Updated April 2013

Committee for the Care of Children and Adolescents with HIV Infection

All chapters are developed, reviewed, and updated by committee consensus.

The HIV Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) reviewed all chapters.

The following is a list of principal contributors and peer reviewers for each chapter.

Diagnosis of Pediatric HIV Infection in HIV-Exposed Infants (Posted November 2010)
Principal Contributors: Geoffrey A Weinberg, MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester; Monica M Parker, PhD, Laboratory of Bloodborne Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany; Barbara L Warren, BSN, MPH, PNP, Bureau of HIV Ambulatory Care Services, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, Albany; Gina M Brown, MD, National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Research, Bethesda, Maryland; Roberto Posada, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

Disclosure of HIV to Perinatally Infected Children and Adolescents (Posted November 2009)
Principal Contributors: Alice S Myerson, CPNP, ANP, MSN, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx; Yiu Kee Warren Ng, MD, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Peer Reviewers: Lori Wiener, PhD, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda; Nancy Peterson, PhD, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn

Supportive Care Issues For Children With HIV Infection (Updated March 2001)
Principal Contributors: Joseph S Cervia, MD, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park; Vicki B Peters, MD, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York
Peer Reviewers: George M Johnson, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; James M Oleske, MD, MPH, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark

Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy (Updated July 2004)
Principal Contributors: Coleen K Cunningham, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse; Andrew A Wiznia, MD, Jacobi Medical Center; Bronx; Aracelis D Fernández, MD, FAAP, Columbia University, Harlem Hospital Center, New York
Peer Reviewer: Ross E McKinney, Jr, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham

HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis For Children Beyond The Perinatal Period (Updated June 2010)
Principal Contributor: Edward L Handelsman, MD, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn
Peer Reviewers: Stephen M Arpadi, MD, MS, St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York; Lynne M Mofenson, MD, National Institutes of Health, Rockville

Immunologic Considerations In HIV-Infected Children (Updated March 2003)
Principal Contributor: Saroj S Bakshi, MD, Saint Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York
Peer Reviewers: William Borkowsky, MD, New York University School of Medicine Center Bellevue Hospital Center, New York; Steven D Douglas, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Growth, Body Composition, and Metabolism (Updated November 2007)
Principal Contributors: Stephen M Arpadi, MD, MS, St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York; Geoffrey A Weinberg, MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester
Peer Reviewers: Jack Moye, Jr, MD, National Institutes of Health, Rockville; Tracie L Miller, MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester

Neurologic Complications in HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents (Updated March 2003)
Principal Contributor: Claudia A Chiriboga, MD, MPH, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Peer Reviewers: Leon G Epstein, MD, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago; Anita L Belman, MD, SUNY at Stony Brook

Oral Health Care (Updated July 2004)
Principal Contributors: Peter Catapano, DDS, New York University School of Medicine Center Bellevue Hospital Center, New York; Barbara Berentsen, RDH, MA, SUNY at Stony Brook; Oscar A Padilla, DDS, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx

Dermatologic Manifestations (Updated March 2004)
Principal Contributors: Savita G Pahwa, MD, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset; Edward L Handelsman, MD, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn
Peer Reviewer: Helen T Shin, MD, BS, New York University School of Medicine, New York

Pediatric Malignancies (Updated March 2004)
Principal Contributor: Irene Cherrick, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse

HIV-Related Hematologic Manifestations in Pediatrics (Updated March 2003)
Principal Contributors: James B Bussel, MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York; Stergios Zacharoulis, MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York

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