ari scientists
James O. Kahn, MD
James Kahn, MD, is associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also associate director of the AIDS program at San Francisco General Hospital and associate director of the UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research. He developed HERO (originally called HIVWatch), a web-based electronic database for monitoring trends in HIV disease and progression at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Kahn is the author or co-author of numerous articles on clinical issues in AIDS, antiretroviral therapy, and vaccine research. He received his medical degree at UCSF, was an intern and junior resident at Johns Hopkins University, and was a senior medical resident at UCSF. He was a fellow in clinical epidemiology and in hematology and oncology at UCSF. Dr. Kahn was co-chair of the local organizing committee for the Third Annual Conference on AIDS Research in California.
