Volume 6, Issue 4

Preventing HIV in MSM and Transgender Women

In this issue:

Nearly two of three new HIV infections in the United States appear in transgender women and men who have sex with men (MSM), with most transmission coming from people unaware of their infection. What should clinicians do to increase the rate of HIV screening in these populations to meet guideline recommendations? 

In this eHIV Review podcast, Dr. Robert Goldstein from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital takes us to the clinic to explain how HIV risk in these special populations can be identified and infection prevented. 

Learning objectives:

  • Explain the appropriate frequency for HIV screening of men who have sex with men.
  • Describe key considerations in developing strategies to prevent HIV in transgender women.

Author:

Robert H. Goldstein, MD, PhD
Robert H. Goldstein, MD, PhD

Instructor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, MGH Transgender Health Program
Boston, Massachusetts

Program Directors:

Ethel D. Weld, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Division of Infectious Diseases
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
(she/her/hers)

Matthew Spinelli, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor
HIV, ID, and Global Medicine
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California
(he/him/his)

Justin Alves, RN, FNP-BC, ACRN, CARN, CNE

Nurse Educator
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
(he/him/his)

Length of activity:

0.5 hour Physicians
0.5 contact hour Nurses

Launch date: January 28, 2021
Expiration date: January 27, 2023