Michael A. Kolber, PhD, MD

Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases
Director, Comprehensive AIDS Program
Director, Adult HIV Services

tel: 305-243-1615
fax: 305-243-5367

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	B.S.
University of Illinois Urbana, IL	Ph.D.
University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, FL	M.D.
George Washington University Hospital Washington, DC	Residency
Exp. Immunology Branch, NCI, NIH Washington, DC	Fellowship

Clinical Specialties

HIV/AIDS, vaccine research, cellular immunology

Research Interests

cellular immunology, immune pathology of HIV

Publications

Kolber MA. A K103N mutation is not an absolute contraindication to adding Efavirenz to a salvage regimen: a case report. AIDS 2005;19:1337-38.

Campo RE, LaLanne R, Tanner TJ, Jayaweera DT, Rodriguez AE, Fontaine L, Kolber MA. Lopinavir/ritonavir maintenance monotherapy after successful viral suppression with standard highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected patients. AIDS 2005;19:447-452.

Kolber MA, Saenz MO, Kaul S. Memory responses in HIV-1 infected individuals with long-term viral load suppression are independent of CD4 cell nadir. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2005;12:76-80.

Campo RE, Campo CE, Peter G, Zuleta J, Wahlay NA, Cleary T, Kolber MA, Dickinson GM. Differences in presentation and outcome of invasive pneumococcal disease among patients with and without HIV infection in the Pre-HAART era. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2005;19:141-149.

MA Kolber, Development of drug resistance mutations in patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy: Does competitive advantage drive evolution, AIDS Reviews (invited); 9:68-74

Kolber MA, Saenz MO, Gomez-Marin O, Tamariz LJ. Race and ethnicity impact on the maximum proliferative response in PBL from sero-positive individuals. HIV Med 2007:8; 401-5.

Rodriguez AE, Metsch LR, Saint-Jean G, Molina E, Kolber M. Differences in HIV-related hospitalization trends between Haitians and US-born blacks. JAIDS: 2007;45:529-34

White L, Krisham S, Strbo N, Liu H, Kolber MA, Lichtenheld MG, Pahwa S. Differential effect of IL-21 and IL-15 on perforin expression, lysosomal degranulation and proliferation in CD8 cells of patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV). Blood 2007;109:3873-8.

Kolber MA, Saenz MO, Tanner TJ, Arheart KL, Liu H, Pahwa S. Intensification of a suppressive HAART regimen increases CD4 counts and decreases CD8+ T-cell activation. Clin Immunol 2008:126;315-21.

Kolber MA. CD38+CD8+ T-cells negatively correlate with CD4 Central Memory Cells in virally suppressed HIV-1 infected individuals. AIDS, 22:1937-41

Strbo N, de Armas L, Liu H, Kolber MA, Lichtenheld M and Pahwa S: IL-21 augments NK effector functions in chronically HIV-infected individuals, AIDS, 22:1551-60

Awards & Recognition