Karam C. Mounzer MD

Dr. Karam Mounzer is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Medical Director of the Jonathan Lax Center for the Treatment of Immune Disorders, which is the largest, community-based Philadelphia HIV program. He has identified 2 major gaps in the care of patients with HIV/HCV co-infection, and the complexity of multidrug-resistant HIV treatment.

Dr. Mounzer is also involved with numerous clinical trials focusing on drug development and a better understanding of HIV immunopathogenesis with the Wistar Institute. He received his medical degree from Saint Joseph University, Faculty of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon, and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he also underwent an infectious diseases fellowship.

In addition to authoring several articles in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Mounzer serves as Reviewer for Clinical Infectious Disease, Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, and ISRN Virology. He is a member of the American Academy of HIV Medicine, HIV Medical Association, and Infectious Diseases Society of America. In 2015, he received the Practitioner of the Year Award from the Philadelphia County Medical Society/Pennsylvania Medical Society.