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Carlos del Rio MD

  • Department of Medicine
    Professor
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Overview

Carlos del Rio, MD is the H. Cliff Sauls Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health. He is the chair of the Department of Medicine, the first graduate of our residency program to hold this position. A graduate of La Salle University in Mexico City, Dr. del Rio first came to Emory as a visiting medical student in 1982. He completed his internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship at Emory and joined the faculty in 1996. A global leader in HIV research and policy, Dr. del Rios research focuses on early diagnosis, access to care, engagement in care, compliance with antiretrovirals, and the prevention of HIV infection. He has worked for over two decades with marginalized populations to improve clinical care and outcomes in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. del Rio is the Chief Section Editor for HIV/AIDS for NEJM Journal Watch Infectious Diseases and Associate Editors of Vaccines as well as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of AIDS and Global Public Health. He has co-authored 30 book chapters and over 600 scientific papers.

Dr. del Rio is the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of PEPFAR, member of UNAIDS Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee and immediate past president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Among Dr. del Rios many honors are the James H. Nakano Citation received in 2001 and awarded by the CDC for an outstanding scientific paper published in 2000; the Emory University Marion V. Creekmore Achievement Award for Internationalization; the Thomas Jefferson Award from Emory University, the highest award conferred by Emory to a faculty or staff member who has significantly enriched the intellectual and civic life of the Emory community; the Ohtli Award from the Government of Mexico for work that benefits communities of Mexican origin living in the U.S.; the APHA Award for Excellence in Public Health; and the MAP International Bill Foege Global Health Award. He was selected by the Atlanta Magazine as one of the 55 most influential foreign-born Atlantans in 2007. In 2013 Dr. del Rio was elected to the National Academy of Medicine and, in 2020, he was elected as the International Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine. In 2022 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In 2021, Dr. del Rio was recognized by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a Great Immigrant, Great American and by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms with the Phoenix Award, the City of Atlantas highest honor, for his medical guidance and support during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, he was named among Georgia Trend's 500 Most Influential Leaders in Healthcare for his decades of patient care, infectious disease and global health research, medical education, and healthcare administration.

Academic Appointment

  • Master Clinician, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Universidad La Salle

Research

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