{"id":133150,"date":"2020-04-16T14:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/open-letter-to-fda-from-medical-professionals\/"},"modified":"2020-04-16T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:25:57","slug":"open-letter-to-fda-from-medical-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/open-letter-to-fda-from-medical-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter to FDA from medical professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Open letter to FDA from medical professionals<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>To the United States Food and Drug Administration Blood Products Advisory Committee,<\/p>\n<p>We &#8212; the undersigned infectious disease and HIV specialists, public health professionals, clinicians, healthcare administrators, trainees and researchers &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>As you well know, we are on the precipice of a critical nationwide shortage of blood products. On March 18, 2020, Surgeon General Jerome Adams pleaded with the American public for blood donations in the wake of an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an estimated 86,000 blood donations according to the American Red Cross. This severe shortage could be alleviated if antiquated restrictions lacking scientific data were responsibly lifted. According to a 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu\/research\/health-and-hiv-aids\/blood-ban-update-sep-2014\/\">study<\/a> by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, eliminating the MSM ban would result in an estimated 360,600 MSM donors being able to donate an additional 615,300 pints of blood per year. Moreover, lifting the MSM ban would increase the number of convalescent plasma donors, a promising treatment for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are collectively obligated to immediately create policies and promote public health interventions that effectively address the many downstream crises created by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the 1985 blood donation ban against MSM, the science of HIV testing &#8212; particularly the use of pooled nucleic acid testing &#8212; has revolutionized our capacity to identify individuals with HIV attempting to donate blood.&nbsp; HIV nucleic acid testing is nearly 100% sensitive and narrows the window period to approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19320868\">10 days<\/a> from the time of infection. Banning <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> from blood donation for at least a year since their most recent sexual encounter with a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> is unscientific and based on outdated antibody-based HIV testing algorithms.&nbsp; Fortunately, we can reliably test for HIV using antigen-based assays and maintain the safety of the U.S. blood supply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While the FDA&rsquo;s recent decision to shorten the prohibition window to 3 months is a step in the right direction, it does not go far enough in reversing the unscientific ban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A broad ban against MSM blood donors does not take into account the actual risk behavior in question that could jeopardize blood supply safety &#8212; very recent condomless anal or vaginal intercourse with a partner with HIV viremia &#8212; engaged by those regardless of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, gender, and\/or sexual orientation. Mexico, Russia, as well as several countries in Europe, Central America, South America, and Asia have no MSM ban on blood donation.&nbsp; Many countries, such as Italy and South Africa, have adopted a more rational, evidence-based, and effective risk-based assessment instead of blanket bans which only serve to stigmatize a group of potential donors and limit the pool of donors at this critical juncture in public health. A 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3729137\/\">study<\/a> found that after eliminating the MSM blood donation ban in Italy, there was no increase in the proportion of donors found to have HIV who were MSM versus non-MSM. Policies and protocols which focus on targeted screening for specific high-risk behaviors, regardless of sexual orientation, are a much more scientifically rigorous and non-discriminatory approach to maintaining a safe blood supply. In fact, MSM in monogamous relationships, those on Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, and those who consistently use condoms have a particularly low risk of HIV acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>While changing policy and implementing such changes in the field are logistically challenging, the COVID-19 pandemic is asking us to step up and revise regulations that no longer serve the greater good. We are not advocating for relaxing standards that would compromise the safety of our blood supply. Instead, <strong>we advocate for scientifically-driven standards that uphold the utmost safety of the blood supply and simultaneously promote equity and reverse historical discrimination in blood donation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As such, we recommend an immediate reevaluation of the FDA&rsquo;s 2018 &ldquo;Revised Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission by Blood and Blood Products&rdquo; and an overturning of the scientifically outdated ban against MSM blood donors. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With respect,<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Cohan, MD, MPH and Monica Hahn, MD, MPH, University of California San Francisco, <a href=\"http:\/\/HIVEonline.org\" class=\"autohyperlink\">HIVEonline.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please click <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeqyNUvML1rO4ONVqDy9s558VWtjLqywWtf-9LyTX3GvhySEQ\/viewform\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong> to co-sign this letter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Signatories as of April 16, 2020 (*Affiliations listed for identification purposes only)<\/p>\n<p>Chesa Cox, MPH; UCSF<br \/>Jennifer Karlin MD PhD; UCSF<br \/>Jessica Briggs MD; UCSF<br \/>Cynthia Gutierrez; UCSF Hive<br \/>Katherine Brown MD; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Brenda Goldhammer, MPH; UCSF<br \/>Iman Berrahou, MD; UCSF<br \/>Mark Wilcox, MD; UCSF<br \/>Holly Cost CNM; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Donald Graves, MD; Sutter Health<br \/>Rebecca Martinez, MS, RN, FNP-C; UCSF<br \/>Janeen Rojas, RN, MS, NP; UCSF<br \/>Rodney L. Wright, MD; Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br \/>Marcela Smid MD MA MS; University of Utah<br \/>Gregg Alleyne, MD; Drexel University College of Medicine<br \/>Caitlin Dugdale, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital<br \/>Shannon Weber, MSW; PleasePrEPMe, University of California San Francisco<br \/>Ele Lozares-Lewis, MD; AAHIVS, Santa Rosa Community Health<br \/>Kara Myers, CNM; UCSF<br \/>Saba Berhie, MD; Northwestern University<br \/>Kate Swanson, MD; UCSF<br \/>Parya Saberi, PharmD, MAS; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Edwin D. Charlebois, III, MPH, PhD; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Rebecca Thal NP-C; Family Health Center of Worcester<br \/>Carolyn Chu, MD; UCSF<br \/>Meg Newman, MD FACP; UCSF<br \/>Nicky Mehtani, MD MPH; UCSF<br \/>Anne Mardy, MD; UCSF<br \/>Sienmi Du, MD PhD; UCSF OBGYN<br \/>Rupa Marya, MD; UCSF, Do No Harm Coalition<br \/>Ronald Goldschmidt, MD; UCSF<br \/>Jerrine R. Morris, MD, MP; UCSF<br \/>Soraya Azari, MD; UCSF<br \/>BJ Miller MD; UCSF<br \/>Bryn A Boslett, MD; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Roland Zepf, PhD, RN; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Judy Levison; Baylor College of Medicine<br \/>Kaylan Agnew, MSc.; UCSF Global Health Sciences, Miracosta Community College; Seacrest Village Katzin Memory Care Facility<br \/>Anthony Sayegh, MS, RN, FNP-C, AAHIVS; UCSF<br \/>Dennis Richard Dentoni-Lasofsky, RN; UCSF<br \/>Meredith Warden MD, MPH; Kaiser Oakland<br \/>Montida Fleming, MD; UCSF<br \/>Duron Aldredge, MD, MHS; UCSF Family and Community Medicine<br \/>Meredith Greene, MD; UCSF<br \/>Jasmine Patel, MD; University of Southern California<br \/>Leilah Zahedi-Spung, MD; Washington University in St. Louis<br \/>Joshua St. Louis, MD, MPH, AAHIVS; Tufts University<br \/>Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH; Harvard Medical School<br \/>Mai-Anh Tran Ngoc; University of Rochester<br \/>Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPH; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Rita Hamad, MD, PhD; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Hali Hammer, MD; Physician<br \/>Marcus Leung; Private citizen<br \/>Dani Baurer, MD, MA; UCSF Family Medicine Resident<br \/>Anna Hines FNP, MPH; SFDPH<br \/>Rachel Stones, MD; UCSF<br \/>Martha Tesfalul, MD; UCSF<br \/>Elaine Lee, MD MPH; UCSF<br \/>Mukund Premkumar, MD; UCSF<br \/>Hannah Snyder, MD; UCSF<br \/>Rev. Rob Newells; APEB (AIDS Project of the East Bay)<br \/>Linh Vo; UCSF<br \/>Kevin Weiler; Valley Community Healthcare<br \/>Allison Coleman, MSW; Healthcare Management<br \/>Dale Hughes; Amaad Institute<br \/>Rebekah Kaplan, RN, MS, CNM; UCSF<br \/>Ryan Sample, ACSW; AMAAD Institute<br \/>Jennifer Balkus, PhD, MPH; University of Washington<br \/>Annelys Roque Gardner, MD; UCSF<br \/>Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD; UCSF<br \/>Virginia C. Leslie, MD; Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center<br \/>Nhi Tran, MD MPH; UCSF\/SFGH<br \/>Calvin Chin, MD; UCSF<br \/>Kelly Treder, MD, MPJ; Boston Medical Center<br \/>Katherine Wei, MD; UCSF<br \/>David English MD; SFDPH\/UCSF<br \/>Jennifer Kanenaga, RN, MSN, NP; San Francisco General Hospital<br \/>Eva Raphael, MD, MPH; UCSF<br \/>Brian Abascal, MFA; Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center, UCSF<br \/>Desert AIDS Project, Director of Legal and Legislative Affairs<br \/>Amanda R. Oropeza, MD; CHAS Health<br \/>Shanna R. P. Livermore, MPH, MCHES&reg;, FRSPH; USC<br \/>Timothee Fruhauf, MD MPH; Johns Hopkins Hospital<br \/>Brigid Reilly CEC CST; B-lovin life Coaching<br \/>Helga Sigvaldadottir; UCSF Project Policy Analyst<br \/>Jason Cummings<br \/>Hannah H Leslie, PhD MPH; Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health<br \/>James Rouse I&ntilde;iguez, MA, MS<br \/>Margaret Hutchison, CNM; UCSF<br \/>Carlos Mora, Behavioral Health Clinician; San Francisco General Hospital<br \/>Ariel Zodhiates MD; UCSF<br \/>Marielle S. Gross, MD, MBE; Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics<br \/>Heather Orton, MSN, FNP-C; AAHIVS<br \/>Jaekyu Shin, PharmD; University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy<br \/>Naomi Wortis, MD; UCSF Dept of Family &amp; Community Medicine<br \/>Chan Park; UCSF School of Medicine<br \/>Nicolas Derr Reyes, MD; UCSF Family and Community Medicine<br \/>Angel C. Fabian, MNA, MD; Fijare Bien Program\/MPact<br \/>Benjamin Sokoloff, DO; University of Massachusetts<br \/>Amy Min, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP; Temple University School of Pharmacy<br \/>BSRN, MSN; SFGH (retired)<br \/>Mary Shiels, RN, MS, CNS; Ward 86<br \/>Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, FNP, FHC; SFGH<br \/>Lydia C. Leung, MD; UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine<br \/>Andrea Grosz, MD; SFDPH<br \/>Michelle Tabajonda; TruEvolution<br \/>Jyothi Marbin MD; UCSF<br \/>Aaron Austin, MPH student; The George Washington University, Milken Institute of Public Health<br \/>Talia Eisenstein, MD; UCSF<br \/>Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD; Emory University School of Medicine<br \/>Asmara Gebre RN, CNM; UCSF OBGYN Faculty<br \/>Constance Liu, MD\/PhD; Physicians for Reproductive Health<br \/>April Pettit, MD, MPH; Vanderbilt University Medical Center<br \/>Allegra Gordon, ScD; Boston University<br \/>Irene Ly, MD; UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine<br \/>Alan Curtis Wands, PA-C; Family Health Center, S.F, CA<br \/>Anya Desai, MD; UCSF-FCM Residency Program<br \/>Johana Oviedo, MD MPH; Physicians for Reproductive Health<br \/>Christopher Min, PharmD, BCCP; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania<br \/>Sophy S. Wong, MD; East Bay Getting to Zeo<br \/>Mickye Adams, Chair OB; Alta Bates Summit Medical Center<br \/>Diana Wu, MD; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center<br \/>Guy Vandenberg, MSW, RN; UCSF<br \/>Renee Heffron, PhD MPH; University of Washington<br \/>Jae Sevelius, PhD; UCSF<br \/>KJ Cottrell, MD; Well Clinic<br \/>Jack Chase MD FAAFP FHM; UCSF<br \/>Kirk Read, RN<br \/>Craig S. Weeks, MD; Community Health Connections, Inc.<br \/>Annette Lista, PharmD, BCCCP; Houston Methodist Hospital<br \/>Joseph Hinojosa, MD; Vybe Urgent Care<br \/>Stanley Cohan, MD PhD; Providence St Joseph Health<br \/>Ivonne McLean, MD; The Institute for Family Health<br \/>Ellen Schwerin, MPH, IBCLC; UC-Berkeley<br \/>Pamela Peters, MD; UCSF<br \/>Juliana E. Morris, MD, EdM; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Fay Dillof, LCSW; DEM<br \/>Noelle Martinez, MD MPH; UCSF<br \/>Carl Stein, MHS, PAC; California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco<br \/>Isabel Lee, MD; UCSF, Dept Family and Community Medicine<br \/>Lena Serghides, PhD; Scientist, University Health Network<br \/>Kira Levy, MS, MD; SF DPH<br \/>Daniel Pound, MD; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Hannah Fadenrecht; Western University of Health Sciences<br \/>Sharon S Yu, PharmD, AAHIVP; Mount Sinai Hospital<br \/>Stephanie Lin Constantino, MD; Family Health Centers of San Diego<br \/>Cleophas d&#8217;Auvergne MD., MPA, AAHIVS; OECS RCM<br \/>Douglas Brust, MD PhD; FSU<br \/>Carlos R Ortiz, MD, MPH.; Guaynabo Medical Mall<br \/>Marley Rashad, MD; UCSF<br \/>Joel Ang MD FAAFP AAHIVS; Sibley Hospital, Johns Hopkins<br \/>Sarah A. Rojas, MD, MAS, AAHIVS; Family Medicine<br \/>Angela Kapalko, PA-C, MS, AAHIVS; Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers<br \/>Jonathan S. Appelbaum, MD, FACP, AAHIVS; Florida State University College of Medicine<br \/>Brian K Goodroad, DNP, APRN, CNP, FAANP; Metropolitan State University<br \/>Gary&nbsp;Newman RPH ,BCGP, AAHIVP; AAHIVM<br \/>John Gerwig PA-C; Johns Hopkins University<br \/>Tonda P Jackson, MSN, FNP, BC; AHF<br \/>Elliot Goodenough, MD PhD; Drexel<br \/>Thomas W Panzella PA-C; SUNY Downstate<br \/>Jeffrey Birnbaum, MD, MPH; SUNY Downstate Medical Center<br \/>Angela G Giovanniello, PharmD, AAHIVP, LAc; Montefiore<br \/>Kristin Brownell MD, MPH; FHCSD<br \/>Andrea Knittel, MD PhD; University of North Carolina<br \/>Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCDIP, AAHIVP; Midwestern University<br \/>Grace Kim, MD, MPP; UCLA<br \/>Monica V. Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS AQ-ID, BCIDP; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center<br \/>Jessica Meisner MD, MS, MSHP; UTSW<br \/>Leah Miller MD MPH; Community Medical Center Missoula MT<br \/>Christina Johnson-Barger; Linn County Community Services- Ryan White Part B Services<br \/>Danny Toub MD, AAHIVS; Santa Rosa Community Health<br \/>Amanda Bressler, BS; Erie Family Health Centers<br \/>Lindsey Childs-Kean, PharmD, MPH; BCPS University of Florida<br \/>Brian McCullough, PharmD; Husson University School of Pharmacy<br \/>Lisa L. Abuogi, MD, MS; University of Colorado, Denver<br \/>Ben Ereshefsky, PharmD, BCIDP; Kaweah Delta Medical Center<br \/>Kristy D. Johnson-Pich, DO, AAHIVS; Medical Advocacy &amp; Outreach<br \/>Jeff Little, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, FACHE, FASHP; Saint Luke&rsquo;s Hospital<br \/>Melissa Rotz, PharmD BCPS; Temple University<br \/>Jessica Adams, PharmD; University of the Sciences<br \/>Judith Tinkelenberg, CNM Nightingale; Nightingale Birth Center<br \/>Kurtis B Mohr, MD, AAHIVS; Premise Health<br \/>Kerilyn Petrucci, PharmD<br \/>Paul Algeo, Medical Provider<br \/>Lauren Wedekind, MSc; DPhil Candidate at University of Oxford and NIH<br \/>Rena Patel, MD; University of Washington<br \/>Dr. Gideon Stitt, PharmD, BCPPS, BCCCP; Phoenix Children&rsquo;s Hospital<br \/>Aadia Rana, MD; UAB<br \/>Roseann Day, MD; Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency<br \/>Kristina Sanderson; JLL<br \/>Hattie Clark Grundland, RN, NP; ZSFG, Family Medicine<br \/>Lauren Stupar; National Clinician Consultation Center<br \/>Ashley Crystal Rojas; Executive Director, Fresno Barrios Unidos<br \/>Houda Dardari, PharmD, AAHIVP<br \/>Madeline King, PharmD; University of the Sciences<br \/>Jenny Tan, MSN, NP<br \/>Helen Horvath, RN, MS, NP; UCSF<br \/>Erika Shea, CRNP; PHMC<br \/>Katherine Sue Stuart, RN; California Nurses Association<br \/>Alyssa Gould, PharmD, BCIDP; Novant Health<br \/>Sapna Kalsy; PPSWO<br \/>Margaret Stafford, MD; UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine<br \/>Philip J. Bolduc, MD, AAHIVS; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School; University of Massachusetts<br \/>Angel Wong; Dignity Health<br \/>Lin Mel MD; Grady<br \/>Betsy Wan, MD; UCSF<br \/>Jonathan Rapp, MD, MS, BSPH; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Rona Renner, RN<br \/>Renata Smith, PharmD; University of Illinois at Chicago<br \/>Dr. Martin B, Van Dort MD; UPMC Susquehanna<br \/>Michelle Flucke, PharmD, AAHIVP; Walgreens<br \/>Larry Stanfield, RPH; Walgreens Specialty<br \/>Kelsey Williams, PharmD; Massachusetts General Hospital<br \/>Amy Fabian, PharmD; BCPS Baptist Health<br \/>Sheyam Ladwa, PharmD AAHIVP; AAHIVM<br \/>Monica Childers, PharmD<br \/>Wendy Bullington, PharmD; Medical University of South Carolina<br \/>Maureen O&rsquo;Keefe, CRT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Veronica Zafonte, PharmD, BCIDP; Jamaica Hospital Medical Center<br \/>Mary C. Magee, R.N; SEIU Local 1021<br \/>Alison Moed Paolercio, RN MSN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Sara Newmann MD, MPH; UCSF<br \/>Lora White PharmD; City Market<br \/>Alexandra Yonts, MD; Children&#8217;s National Hospital<br \/>Charles B Smoot, MD<br \/>Hailey Wilson, MD; Whiteriver Indian Hospital<br \/>Mary B Markovich, RN, MSN, ANP; VAMC<br \/>Laura Goetzl MD MPH; UT Health<br \/>Debbie Bamberger, RN, MS, WHNP-BC; UCSF<br \/>Corlina Johnson, APRN-BC; Foundcare, West Palm Beach, FL<br \/>Jeff Taylor; HIV+Aging Research Project, Palm Springs<br \/>Ravi Venkatesh MD; KP<br \/>Eduardo Garcia, M.D; UCSF<br \/>Esther M Johnston, MD, MPH; HealthPoint<br \/>Thomas Luong, MD; UCSF Family and Community Medicine<br \/>Jolie LeBlanc, MD, AAHIVS; LSU Health Sciences<br \/>New Latthivongskorn, MD, MPH; Family and Community Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital<br \/>Sheetal Sharma, MD; CAN Community Health<br \/>Trudy Singzon, MD MPH; San Francisco Dept of Public Health<br \/>Philip Winternheimer, FNP-C, MSN; Eskenazi Health<br \/>Krystina Begonia, MD; UCSF<br \/>Ronald H. Labuguen, MD; UCSF<br \/>Brittni Boyd MD; UCSF<br \/>Trina Mansour MD; UCSF<br \/>David Klein MD; UCSF<br \/>Dr. Amy M. Autry; UCSF<br \/>Arthurine Zakama; University of California- San Francisco<br \/>Amanda Compadre, MD; UCSF<br \/>Tamandra Morgan, MD; UCSF<br \/>Aileen Portugal, MD; UCSF Obstetrician Gynecologist and Reproductive Science Resident Physician<br \/>Maura Jones, MD; UCSF OBGYN<br \/>Richard J Haldeman III, PA-C&nbsp; AAHIVS; AAHIVM<br \/>E. Nicole Teal, MD, MPH; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Erin Pederson, RN, BSN; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Temesgen Woldeyesus M.D.; UCSF<br \/>Molly Siegel, MD; UCSF<br \/>Deanna Teoh, MD, MS, FACOG, FACS; University of Minnesota<br \/>Elsa Heros, CNM, MSN; Mercy Hospital, Portland, Maine<br \/>Moupali Das, MD, MPH; Gilead Sciences<br \/>Jessica Zorn, R.N., B.S.N.; Addiction Medicine<br \/>Karishma Oza, MPH; DuPont Clinic<br \/>Margaret S. C. Arias, MD MPH; UCSF Resident<br \/>Maya Scott-Chung, MPH, CMT; SFSU MPH<br \/>Sarah Goodman, RN, AGPCNP; SFVA<br \/>Vanessa Ross, CNM, MSN; Brigham and Women&rsquo;s Hospital<br \/>Tricia Cerone; UCSF<br \/>Lealah Pollock, MD MS; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Olivia Song Park, MPH, MD Candidate, Class of 2020; UCSF SOM<br \/>Jessie Schwiesow, MPH; Unity Wellness Center<br \/>Yolanda Tinajero, MD; UCSF Ob\/Gyn Resident<br \/>Noor Chadha, 2nd year medical student ; UC Berkeley &#8211; UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>John E Swartzberg; UC Berkeley<br \/>Rachel Mernoff; Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Douglas Jutte, MD, MPH; Build Healthy Places Network<br \/>Sharada Narayan, MS; University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine<br \/>Kamran Abri, BA; UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Joey Chiang MSc, MD Candidate; UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Joanna Mandell, MD, MS; UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Phoebe Miller MS (MD 2022); UCSF<br \/>Katie Gutierrez; UC Berkeley &#8211; UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Janet Perlman; UCSF<br \/>Anthony Nardone, MS, MS, MD candidate; UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Megan Orlando, MD; UCSF<br \/>Alison Aronstam, MS; UC Berkeley &#8211; UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, MD, MPH; UC Berkeley School of Public Health<br \/>Shelene Stine, MD; University of California, Berkeley<br \/>Rini Banerjee Ratan, MD; Columbia University Medical Center<br \/>Michelle Finkel, MD; Presser-Finkel Medical Group, Inc<br \/>Iris Jovel, MD; UCSF<br \/>Susan Elizabeth Spratt, MD; Duke Health System<br \/>Edward Machtinger, MD. Professor of Medicine; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Fedelma McKenna RN MSN CNM; SNHMC<br \/>Janesta Noland MD; Lucile Packard Children&#8217;s Hospital at Stanford<br \/>Tri Do, MD, MPH; UCSF<br \/>Nate Bohm-Levine; UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Chiara Corbetta-Rastelli, MD; UCSF<br \/>India Harville, MA; Loving the Skin You Are In<br \/>Bradley Heinz; UCSF Medical Student<br \/>Daniel Pham; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC)<br \/>Neal Baer, EdM, AM, MD;&nbsp; Harvard Medical School<br \/>Mary Scheib RN MSN FNP; SF Department of Public Health<br \/>Brenly Rowland, MS, MD Candidate 2022; UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Mark Rudolf, M.S.; University of Virginia<br \/>Amelia Dmowska; Medical Student, UC Berkeley &#8211; UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Nicole Tantoco, MD, MPH; University of California, San Francisco Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences<br \/>Christopher Johns; Medical Student at University of MN<br \/>Haruna Aridomi; UC Berkeley &#8211; UCSF Joint Medical Program<br \/>Madeleine Kane, MS2; MS2, UCSF-UCB Joint Medical Program<br \/>Amber Naresh, MD MPH; Tulane University School of Medicine<br \/>Matthew Linz, BS; Rutgers New Jersey Medical School<br \/>Biftu Mengesha MD MAS; UCSF<br \/>Daniel Grossman, MD; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Dominika Seidman, MD; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Anonymous, MD; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Christopher Hoover, MPH; UC Berkeley<br \/>Tyler Chervo, BS, MPH Candidate; University of California, Berkeley<br \/>Bianca Argueza, MD, MPH; UCSF<br \/>Juan Gonz&aacute;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lez<\/a>, BA.; UC Berkeley School of Public Health \/ College of Environmental Design<br \/>Daryl Mangosing, MPH; UC Berkeley<br \/>Nicole Perales, MSc; University of California Berkeley<br \/>Jan Bing Del Rosario; UC Berkeley<br \/>Cornelis Elmes. MD; NorthBay Healthcare<br \/>Sam Zakkour, PharmD, AAHIVP; National Clinician Consultation Center<br \/>Perrie Briskin, MBA\/MPH; UC Berkeley<br \/>Ashley Wagner; UC Berkeley School of Public Health<br \/>Angela Monahan; University of California, Berkeley<br \/>Julia Tubert, MPH Candidate; UC Berkeley, School of Public Health<br \/>Christopher Rouillard; UC Berkeley Graduate School of a Public Health<br \/>Kendall E. Lee, BA; UC Berkeley School of Public Health<br \/>Jessie Jaeger, MPH, MCP; UC Berkeley<br \/>Andrea Jacobo, MPH; UC Berkeley School of Public Health<br \/>Mercedes Scott, MPH; UC Berkeley<br \/>Nianyi Hong, MA; UC Berkeley<br \/>Margae Knox, MPH; UC Berkeley<br \/>Jolene Kokroko, MD MPH; UCSF OBGYN Residency<br \/>Mariah De Zuzuarregui; UC Berkeley MPH<br \/>Suzanne M. Dufault, MA; University of California, Berkeley<br \/>Ariana Bennett, MPH; UC Berkeley<br \/>Shalini Chatterjee, MPH\/MSW 2022 UC Berkeley School of Public Health and School of Social Welfare<br \/>Antonia Biggs, PhD; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Aidan McLoughlin Biostatistics MA Student; UC Berkeley<br \/>Michelle Chen; UC Berkeley<br \/>Seghel Yohannes, B.A, Grad student<br \/>Tracy Lam-Hine, MBA; UC Berkeley School of Public Health Doctoral Student<br \/>Rachel Wallace; UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy<br \/>Julia Kramer; UC Berkeley School of Public Health<br \/>Justin L Bullock MD, MPH; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Heather Amato, MPH; University of California Berkeley<br \/>Jessie Wesley, MCPPH; University of California, Berkeley<br \/>May Lim; Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley<br \/>Pratima Gupta, MD MPH; UCSD<br \/>Curtis Sera; UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medial Program<br \/>Kathleen McHugh, MD; Medstar<br \/>Nicole Boyd, MD Candidate; UCSF School of Medicine<br \/>Reed A. 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MME; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medial Center<br \/>Peter W. Hunt, MD; UCSF<br \/>Rebecca Riseman, FNP, MPH, MSW; Stanford Health Care<br \/>Zea Malawa, MD, MPH; San Francisco Dept of Public Health<br \/>Stephanie De La Melena, BA Integrative Biology; UCSF employee<br \/>Catalina Macdonald, M.A.Ed; UCSF<br \/>Amy Pineda; UCSF<br \/>Susan Buchbinder; UCSF<br \/>Daisy Orellana; TEACH<br \/>Alysha Aziz RN; UCSF Ward 86\/Positive Health Program<br \/>Sara Newmann MD MPH; UCSF<br \/>Erika Aaron, MSN, CRNP; Phila Dept of Public Health<br \/>Julie M. French, MPA; UCSF<br \/>Julia Hankin; UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health<br \/>Rosalyn Schroeder; UCSF<br \/>Andrea Raider, NP; UCSF<br \/>Robyn Lamar, MD, MPH; UCSF<br \/>Ilana Silverstein, BA; University of California San Francisco<br \/>Amanda Yeaton-Massey, MD; UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology &amp; Reproductive Sciences<br \/>C. Finley Baba, MPH; UCSF, OB\/GYN-RS<br \/>Siobhan Hayes, MPH; UCSF<br \/>Rebecca Amirault , CNM; UCSF<br \/>Lavanya Rao; UCSF<br \/>Mindy Goldman, MD; University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Karen Smith McCune MD, PhD; UCSF<br \/>Patricia Robertson MD; UCSF<br \/>Diana J Laird, PhD; Department of ObGyn, University of California, San Francisco<br \/>Anna M Powell, MD; Johns Hopkins<br \/>Nancy Milliken MD; UCSF<br \/>Nazaneen Homaifar, MD\/MBA; UC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>April 16, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/blog\/open-letter-fda-medical-professionals\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.glaad.org\/blog\/open-letter-fda-medical-professionals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open letter to FDA from medical professionals To the United States Food and Drug Administration Blood Products Advisory Committee, We &#8212; the undersigned infectious disease and HIV specialists, public health professionals, clinicians, healthcare administrators, trainees and researchers &#8212; As you well know, we are on the precipice of a critical nationwide shortage of blood products. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/open-letter-to-fda-from-medical-professionals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open letter to FDA from medical professionals<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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