ART for PLWH Who Are Pregnant or of Childbearing Potential

Rana Chakraborty, MD, DPhil, is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Chakraborty is a pediatric infectious disease specialist, with sub-specialty interest in immunology and HIV. He has served as Chairperson for the Committee on Pediatric AIDS at the American Academy of Pediatrics, and serves on three Department of Health and Human Services Committees on HIV management.

Dr. Chakraborty’s clinical focus includes expertise in management of HIV in children and adolescents, and perinatal infections; coordination of care and management of infectious diseases in patients with underlying complex conditions including bone and solid organ transplantation and newborn prematurity; promoting understanding of infectious disease conditions, empowering patients to become partners in managing their health, particularly adolescents and young adults; and promoting the importance of immunization of vaccine-preventable conditions on a local, state-wide, and nationwide scale.

In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Chakraborty is active in research and education. His National Institute of Health (NIH)-funded lab investigates placental immunology in the context of HIV, Cytomegalovirus and Zika Virus. He provides mentorship to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, residents, clinical fellows, and junior faculty. He has over a 150-peer reviewed publications, many in high-impact scientific journals.

Judy Levison, MD, MPH, is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Dr. Levison completed her MD degree from Tufts University in Boston, her residency in Ob/Gyn at the University of Washington, and her Master in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2010.

From 2002 to 2022, Dr. Levison led the Harris Health System Women’s Program, which provides obstetric and gynecologic care for women living with HIV in Houston, Texas.  She is active in educating Texas health care workers about the management of HIV. Dr. Levison is on the national Perinatal Guidelines Panel and provides consultation for the national Perinatal Hotline. Her work in the area of HIV has led her to consult on projects in Swaziland, Namibia, Ukraine, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nepal, and Malawi. Her group is the first in the United States to develop a curriculum for group prenatal care for women living with HIV and to follow the outcomes of this program.