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Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Yussef Bennani, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans. Dr. Bennani joined the infectious disease faculty at LSU in 2016. His primary area of interest is the intersection of HIV and co-morbid chronic disease including malignancy, cardiovascular and renal disease. He is also interested in the management and public health aspects of the hepatitis C epidemic, particularly in relation to ongoing IV drug use. In addition to his teaching and patient care duties, he ovesees the clinical trials team for novel HIV therapeutics at LSU. Prior to his career in medicine, Dr. Bennani worked as an epidemiologist with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, with an emphasis on the epidemiology of incident HIV infections, transmission of resistant strains of HIV, and work to better characterize the HIV epidemic in persons with infrequent healthcare contact.