Medical Director
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health
Division of HIV and STD Programs
600 S. Commonwealth Ave 10th floor
Los Angeles,
CA
USA
90005
skulkarni@ph.lacounty.gov
Biographical Sketch:
2004-07 Residency in internal medicine at UCSF
2008-11 Fellowship as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at UCLA
2011-current Medical Director for Division of HIV and STD Programs at LA County Department of Public Health.
Relevant Publications:
1. Wohl AR, Dierst-Davies R, Victoroff A, James S, Bendetson J, Bailey J, Daar E, Spencer L, Kulkarni S, Pérez MJ. Implementation and Operational Research: The Navigation Program: An Intervention to Reengage Lost Patients at 7 HIV Clinics in Los Angeles County, 2012-2014. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Feb 1;71(2):e44-50.
2. Beymer MR, Bolan RK, Flynn RP, Kerrone DR, Pieribone DL, Kulkarni SP, Stitt JC, Mejia E, Landovitz RJ. Uptake and repeat use of postexposure prophylaxis in a community-based clinic in Los Angeles, California. .AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2014 Sep;30(9):848-55.
3. Data-Driven Decision-Making Tools To Improve Public Resource Allocation For Care And Prevention Of HIV/AIDS. Gery W. Ryan, Evan W. Bloom, David J. Lowsky, Mark T. Linthicum, Timothy Juday, Lisa Rosenblatt, Sonali Kulkarni, Dana P. Goldman, and Jennifer N. Sayles. (2014) Health Affairs 33:410-417.
4. Kulkarni, SP, Shah KR, Sarma KV, Mahajan, AP. (2013). Clinical Uncertainties, Health Services Challenges, and Ethical Complexities of HIV “Test-and-Treat”: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Public Health,103, e14-23.