George Siberry MD, MPH is a Medical Officer at the Pediatric Adolescent Maternal AIDS (PAMA) Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland (USA). He develops research studies,
focused on prevention, treatment and complications of pediatric and adolescent HIV infection through several domestic and international HIV research networks. He is also the primary physician for children and youth with HIV infection at his weekly clinic in the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Department of Pediatrics. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University, his MD from the JHU School of Medicine, and his MPH in International Health from the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed his residency training in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at the JHU School of Medicine before joining the JHU faculty in 2003 as Director of the Harriet Lane Clinic and then the NIH in 2008. He is an active member of the US DHHS Working Group on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Infected Children as well as the DHHS Working Group on Opportunistic Infection Prevention and Treatment among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children. His current research interests are primarily focused on vaccine-preventable infections and bone health in infants and children with HIV infection. He co-authored the chapter on pediatric HIV infection in the 2010 edition of Mandell’s Infectious Disease text, co-edited the first edition of the Harriet Lane Pediatric Antimicrobial Handbook, and has published over 40 articles and book chapters. He has provided training and program consultation for PEPFAR country programs and is a member of the PEPFAR Pediatric and PMTCT Technical Working Groups.
