Dr. Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora
is a resident anesthesiologist at the University of Colorado.
Much of Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora’s
past research has focused on the treatment of HIV. Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora became interested
in studying the continued mortality of HIV-infected patients despite highly
active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). In 2005, Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora presented a poster
at the Thirteenth Annual AIDS Malignancy Consortium: “Causes of Death in the
HAART Era: Perspectives From a Combined HIV and Hematology/Oncology Primary
Care Practice.” Since then, Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora has continued his research on the
HAART era of HIV treatment.
In 2008, Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora published a paper in
the American Journal of Medical Sciences: “Causes of Death in the Era of Highly
Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of a Hybrid
Hematology-Oncology and HIV Practice and the Seattle/King County
Adult/Adolescent Spectrum of HIV-Related Diseases Project.” In this study,
Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora found that non-AIDS
defining illness were a major source of death in 60% of the cohort from the Virginia Mason
Medical Center
and in 45% of the cohort from the Seattle
portion of the Adult and Adolescent Spectrum of Diseases Project. Matthew
Uhlenkott of Aurora’s
paper indicates that HIV-infected patients are continuing to die from non-AIDS
related causes despite undetectable HIV viral loads and fairly well-preserved
immune function.
Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora
believes that finding better treatments and a cure for HIV/AIDS should be a
priority for the medical community. HIV/AIDS has caused about 35 million
deaths, and 34 million people were living with HIV globally at the end of 2011.
Sub-Saharan Africa has been most severely impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic
and, as a doctor who is concerned about providing medicine internationally to
those most in need, Matthew Uhlenkott of Aurora
is committed to working toward a better understanding of HIV/AIDS.
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