"Cardiometabolic Complications of Antiretrovirals in Chronic HIV Infection " 

Speaker:

Theodoros Kelsidis, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center

About Theodoros Kelesidis:

Originally from Greece, Dr. Kelesidis earned his medical degree at the University of Athens Medical School. He completed internal medicine residency training at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. He then received advanced training in infectious diseases through a fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he also completed a doctorate in microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics and a master’s degree in clinical and translational research

Dr. Kelesidis joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. Kelesidis' research focuses on infectious diseases, immunology, and cardiometabolic complications of infectious diseases including HIV infection. His lab aims at understanding the complex interplay between oxidative stress, inflammation, and aberrant host responses that drive end-organ disease in infectious diseases.  

Dr. Kelesidis’ lab integrates both basic and translational research platforms with the goal to apply tools from multiple fields, such as immunology, virology, molecular biology, and medicine to understand the immunopathogenesis of infectious diseases. His vision is to define the mechanistic links between viral infections such as HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infection, oxidative stress, inflammation, and end-organ disease such as cardiovascular disease. These findings may lead to the development of novel therapeutic interventions that might improve the prognosis of patients infected with viruses such as HIV and SARS-CoV-2. He is recognized as an international expert on infectious diseases and cardiometabolic syndrome and has received numerous awards for his research.