Infectious Diseases:
Affiliations:
Matthew Bidwell Goetz, MD
Chief, Infectious Diseases, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Program Director, UCLA Affiliated Program in Infectious Diseases
UCLA Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, VAGLAHS, 111F,
11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073
Tel: (310) 268-3015
Fax: (310) 268-4928
Email: Matthew.Goetz@va.gov
Research Interests:
Strategic treatment and long-term complications of HIV Infection
Antimicrobial utilization and infection control
Active research studies include:
VISN-QI: Implementation and Evaluation of a VISN-based program to improve HIV Screening and Testing. Multi-site prospective study of interventions to improve HIV screening and testing rates in the VA funded by A VA Health Services Research and Development Service Directed Project. Principal Investigator.
Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS). Multi-site prospective cohort study of 3,000 HIV-infected subjects and 3,000 HIV-negative controls. Funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Co-investigator.
ESPRIT: A randomized, open-label, phase II, international study of subcutatenous recombinant IL-2 (Proleukin(r)) in patients with HIV infection and CD4+ >300/mm3: evaluation of subcutaneous Proleukin(r) in a randomized international trial (ESPRIT 001). Multi-site prospective study funded by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Local site-investigator.
STALWART: Study of Aldesleukin with and Without Antiretroviral Therapy (ESPRIT 002). Multi-site prospective study funded by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Local site-investigator.
EXHALE: HIV and Lung Complications in the HAART era: Focus on Obstructive Lung Disease. Multi-site prospective study of pulmonary complications in HIV-infected patients funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Co-investigator.
MED-CHK: Implementing Computerized Clinical Assessment of HIV Patient Adherence. Multi-site prospective study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health of the effectiveness of using a computerized interface to better detect variations in adherence to HIV medications and medication errors and to prompt effective interventions. Co-investigator.
Selected Publications: