CarlaSuzanneAlexanderMD

HIV/AIDS Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Hematology/Oncology

Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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Dr. Carla S. Alexander is a palliative care specialist at the the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine - Institute of Human Virology, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease in Baltimore, MD. Currently she directs the inpatient Palliative Medicine Programs at the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus and at the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedics Institute. She received her medical degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 1979. She is experienced in HIV/AIDS and Palliative Care for persons living in international and syndemic settings. Dr. A enjoys community-based education regarding difficult to discuss topics and aging and dying with HIV disease and long COVID.

CASA: Care and Support Access in HIV Disease Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable

PubMed

2 citations
Early Use of the Palliative Approach to Improve Patient Outcomes in HIV Disease: Insights and Findings From the Care and Support Access (CASA) Study 2013-2019
Carla Alexander, Victoria H. Raveis, Daniel Karus, Monique Carrero-Tagle, Mei Ching Lee
The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2021-04-01
28 citations
What Matters Most at the End-of-Life for Chinese Americans?
Mei Ching Lee, Katherine A. Hinderer, Carla Alexander
Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine. 2018-07-17
10 citations
Challenges to advance care planning among multidisciplinary health professionals in China
Mei Ching Lee, Roger Auth, Katherine A. Hinderer, Carla Alexander
International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 2017-11-25

Journal Articles

2017 HIVMA of IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Chronic Pain in Patients Living with HIV
Peter Selwyn, Jessica Merlin, Carla Alexander, Glenn Jordan Treisman, Paula J Lum, Amanda H Corbett, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Institute of Human Virology Marks National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Wednesday, September 27 as HIV/AIDS Increases in Baltimore’s YouthSeptember 20th, 2017

PIThe CASA Study: Implementation of the Palliative Approach to Care and Support Access to improve outcomes for young same-gender loving men receiving outpatient HIV management. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Inc. sponsor (PCORI)2013 - 2019