The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS epidemic disproportionately affects African Americans and Latinos in the United States, but there are limited numbers of minority physicians providing primary medical care to these patients. An HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) Minority Clinical fellowship began training the first cohort of minority physicians in July 2007 to help provide care in the face of these health disparities. This report chronicles the experience of Dr Loida Bonney as a fellow caring for people living with HIV/AIDS at the Grady Health System in urban Atlanta, Georgia, and demonstrates that such fellowships can be successful mechanisms to train physicians with expertise in HIV medicine. It is important to develop an expanded number of flexible, innovative programs for building the HIV medicine workforce.
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