Gail V. Berkenblit, MD, PhD

Professional Titles

• Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Education, Osler Medical Residency

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Heart and Vascular Institute
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Research Interests

Design and evaluation of an internet-based curriculum, Improving resident training in HIV outpatient care

Lab Website

Gail Berkenblit Lab

• The Gail Berkenblit Lab focuses on HIV testing. We are particularly interested in the training of residents as it relates to HIV outpatient care, and the development and assessment of online curriculum.

Selected Publications

• Bass MG, Korthuis PT, Cofrancesco J Jr, Berkenblit GV, Sullivan LE, Asch SM, Bashook PG, Edison M, Sosman JM, Cook RL. Provider and practice characteristics associated with use of rapid HIV Testing by general internists. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Nov;26(11):1258-64. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1764-z. Epub 2011 Jun 28. PMID: 21710314 

• Berkenblit G, Sullivan L, Sosman J, Gifford A, Cofrancesco J Jr. Update in HIV care. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Feb;22(2):253-6. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17356995

• Berkenblit GV, Sosman JM, Bass M, Gebrekristos HT, Cofrancesco J Jr, Sullivan LE, Cook RL, Edison M, Bashook PG, Korthuis PT. Factors affecting clinician educator encouragement of routine HIV testing among trainees. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Jul;27(7):839-44. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-1985-9. PMID: 22302354 

• Chaudhry AA, Berkenblit G, Gifford AL, Cofrancesco J Jr, Sosman J, Sullivan LE. Update in HIV medicine for the generalist. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 May;26(5):538-42. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1580-x. Epub 2010 Dec 8. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 21140297

• Cook RL, Berkenblit G. Routine HIV testing hits the primary care clinic. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Dec;24(12):1338-40. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1156-9. No abstract available. PMID: 19876693

• Kinsman H, Roter D, Berkenblit G, Saha S, Korthuis PT, Wilson I, Eggly S, Sankar A, Sharp V, Cohn J, Moore RD, Beach MC. "We'll do this together": the role of the first person plural in fostering partnership in patient-physician relationships. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Mar;25(3):186-93. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1178-3. Epub 2009 Dec 22. PMID: 20033624 

• Korthuis PT, Berkenblit GV, Sullivan LE, Cofrancesco J Jr, Cook RL, Bass M, Bashook PG, Edison M, Asch SM, Sosman JM. General internists' beliefs, behaviors, and perceived barriers to routine HIV screening in primary care. AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3 Suppl):70-83. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2011.23.3_supp.70. PMID: 21689038

• Phillips KA, Berkenblit GV. Training residents in outpatient HIV care. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Dec;25(12):1273; author reply 1274. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1522-7. No abstract available. PMID: 20882361 

• Phillips KA, Cofrancesco J Jr, Sisson S, Wu AW, Bass EB, Berkenblit G. A multicenter study of internal medicine residents' perceptions of training, competence, and performance in outpatient HIV care. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2010 Mar;24(3):159-64. doi: 10.1089/apc.2009.0302. PMID: 20214483 

• Salgado M, Gandhi S, Buckheit RW, Berkenblit GV, Blankson JN. Evolution of an Attenuated HIV-1 Isolate in an Elite Suppressor. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24117037 

Honors

• David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Education Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/11
• Lawrence S. Linn Award for HIV Research, Society of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/05

Professional Activities

Society of General Internal Medicine's AIDS Task Force, Chair