Pioneering Physicians Remember AIDS' Early Days

Jun. 4, 2006

Pioneering S.F. Researchers Look Back at 25 Years of AIDS

Chronicle medical writer Sabin Russell talks with three researchers who led the battle against AIDS in San Francisco from the very beginning, Drs. Marcus Conant, Paul Volberding and Jay Levy.

Camera, editing, script by James Irwin


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Source: AIDS at 25 [S.F. Chronicle]

Synopsis

At his medical offices in the Castro District, Dr. Marcus Conant demonstrates a new procedure that helps eradicate the facial atrophy associated with modern AIDS drug therapy. Conant, along with Dr. Paul Volberding (seen at San Francisco General Hospital) and AIDS researcher Jay Levy (in his lab at UCSF) were at the forefront of AIDS research and they recall dealing with the disease before it even had a name. Dr. Conant relates a poignant story of a dying patient he'll never forget.

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Interactive Map: Castro Street, San Francisco

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