JosephCofrancescoJr.MD,MPH, FACP

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education(IEE) Professor of Medicine; Director, IEE; Director, GIM Clinician-Educator Mentoring and Scholarship Program; Thayer Firm Faculty and Clinical Coach; Medical Director, HIV Care/Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station-Rockland Group. Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing , Acute and Chronic Care.

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Office
600 N Wolfe St
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-1725

Fax+1 410-367-2185

Summary

Dr. Joseph Cofrancesco Jr. is an internist in Baltimore, MD, and is faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has been in practice 27 years. He specializes in general internal medicine as well as hiv/aids care, and has leadership roles in medical education (students, residents, fellows and peers).

Clinical Expertise

General internal medicine, Medical education, HIV medicine

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public HealthMPH, Public Health, Epidemiology, Delta Omega Alpha, 1994 - 1996
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1994
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1993
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1991
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1990
Columbia College, Columbia UniversityBA, Liberal Arts/Biology, 1980

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
MD State Medical License 1994 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Physician Exemplar Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2018
International Association of Health Care Professionals, listed 2018
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, listed 2018
The Distinguished Teaching Society of JHUSOM 2017
House Staff Appreciation Award JHUSOM, DOM, 2014
Listed, National Council of American Executives 2014
David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Award JHUSOM, Department of Medicine, 2012
Professors� Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Clinical Sciences JHUSOM, 2012
Listed, Biltmore Who�s Who 2011
Listed, Cambridge Who's Who 2010
National Award for Mid-Career Education Mentorship Society of General Internal Medicine, 2010
Listed, Continental Who's Who 2009
Listed, The Global Director of Who�s Who, �Top Doctor� section 2009
Listed, �Guide to America�s Top Physicians SLD Industries, 2009
Listed, Strathmore Who's Who 2009
�Guide to America�s Top Physicians� Consumers� Research Council of America, 2008
Listed, The Best Doctors in America 2007
�Top Docs, Baltimore� Baltimore Magazine, 2007
Listed, Marquis Who's Who in America 2007
Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2006
Best Faculty Abstract Johns Hopkins SOM Medical Education Research Retreat, 2006
Fellow American College of Physicians, 2005
Ambulatory Preceptor Award Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, 2005
Humanism in Medicine Award, National Finalist AAMC, 2000
Delta Omega (Alpha Chapter) National Public Health Honor Society, 1996
Lawrence S. Linn Research Trust Award Society of General Internal Medicine, 1996
Leo M. Davidoff Society, Certificate of Distinction Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1993
Medical Attendings� Award: Excellence in Clinical Medicine and Patient Care Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1990
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

303 citations
Intermittent HIV-1 Viremia (Blips) and Drug Resistance in Patients Receiving HAART
Richard E. Nettles, Tara L. Kieffer, Patty Kwon, Daphne Monie, Yefei Han
JAMA. 2005-02-16
139 citations
Chronic CD4+ T-Cell Activation and Depletion in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection: Type I Interferon-Mediated Disruption of T-Cell Dynamics
Ahmad R. Sedaghat, Jennifer R. German, Tanya M. Teslovich, Joseph Cofrancesco, Chunfa C. Jie
Journal of Virology. 2008-02-15
65 citations
Genotypic Resistance in HIV-1—Infected Patients with Persistently Detectable Low-Level Viremia while Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Richard E. Nettles, Tara L. Kieffer, Rachel P. Simmons, Joseph Cofrancesco, Richard D. Moore
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2004-10-01

Journal Articles

Health and wellness among incoming resident physicians: A multi-domain survey
Tabibian JH, Bertram AK, Yeh HC, Cofrancesco Jr. J, Codori, N, Block L,Miller ER, Ranasinghe PD, Marinopoulos SS., J Community Medicine., 1/1/2018
Twelve tips to promote gender equity in international academic medicine
Ibrahim H, Stadler DJ, Archuleta S, Cofrancesco Jr, J., Medical Teacher, 1/1/2017
Description, Perceptions and Roles of Clinician-Educators in Emerging Graduate Medical Education Systems: a Multi-National Survey Study
Ibrahim H, Stadler DJ, Archuleta S, Shah NG, Bertram A, Nair SC, Alkhal A, Al-Mohammed AA, Cofrancesco Jr, J., BMJ/Postsgrad Med J, 1/1/2016
The Facial Appearance Inventory: Development and Preliminary Evidence for Reliability and Validity in People Living with HIV and Lipoatrophy
Wu AW, Wansom T, Huang IC, Cofrancesco J, Convant MA, Sarwer DB., AsethetSurgJ, 1/1/2016
Do questions help? The Impact of Audience Response Systems on Medical Student Learning
Mains TE, Cofrancesco Jr. J., Milner SM, Shah NG, Goldberg H., Postgrad Medical J., 1/1/2015
Perceptions of General Internal Medicine Division Directors regarding the importance of and support for scholarly work done by clinician educators
Yeh HC, Bertram A, Brancati F, Cofrancesco Jr J., Acad Med., 1/1/2015
How we developed the GIM clinician�educator mentoring and scholarship program to assist faculty with promotion and scholarly work
Bertram A, Yeh HC, Bass EB, Brancati F, Levine D, Cofrancesco Jr J., Medical Teacher, 1/1/2014
Comment on �The New Normal�
Desai SV, Feldman L, Cofrancesco J, JAMA Intern Med, 1/1/2013
Effect of a 2011- versus 2003- duty hour regulation compliant model on sleep duration, trainee education, and continuity of patient care among internal medicine house ...
Desai SV, Feldman L, Brown L, Dezube R, Yeh H, Punjabi N, Afshar K, Grunwald M, Harrington C, Naik R, Cofrancesco J., JAMA Intern Med, 1/1/2013
Testosterone and Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in an Inner-City Cohort
Monroe AD, Dobs AS, Cofrancesco J, Brown TT, J Mens Health, 1/1/2012
Factors affecting clinician educator encouragement of routine HIV testing among trainees
Berkenblit GV, Sosman JM, Bass M, Gebrekristos HT, Cofrancesco J Jr, Sullivan LE, Cook RL, Edison M, Bashook PG, Korthuis PT., Journal of General Internal Medicine., 1/1/2012
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with the development of subclinical coronary artery disease in African Americans with HIV infection: a preliminary study
Lai H, Detrick B, Fishman EK, Gerstenblith G, Brinker JA, Hollis BW, Bartlett J, Cofrancesco J Jr, Tong W, Tai H, Chen S, Bhatia S, Lai S, Journal of Investigative Medicine., 1/1/2012
Age-related skeletal muscle decline is similar in HIV-infected and uninfected individuals
Yarasheski KE, Scherzer R, Kotler DP, Dobs AS, Tien PC, Lewis CE, Kronmal RA, Heymsfield SB, Bacchetti P, Grunfeld C; Study of Fat Redistribution and Metabolic Change ..., Journals of Gerontology., 1/1/2011
Intermuscular adipose tissue and metabolic associations in HIV infection
Scherzer R, Shen W, Heymsfield SB, Lewis CE, Kotler DP, Punyanitya M, Bacchetti P, Shlipak MG, Grunfeld C; Study of Fat Redistribution and Metabolic Change in HIV Infe..., Obesity. (Silver Spring)., 1/1/2011
Medical student and faculty perceptions of volunteer outpatients versus simulated patients in communication skills training
Clever SL, Dudas RA, Solomon BS, Yeh HC, Levine D, Bertram A, Goldstein M, Shilkofski N, Cofrancesco J Jr., Academic Medicine, 1/1/2011
Provider and practice characteristics associated with use of rapid HIV testing by general internists
Bass MG, Korthuis PT, Cofrancesco J Jr, Berkenblit GV, Sullivan LE, Asch SM, Bashook PG, Edison M, Sosman JM, Cook RL., Journal of General Internal Medicine., 1/1/2011
General Internists� Beliefs, Behaviors, and Perceived Barriers to Routine HIV Screening in Primary Care
Korthuis PT, Berkenblit GV, Sullivan LE, Cofrancesco J, Cook RL, Bass M, Bashook PG, Edison M, Asch SM, Sosman JM., AIDS Education and Prevention, 1/1/2011
Prevalence of low bone mineral density in a low income inner-city population
El-Maouche D, Xu X, Cofrancesco J Jr, Dobs AS, Brown TT., Journal of Bone and Mineral Research., 1/1/2011
A multicenter study of internal medicine residents� perceptions of training, competence, and performance in outpatient HIV care
Phillips K, Cofrancesco J Jr, Sisson S, Wu AW, Bass EB, Berkenblit G, AIDS Patient Care and STDs., 1/1/2010
Update in HIV Medicine for the Generalist
Chaudhry AA, Gifford AL, Cofrancesco J, Sosman J, Berkenblit G, Sullivan LE., Journal of General Internal Medicine., 1/1/2009
Treatment options for HIV-associated central fat accumulation
Cofrancesco J Jr, Freedland E, McComsey G., AIDS Patient Care and STDs., 1/1/2009
Long-term Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Is Associated with the Risk of Coronary Plaques in African Americans with HIV Infection
Lai S, Bartlett J, Lai H, Moore R, Cofrancesco J Jr, Pannu H, Tong W, Meng W, Sun H, Fishman EK., AIDS Patient Care and STDs., 1/1/2009
Lipodystrophy in the Patient with HIV: Social, Psychological, and Treatment Considerations
Peterson S, Martins C, Cofrancesco J Jr., Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 1/1/2008
Simple anthropometric measures correlate with metabolic risk indicators as strongly as magnetic resonance imaging-measured adipose tissue depots in both HIV-infected a...
Scherzer R, Shen W, Bacchetti P, Kotler D, Lewis CE, Shlipak MG, Heymsfield SB, Grunfeld C; Study of Fat Redistribution Metabolic Change in HIV Infection (FRAM)., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1/1/2008
Impact of Duty Hour Regulations on Medical Students� Education: Views of Key Clinical Faculty
Reed DA, Levine RB, Miller RG, Ashar BH, Bass EB, Rice T, Cofrancesco J Jr., Journal of General Internal Medicine., 1/1/2008
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Books/Book Chapters

Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine Board Review
Chapter: The preoperative evaluation
Page 545.0 - 549.0Sisson S, Cofrancesco J.Editors: Miller RG, Ashar BH, Sisson SD.Mosby, Philadelphia2004

Lectures

Learning environment, with Coaching and Feedback as formative assessment
Vienna, Austria - 1/1/2018
Clinician Educators for the 21st Century: Issues and Possible Solutions
Eastern Virginia Medical School - 1/1/2018
Feedback and Peer Coaching: Making for a Better Leaning Environment
Eastern Virginia Medical School - 1/1/2018
Foundations of Teaching and Learning
Prince George�s Hospital Center, Cheverly, MD - 1/1/2017
Skills for �Everyday� Teaching, Feedback, and Introduction to Peer Coaching.
1/1/2016
Keynote Address, Clinician Educators in the 21st Century
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (SUNY/Buffalo) - 1/1/2016
HIV 2016: Cases from Clinic
Southwest Care Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico - 1/1/2016
Feedback and Peer Coaching: Making for a Better Learning Environment
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico - 1/1/2016
HIV Care: Case Panel
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1/1/2016
ART in 2015
Washington, DC - 1/1/2015
Perceptions of leaders and clinician educators on the impact of international accreditation
Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2015
Active Teaching in Large Group Settings
Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2015
Cases from Clinic
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2014
The Art and Science of Bedside Rounds
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY - 1/1/2013
HIV and the Heart Disease
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1/1/2012
Educator�s Portfolio
1/1/2012
HIV and Cardiovascular Disease
Brooklyn Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY - 1/1/2011
Screening, Counseling and Linkage to Care (SCALE) HIV
Falls Church, VA - 1/1/2011
Metabolic Complication of ARV Therapy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - 1/1/2010
Screening, Counseling and Linkage to Care
New York, NY - 1/1/2010
Facilitation Small Group Discussion
1/1/2010
When and What to Start
1/1/2010
Planning for Success: Prevention and Management of Failure to First-Line Therapy.
1/1/2010
Nutrition Issues in HIV.
1/1/2010
�Physical and Laboratory evaluations for patients with HIV,� Telemedicine
BJ Medical College, India - 1/1/2009
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Other

PrEP
MOOC (Massive, Open, On-Line Course)
1/1/2017
Small Group Teaching� a 4 segment module in University Teaching 101
Levine R., Cofrancesco J., MOOC (Massive, Open, On-Line Course)
1/1/2014
Improve Your Teaching
Cofrancesco J, Institute for Excellence in Education
https://improveteaching.med.jhmi.edu/
1/1/2014
Health Minute with Elizabeth Tracey
National Public Radio/WYPR
1/1/2014
Assessing and Managing Cardiovascular Risk in Patients, with HIV
Hoffman C, Cofrancseco Jr, J, Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases, Point of Care Information Technology
http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/
1/1/2010
Management of Lipoatrophy in HIV-infected patients
Cofrancesco Jr J, Brown T, Kazin R., Hoffman, Johns Hopkins Infectious Disease, Point of Care Technology
1/1/2009
Screening, Counseling and Linkage to Care (SCALE)
Cofrancesco Jr J, Berkenblit, G, JHUSOM
1/1/2009
Clinician Forum: expert questions & answers
Cofrancesco J, Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases AIDS Service Web Site
1/1/2007
Patient Forum: expert questions
Cofrancesco J., Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases AIDS Service Web Site
1/1/2007
Hyperlipidemia
Berkenblit G and Cofrancesco J, Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases HIV Guide, Point of Care Information Technology
http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/
1/1/2005
Lipodystrophy
Cofrancesco J, Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases HIV Guide, Point of Care Information Technology
http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/
1/1/2005
Diabetes Mellitus and Insulin Resistance
Brown, TT and Cofrancesco J, Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases HIV Guide, Point of Care Information Technology
http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/
1/1/2005
Wasting
Cofrancesco J, Johns Hopkins Infectious Diseases HIV Guide, Point of Care Information Technology
http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/
1/1/2005
Development and Implementation of as School-Wide Institute for Excellence in Education to Enable Educational Scholarship by Medical School Faculty.
Cofrancesco J Jr, Barone MA, Serwint JR, Goldstein M, Westman M, Lipsett PA., Teach and Learning in Medicine.
1/28/2017
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Press Mentions

Top Doctors in the DOMOctober 30th, 2020
Top Doctors 2020November 17th, 2020

Professional Memberships

American College of Physicians - ACP
Fellow
Society of General Internal Medicine - SGIM
Member
American Association of Medical Colleges
Member

External Links

Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/joseph-cofrancesco
JHUSOM Institute for Excellence in Education https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_excellence_education/
GIM Clinician Educator Mentoring and Scholarship Programhttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gim/core_resources/CEMSP.html