Joseph J. Eron, MD, an Infectious Disease Specialist with UNC Infectious Diseases at Eastowne – UNC Faculty Physicians Center at Eastowne
Get to know Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Joseph J. Eron, who serves patients in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
A prominent infectious disease specialist, Dr. Eron is Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UNC Infectious Diseases at Eastowne – UNC Faculty Physicians Center at Eastowne. His clinical interests include HIV care, antiretroviral therapy, HIV resistance, and primary HIV infection.
He also holds many other titles, including Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Director of Clinical Core at the UNC Center for AIDS Research; Associate Director of the General Clinical Research Unit at UNC Health; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health; Vice Chair of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group; and Principal Investigator of the HIV/AIDS Clinical Research Unit at UNC-CH.
Having been part of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group since 1993, Dr. Eron has held multiple leadership positions including Chair of the Optimization of ART (OpART) Committee and the Cure Transformative Science Group. He is the Principal Investigator of the UNC Clinical Trials Unit with sites in Chapel Hill; Greensboro; Lilongwe, Malawi; and Hanoi, Vietnam. In addition, he is a leader of the UNC Acute HIV infection research team and is a collaborator in the UNC HIV Cure Initiative.
Educated in the United States, Dr. Eron graduated with his undergraduate degree from Harpur College and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He subsequently completed his HIV training at Massachusetts General Hospital under Drs. Martin Hirsch and Richard D’Aquila, followed by his fellowship training in infectious diseases at the said establishment.
The doctor is board-certified in infectious disease and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.
Over the last 15 years, Dr. Eron has led the development of the UNC HIV CFAR Clinic Cohort that includes over 5000 HIV infected individuals and has active collaboration and membership in the NA ACCORD and CNICS cohorts.
Infectious disease is a medical specialty dealing with the prevention, the diagnosis, and the treatment of all infections. An infectious disease specialist’s practice also consists of managing nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections.
An expert in his field, Dr. Eron has over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals focusing on antiretroviral therapy, resistance, pharmacology, transmission and HIV persistence, and disruption of latency. Recent work has included publications from the UNC CFAR HIV Clinical Cohort, the ACTG, HPTN and IAS-USA HIV treatment guidelines in JAMA 2020.
Having worked extensively in the area of HIV drug development, Dr. Eron has led or participated in original studies of many antiretroviral therapies. He also continues as an active HIV and infectious disease clinician. He was awarded the HIVMA HIV Clinical Educator Award in 2013.
Happily married, Dr. Eron lives in Chapel Hill with his wife and family. He has four daughters, three sons, and four grandchildren.
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