Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Disclosure(s): Gilead: Grant/Research Support; Janssen: Honoraria; ViiV Healthcare: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria
Dr. William Short is an Associate Professor of Medicine with a secondary appointment in Obstetrics
and Gynecology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Dr. Short serves as a Faculty member of the Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education and
Training Center in Philadelphia. He is an attending physician at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania, and Helen O. Dickens Center for Women, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Short is an expert in the management of HIV and pregnancy, and he is certified as an HIV
Specialist by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious
disease, and his clinical interests include the diagnosis, management, and treatment of individuals living with HIV.
Dr. Short is the Associate Director & Co-Investigator, AIDS Clinical Trial Unit research site at the University of
Pennsylvania as well as the Co-director for the clinical core of the Penn’s Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). Dr. Short is a Member of the
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, the International Anal Neoplasia Society, the HIV Medical
Association, the American Academy of HIV Medicine, and the Infectious Disease Society of America. Dr. Short is
currently the vice-Chair and chair-elect of the American Academy of HIV Medicine, a Member of the Planning
Committee for The American Conference for the Treatment of HIV, is the Chair of PrePregnancy Planning Group
for The Stakeholder Group for the Elimination of Perinatal HIV Transmission, serves on the Department of Health
and Human Services Clinical/Scientific Panel for the Treatment of HIV-infected Pregnant Women and Prevention
of Perinatal Transmission, and is a Panel Member for the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of
Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV.