Perspectives on PrEP: Patient Conversations

Faculty

Matthew Spinelli, MD, MAS

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

Matthew Spinelli, MD, MAS is a research fellow in the Division of HIV, ID, and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He completed his Medical Doctorate at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He then completed his Internal Medicine Residency, Infectious Diseases Fellowship, and a Master’s in Clinical Research and Implementation Science at UCSF. His research focuses on interventions to improve adherence and retention in care for HIV treatment and PrEP, as well as development of HIV/PrEP adherence measurement approaches. Current projects include exploring the use of urine point-of-care drug-level testing to enhance and target adherence counseling interventions for PrEP and HIV treatment. He recently received a K23 award focused on developing interventions to support PrEP adherence among young men who have sex with men. He sees patients in the HIV and PrEP clinic at Ward 86 in Zuckerberg San Francisco General.

Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham