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400 Parnassus Avenue, Rm 410 UCSF Box 0378 San Francisco, CA 94117

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Edward Machtinger, MD

Education
Residency, 1999 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 1996 - School of Medicine, Harvard University
BA, 1991 - Classic Texts/Latin American Studies, New York University
Websites
  • Women's HIV Program at UCSF
  • Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center
  • Center to Advance Trauma-informed Health Care
Publications
  1. Scott Ashwood J, Malika N, Williamson S, Engel C, Machtinger E, Thompson N, Shekarchi A, Thyne S, McCaw B, Lightfoot M, Kuo A, Fein E, Benedict D, Gantz L, Perry R, Yap N, Eberhart N.. Clinician actions in response to Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) screening. Preventive medicine reports 2024. PMID: 39318390


  2. Machtinger EL, Lieberman AF, Bethell CD, Lightfoot M.. Primary Care as a Protective Factor: A Vision to Transform Health Care Delivery and Overcome Disparities in Health. The Permanente journal 2024. PMID: 38361459


  3. Machtinger EL, Eberhart NK, Ashwood JS, Jones M, Sanchez M, Lightfoot M, Kuo A, Malika N, Leba NV, Williamson S, McCaw B.. Clinic Readiness for Trauma-Informed Health Care Is Associated With Uptake of Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences. The Permanente journal 2024. PMID: 38234229


  4. Hargrave AS, Kimberg L, Machtinger EL, Kushel MB, Cohen BE.. The Association Between Interpersonal Violence and Unstable Housing Among Veterans. Military medicine 2022. PMID: 35018446


  5. Machtinger, E. L., Haberer, J. E., Wilson, T. C., & Weiss, D. S.. Recent trauma is associated with antiretroviral failure and HIV transmission risk behavior among HIV-positive women and female-identified transgenders AIDS and behavior 2021. PMID:


  6. Davis K, Dawson-Rose C, Cuca YP, Shumway M, Machtinger E.. Ending intimate partner violence among women living with HIV: How attachment and HIV stigma inform understanding and intervention. Social work in health care 2021. PMID: 34396939


  7. Machtinger EL, Lieberman A, Lightfoot M.. Research, Practice, and Policy Implications of Adverse Childhood Events. JAMA pediatrics 2021. PMID: 33970184


  8. Magnus M, Edwards E, Dright A, Gilliam L, Brown A, Levy M, Sikka N, Siegel M, Criss V, Watson CC, Machtinger E, Kuo I.. Development of a telehealth intervention to promote care-seeking among transgender women of color in Washington, DC. Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) 2020. PMID: 32017202


  9. Cuca YP, Shumway M, Machtinger EL, Davis K, Khanna N, Cocohoba J, Dawson-Rose C.. The Association of Trauma with the Physical, Behavioral, and Social Health of Women Living with HIV: Pathways to Guide Trauma-informed Health Care Interventions. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2019. PMID: 31303419


  10. Dawson-Rose C, Cuca YP, Shumway M, Davis K, Machtinger EL.. Providing Primary Care for HIV in the Context of Trauma: Experiences of the Health Care Team. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2019. PMID: 31272763


  11. Machtinger EL, Davis KB, Kimberg LS, Khanna N, Cuca YP, Dawson-Rose C, Shumway M, Campbell J, Lewis-O'Connor A, Blake M, Blanch A, McCaw B.. From Treatment to Healing: Inquiry and Response to Recent and Past Trauma in Adult Health Care. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2018. PMID: 30606467


  12. Manya Magnus, Elizabeth Edwards, Aurnell Dright, Leandrea Gilliam, Angela Brown, Matthew Levy, Neal Sikka, Marc Siegel, Vittoria Criss, Christopher Watson, Edward Machtinger, Irene Kuo.. A Feasibility Study of a Telehealth Intervention on Health Care Service Utilization among Transgender Women of Color in Washington, DC. ACI Open 2018. PMID:


  13. Hessol NA, Schwarcz SK, Hsu LC, Shumway M, Machtinger EL.. Gender differences in causes of death among persons with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco, California, 1996-2013. International journal of STD & AIDS 2017. PMID: 28728525


  14. Empson S, Cuca YP, Cocohoba J, Dawson-Rose C, Davis K, Machtinger EL.. Seeking Safety Group Therapy for Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder and PTSD among Transgender Women Living with HIV: A Pilot Study. Journal of psychoactive drugs 2017. PMID: 28524758


  15. Machtinger EL, Cuca YP, Khanna N, Rose CD, Kimberg LS.. From treatment to healing: the promise of trauma-informed primary care. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2015. PMID: 25965151


  16. Machtinger EL, Lavin SM, Hilliard S, Jones R, Haberer JE, Capito K, Dawson-Rose C.. An expressive therapy group disclosure intervention for women living with HIV improves social support, self-efficacy, and the safety and quality of relationships: a qualitative analysis. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2014. PMID: 25027284


  17. Machtinger EL, Wilson TC, Haberer JE, Weiss DS.. Psychological trauma and PTSD in HIV-positive women: a meta-analysis. AIDS and behavior 2012. PMID: 22249954


  18. Vallabhaneni S, Scott H, Carter J, Treseler P, Machtinger EL.. Atraumatic splenic rupture: an unusual manifestation of acute HIV infection. AIDS patient care and STDs 2011. PMID: 21711142


  19. Fang MC, Panguluri P, Machtinger EL, Schillinger D.. Language, literacy, and characterization of stroke among patients taking warfarin for stroke prevention: Implications for health communication. Patient education and counseling 2009. PMID: 19171448


  20. Machtinger EL, Wang F, Chen LL, Rodriguez M, Wu S, Schillinger D.. A visual medication schedule to improve anticoagulation control: a randomized, controlled trial. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2007. PMID: 18030865


  21. Machtinger EL, Bangsberg DR.. Seven steps to better adherence: a practical approach to promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy. The AIDS reader 2007. PMID: 17274147


  22. Schillinger D, Machtinger EL, Wang F, Palacios J, Rodriguez M, Bindman A.. Language, literacy, and communication regarding medication in an anticoagulation clinic: a comparison of verbal vs. visual assessment. Journal of health communication 2006. PMID: 17074733


  23. Schillinger D, Wang F, Rodriguez M, Bindman A, Machtinger EL.. The importance of establishing regimen concordance in preventing medication errors in anticoagulant care. Journal of health communication 2006. PMID: 16950728


  24. Fang MC, Machtinger EL, Wang F, Schillinger D.. Health literacy and anticoagulation-related outcomes among patients taking warfarin. Journal of general internal medicine 2006. PMID: 16881944


  25. Resneck JS, Van Beek M, Furmanski L, Oyugi J, LeBoit PE, Katabira E, Kambugu F, Maurer T, Berger T, Pletcher MJ, Machtinger EL.. Etiology of pruritic papular eruption with HIV infection in Uganda. JAMA 2004. PMID: 15572719


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