Emergency Department (ED) Leaders' Perspectives on Offering HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in New York City EDs:

Christine Tagliaferri Rael1, Stefanie Mayorga, Tatiana Gonzalez-Argoti

  • 1Christine Tagliaferri Rael, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, University of Colorado College of Nursing, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Stefanie Mayorga, MS, is a Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado College of Nursing, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Tatiana Gonzalez-Argoti, BS, is a Research Coordinator, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA. Lilian Ha, MSc, is a Data Analyst, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA. Samantha Stonbraker, PhD, MPH, RN, is an Assistant Professor, University of Colorado College of Nursing, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Yvette Calderon, MD, MS, is Chair of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. Susie Hoffman, DrPH, is an Associate Professor and Research Scientist, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA, and HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. Ethan Cowan, MD, MS, is a Professor, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA. Laurie J. Bauman, PhD, is a Professor, Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Bronx, New York, USA. Joanne E. Mantell, PhD, MS, MSPH, is a Professor and Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.

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