Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine, UCSF
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Education
Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada, M.D.,C.M., 1980, Medicine
Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada, F.R.C.P(C), 1984, Internal Medicine
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, D.A.B.I.M. (Infec Dis), 1989, Medical Microbiology/Infectious Disease
Professional Experience
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1980-1983
Residency in Internal Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada
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1983-1984
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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1984-1984
Chief Medical Resident, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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1985-1989
Post-doctoral Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University
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1989-1995
Assistant Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Stomatology
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1990-present
Director, UCSF Anal Neoplasia Clinic
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1996-1998
Chair, UCSF Biosafety Committee
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1998-present
Vice-Chair UCSF Biosafety Committee
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1999-present
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Stomatology
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1998-present
Program Director, UCSF General Clinical Research Center
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2001-present
Program Leader Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Research Fellowhsip Program
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2002-2009
Co-Chair, Cancer and Immunity Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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2003-present
Chair, NCI AIDS Malignancy Consortium HPV Working Group
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2004-present
Chair, Special Populations Working Group, American Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology
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2006-present
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Honors & Awards
- 1984-1988
Medical Research Council of Canada Fellowship - 1988-1990
American Social Health Association Fellowship - 2003-present
American Society for Clinical Investigation - 2005
Award for Excellence in Small Group Teaching
Selected Publications
- Ortiz AP, Romaguera J, Pérez CM, Otero Y, Soto-Salgado M, Méndez K, Valle Y, Da Costa M, Suarez E, Palefsky J, Tortolero-Luna G. Human papillomavirus infection in women in puerto rico: agreement between physician-collected and self-collected anogenital specimens. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2013 Apr; 17(2):210-7.
View on PubMed - Méndez K, Romaguera J, Pérez CM, Soto-Salgado M, Tortolero-Luna G, Palefsky JM, Ortiz AP. Cervical human papillomavirus infection in a sample of Hispanic women living in Puerto Rico: comparison with cervical cytology reports. P R Health Sci J. 2013 Mar; 32(1):3-7.
View on PubMed - Wilkin T, Lee JY, Lensing SY, Stier EA, Goldstone SE, Berry MJ, Jay N, Aboulafia DM, Einstein MH, Saah A, Mitsuyasu RT, Palefsky JM. High-Grade Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia Among HIV-1-Infected Men Screening for a Multicenter Clinical Trial of a Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. HIV Clin Trials. 2013 Mar-Apr; 14(2):75-9.
View on PubMed - Stier EA, Goldstone SE, Einstein MH, Jay N, Berry JM, Wilkin T, Lee JY, Darragh TM, Da Costa M, Panther L, Aboulafia D, Palefsky JM. Safety and efficacy of topical cidofovir to treat high-grade perianal and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-positive men and women. AIDS. 2013 Feb 20; 27(4):545-51.
View on PubMed - Darragh TM, Colgan TJ, Thomas Cox J, Heller DS, Henry MR, Luff RD, McCalmont T, Nayar R, Palefsky JM, Stoler MH, Wilkinson EJ, Zaino RJ, Wilbur DC. The Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology Standardization project for HPV-associated lesions: background and consensus recommendations from the College of American Pathologists and the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2013 Jan; 32(1):76-115.
View on PubMed - Colón-López V, Ortiz AP, Del Toro-Mejías LM, García H, Clatts MC, Palefsky J. Awareness and knowledge of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection among high-risk men of Hispanic origin attending a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) clinic. BMC Infect Dis. 2012; 12:346.
View on PubMed - Palefsky JM. Practising high-resolution anoscopy. Sex Health. 2012 Dec; 9(6):580-6.
View on PubMed - Chan PK, Zhang C, Park JS, Smith-McCune KK, Palefsky JM, Giovannelli L, Coutlée F, Hibbitts S, Konno R, Settheetham-Ishida W, Chu TY, Ferrera A, Alejandra Picconi M, De Marco F, Woo YL, Raiol T, Piña-Sánchez P, Bae JH, Wong MC, Chirenje MZ, Magure T, Moscicki AB, Fiander AN, Capra G, Young Ki E, Tan Y, Chen Z, Burk RD, Chan MC, Cheung TH, Pim D, Banks L. Geographical distribution and oncogenic risk association of human papillomavirus type 58 E6 and E7 sequence variations. Int J Cancer. 2013 Jun 1; 132(11):2528-36.
View on PubMed - Denny LA, Franceschi S, de Sanjosé S, Heard I, Moscicki AB, Palefsky J. Human papillomavirus, human immunodeficiency virus and immunosuppression. Vaccine. 2012 Nov 20; 30 Suppl 5:F168-74.
View on PubMed - Moscicki AB, Schiffman M, Burchell A, Albero G, Giuliano AR, Goodman MT, Kjaer SK, Palefsky J. Updating the natural history of human papillomavirus and anogenital cancers. Vaccine. 2012 Nov 20; 30 Suppl 5:F24-33.
View on PubMed - Ortiz AP, Colón-López V, Girona-Lozada G, Botello-Harbaum MT, Sheon N, Guiot HM, Román-Torres L, Díaz-Santana MV, Miranda-De LS, Palefsky JM. Report of the 2012 capacity building for HIV-HPV clinical trials recruitment among minority underserved populations of Hispanic origin in Puerto Rico. P R Health Sci J. 2012 Sep; 31(3):185-7.
View on PubMed - Couture MC, Page K, Stein ES, Sansothy N, Sichan K, Kaldor J, Evans JL, Maher L, Palefsky J. Cervical human papillomavirus infection among young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: prevalence, genotypes, risk factors and association with HIV infection. BMC Infect Dis. 2012; 12:166.
View on PubMed - Keller MJ, Burk RD, Xie X, Anastos K, Massad LS, Minkoff H, Xue X, D'Souza G, Watts DH, Levine AM, Castle PE, Colie C, Palefsky JM, Strickler HD. Risk of cervical precancer and cancer among HIV-infected women with normal cervical cytology and no evidence of oncogenic HPV infection. JAMA. 2012 Jul 25; 308(4):362-9.
View on PubMed - Arbyn M, de Sanjosé S, Saraiya M, Sideri M, Palefsky J, Lacey C, Gillison M, Bruni L, Ronco G, Wentzensen N, Brotherton J, Qiao YL, Denny L, Bornstein J, Abramowitz L, Giuliano A, Tommasino M, Monsonego J. EUROGIN 2011 roadmap on prevention and treatment of HPV-related disease. Int J Cancer. 2012 Nov 1; 131(9):1969-82.
View on PubMed - Palefsky JM. Antiretroviral therapy and anal cancer: the good, the bad, and the unknown. Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Jul; 39(7):501-3.
View on PubMed - Darragh TM, Colgan TJ, Cox JT, Heller DS, Henry MR, Luff RD, McCalmont T, Nayar R, Palefsky JM, Stoler MH, Wilkinson EJ, Zaino RJ, Wilbur DC. The Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology Standardization Project for HPV-Associated Lesions: background and consensus recommendations from the College of American Pathologists and the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2012 Jul; 16(3):205-42.
View on PubMed - Palefsky J, Berry JM, Jay N. Anal cancer screening. Lancet Oncol. 2012 Jul; 13(7):e279-80; author rreply e280.
View on PubMed - Darragh TM, Colgan TJ, Cox JT, Heller DS, Henry MR, Luff RD, McCalmont T, Nayar R, Palefsky JM, Stoler MH, Wilkinson EJ, Zaino RJ, Wilbur DC. The Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology Standardization Project for HPV-Associated Lesions: background and consensus recommendations from the College of American Pathologists and the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2012 Oct; 136(10):1266-97.
View on PubMed - Palefsky J. HIV protease inhibitors to prevent progression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia to cervical cancer: therapeutic opportunities and challenges. AIDS. 2012 May 15; 26(8):1035-6.
View on PubMed - Cranston RD, Murphy R, Weiss RE, Da Costa M, Palefsky J, Shoptaw S, Gorbach PM. Anal human papillomavirus infection in a street-based sample of drug using HIV-positive men. Int J STD AIDS. 2012 Mar; 23(3):195-200.
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