Anita Rachlis, M.D. is a Canadian

Canada

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 AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 researcher and is the principal author of the HIV

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

 treatment guidelines in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. She is an associate scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Sunnybrook Research Institute is the research component of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It is one of the largest research centres in Canada, second only to the University Health Network within the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Centre Network...

, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada.

In September 2003 Rachlis was made a member of Canada's Ministerial Council of HIV/AIDS. In 2004, the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre gave her an award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to inpatient teaching.

Education

• MD, 1972, University of Toronto
  University of Toronto
  The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
  
  
• FRCP(C), 1976, Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
• Certificate of Special Competence, 1983, Infectious Disease, University of Toronto
• M.Ed., 1994, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Appointments and affiliations

• Associate scientist, clinical integrative biology - trauma, emergency and critical care program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Professor (cross-appointment), department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology, University of Toronto
• Professor, division of infectious diseases, department of medicine, University of Toronto
• Clerkship director, undergraduate medical program, faculty of medicine, University of Toronto

Research

Rachlis's research is focussed on HIV-related clinical work. Her research interests are in the care and treatment of patients with HIV infection. She has been involved in clinical research on antiretroviral agents, prophylaxis, and treatment of opportunistic infections. Her other area of interest is in medical education related to continuing education for infectious diseases and HIV infection and undergraduate medical education.

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1998