Phyllis C.Tien, M.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor III
ptien@medicine.ucsf.edu

Mailing Address:
VA Medical Center
Infectious Disease Section 111W

Office Location:
VAMC Building 203, Room 1A-63

Research Interests:
Fat distribution changes and metabolic complications associated with HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy, with particular focus on special populations including women and HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals.

Select Publications:

P Tien and C Grunfeld. The Fatty Liver in AIDS. Seminars in Gastrointestinal Disease January 2002, 13(1): 47-54

PC Tien, SR Cole, CM Williams, R Li, J Justman, MH Cohen, M Young, N Rubin, M Augenbraun, C Grunfeld. Incidence of lipoatrophy and lipohypertrophy in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Human Retrovirology December 2003, 34(5): 461-466

C Grunfeldand P Tien. Difficulties in Understanding the Metabolic Complications of AIDS. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003, 37(Suppl 2): S43-S46

PC Tien and C Grunfeld. What is HIV Lipodystrophy? Difficulties in Defining Fat Distribution Changes in HIV Infection.  Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases February 2004, 17: 27-32

PC Tien, A Kovacs, P Bacchetti, AL French, M Augenbraun, SR Cole, N Hessol, J Justman.  Association of Syphilis, Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 and Recreational Drug Use with Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study.  Clinical Infectious Diseases November 2004, 39:1363-1370

Education and Training:

MD, University of California, San Diego, 1992

Internship, University of Colorado, 1992-1993

Residency, Stanford University,  1993-1995

Fellow in Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, 1996-1998

Fellow in AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 1998-2000