrinology. 2006May;22(5): 244-251.
Cho M, Ye X, Dobs AS, Cofrancesco, Jr J. Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among HIV patients for perceived lipodystrophy. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine: 2006:12(5): 474-482.
Berkenblit G, Sullivan L, Sosman J, Gifford A, Cofrancesco Jr J.. Update in HIV Care. J of Gen Internal Medicine.2007 Feb;22(2):253-6
Brown TT, Cofrancesco J Jr.. Metabolic Abnormalities in HIV-infected patients: An Update. CID. 2006:8:497-504.
Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, Ashar BH, Bass EB, Rice TN, Cofrancesco J Jr. Effect of residency duty-hour limits: views of key clinical faculty.Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jul 23;167(14):1487-92
Cofrancesco J Jr, Brown TT, Luo RF, John M, Stewart KJ, Dobs AS. Body composition, gender, and illicit drug use in an urban cohort. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2007;33(3):467-74.
Homsanit, M., K. E. Nelson, Sonjai A, Anekthananon T, Suwanagool S, Cofrancesco J Jr. "Body shape and metabolic abnormalities in Thai HIV-infected patients." AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. Nov 2007: 23(11):314-21
Cofrancesco, J., Jr., Scherzer R, Tien PC, Gibert CL,Southwell H, Sidney S, Dobs A, Grunfeld C.et al. "Illicit drug use and HIV treatment outcomes in a US cohort." AIDS 22(3): 357-65. January 30, 2008.
Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, Ashar BH, Bass EB, Rice TN,
Cofrancesco J Jr.Impact of Duty Hour Regulations on Medical Students Education: View of Key Clinical Faculty. J General Intern Med. 2008. 23 (7)1084-9.
Peterson S, Martins C, Cofrancesco J Jr. "Lipodystrophy in the Patient with HIV: Social,Psychological
and Treatment Considerations". Aesthet Surg J.2008:Aug;28(4):443-51 (invited review).
Cofrancesco J Jr, Freedland E, McComsey G. Treatment Options for HIV-Associated Central Fat Accumulation". AIDS Patient Care STDs. 2009 Jan;23(1):5-18.
Cofrancesco J, Wu AW. "HIV care and General Internal Medicine: the next generation". J.Gen Intern Med. 2001:16: 9. (editorial)
Luo R. Cofrancesco J. " Injection drug use and HIV transmission in Russia.AIDS.2006:20:935-936. (editorial)
Research Interests
- Medical Education, HIV care. Complications of HIV treatment
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- English
Memberships
Society of General Internal Medicine
American College of Physicians
AAHIVM
IDSA/HIV
Internaltional AIDS Society
American College of Physicians
AAHIVM
IDSA/HIV
Internaltional AIDS Society
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