Joanne D Stekler
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98104About
Dr. Stekler is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington and Deputy Director, Public Health – Seattle King County HIV/STD Program. Dr. Stekler's ...
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2000
Provider Details
Expert Publications
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- Detection of acute HIV infection: we can't close the window.
- HIV intertest interval among MSM in King County, Washington.
- HIV nucleic acid amplification testing versus rapid testing: it is worth the wait. Testing preferences of men who have sex with men.
- Use of a home-use test to diagnose HIV infection in a sex partner: a case report.
- Failure of serosorting to protect African American men who have sex with men from HIV infection.
- Understanding barriers to routine HIV screening: knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare providers in King County, Washington.
- Why do men who have sex with men test for HIV infection? Results from a community-based testing program in Seattle.
- Replacing clinic-based tests with home-use tests may increase HIV prevalence among Seattle men who have sex with men: evidence from a mathematical model.
- Response to the modeling analysis by Katz et al. on the impact of replacing clinic-based HIV tests with home testing among men who have sex with men in Seattle: authors' reply.
- HIV and hepatitis C virus infection in the United States: whom and how to test.
- Arguments for and against HIV self-testing.
- Non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV: 10-year retrospective analysis in Seattle, Washington.
- Evaluating New Definitions of Acute and Early HIV Infection from HIV Surveillance
- Preferences for a Mobile HIV Prevention App for Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Fellowships
- UW - Infectious Disease Fellowship
Joanne D Stekler's Practice location
Practice At Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave
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