Cristina Brickman, MD

Associate Professor

Cristina Brickman joined the UCSF Division of Infectious Diseases in 2015 as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. She practices within both the 360 Wellness Center and the Infectious Diseases Faculty Practice, and attends on the inpatient infectious diseases consultation service at Moffitt-Long Hospital.

During fellowship training, Cristina developed an interest in the interplay between HIV-infection and malignancy and in addressing cancer prevention among people living with HIV (PLWH). As such, she is also a provider at the UCSF Anal Neoplasia Clinic for Research and Education where she pursues research to understand the mechanisms involved in anal cancer development in PLWH.

Education
Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology, 2015 - Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
Post-Graduate Training, 2014 - Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Post-Graduate Training, 2010 - Internal Medicine Residency, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center
Medical Doctor, 2007 - College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Bachelor of Science, 2002 - Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University
Websites
Publications

  1. Hernandez AL, Hilton JF, Weatherly CS, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Jay N, Brickman C, Wang CJ, Kauffman J, Calderon J, Farhat S, Da Costa M, Akha AS, Darragh T, Palefsky JM. Prevalence of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection and Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions Among Men Who Have Sex With Men 50 Years and Older Living With or Without HIV. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024. PMID: 38985441


  2. Stankiewicz Karita HC, Brickman CE, Chin-Hong P. Anal dysplasia and anal cancer in liver transplant recipients: An urgent call for action for anal cancer screening and further research. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2024. PMID: 38830781


  3. Brickman CE, Agnello M, Imam N, Camejo P, Pino R, Carroll LN, Chein A, Palefsky JM. Distinct anal microbiome is correlated with anal cancer precursors in men who have sex with men living with HIV. AIDS (London, England) 2024. PMID: 38691018


  4. Field J, Fenton C, Zhang L, Brickman C, Mahadevan U. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Risk of Anal Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and Anal Cancer in Men Who Have Sex With Men. Inflammatory bowel diseases 2023. PMID: 37951596


  5. Palefsky JM, Lee JY, Jay N, Goldstone SE, Darragh TM, Dunlevy HA, Rosa-Cunha I, Arons A, Pugliese JC, Vena D, Sparano JA, Wilkin TJ, Bucher G, Stier EA, Tirado Gomez M, Flowers L, Barroso LF, Mitsuyasu RT, Lensing SY, Logan J, Aboulafia DM, Schouten JT, de la Ossa J, Levine R, Korman JD, Hagensee M, Atkinson TM, Einstein MH, Cracchiolo BM, Wiley D, Ellsworth GB, Brickman C, Berry-Lawhorn JM, ANCHOR Investigators Group. Treatment of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions to Prevent Anal Cancer. The New England journal of medicine 2022. PMID: 35704479


  6. Cristina Brickman, Peter Chin-Hong. Challenges of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. 2021. PMID:


  7. Cristina Brickman, Peter Chin-Hong. Challenges of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. 2020. PMID:


  8. Budak JZ, Brickman CE, Abdoler EA, Wallender EK, Mulliken JS, Kerkhoff AD, Lampiris H, Babik JM, Koss CA, Schwartz BS. Response to: Is Burnout Infectious? Understanding Drivers of Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Infectious Diseases Physicians. Open forum infectious diseases 2020. PMID: 32284950


  9. Jehan Budak, Cristina Brickman, Emily Abdoler, Erika Wallender, Jennifer S Mulliken, Andrew D Kerkhoff, Harry Lampiris, Jennifer M Babik, Catherine Koss, Brian Schwartz, Brian Schwartz. 2534. Development of an Infectious Diseases Fellowship Well-Being Program. Open forum infectious diseases 2019. PMID:


  10. Savoie MB, Laffan A, Brickman C, Daniels B, Levin A, Rowen T, Smith J, Van Blarigan EL, Hope TA, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Anwar M, Van Loon K. A multi-disciplinary model of survivorship care following definitive chemoradiation for anal cancer. BMC cancer 2019. PMID: 31510960


  11. Brickman C, Propert K, Merlin J, Liu J, Eady S, McGhee-Jez A, Ragin C, Grover S, Cohen R, Gross R. Treatment and Outcomes of Oropharyngeal Cancer in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. AIDS research and human retroviruses 2019. PMID: 31347379


  12. Brickman C, Propert KJ, Voytek C, Metzger D, Gross R. Association Between Depression and Condom Use Differs by Sexual Behavior Group in Patients with HIV. Volume 21 of Issue 6. AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 27878639


  13. . Prevention of Complications from Human Papillomavirus Infection in the HIV-Infected Individual. 2017. PMID:


  14. Gowda C, Coppock D, Brickman C, Shaw PA, Gross R. Determinants of HIV Transmission Risk Among HIV-Infected Persons Engaged in Care. Volume 28 of Issue 5. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2016. PMID: 27710086


  15. Brickman, C. Chandrasekar, PH, ed. Infections in the Immunosuppressed Patient: An Illustrated Case-Based Approach Can we Inject to Protect? 2016. PMID:


  16. Brickman C, Palefsky JM. Cancer in the HIV-Infected Host: Epidemiology and Pathogenesis in the Antiretroviral Era. Volume 12 of Issue 4. Current HIV/AIDS reports 2015. PMID: 26475669


  17. Brickman C, Palefsky JM. Human papillomavirus in the HIV-infected host: epidemiology and pathogenesis in the antiretroviral era. Volume 12 of Issue 1. Current HIV/AIDS reports 2015. PMID: 25644977


  18. Wright K, Young P, Brickman C, Sam T, Badjatia N, Pereira M, Connolly ES, Yin MT. Rates and determinants of ventriculostomy-related infections during a hospital transition to use of antibiotic-coated external ventricular drains. Volume 34 of Issue 5. Neurosurgical focus 2013. PMID: 23634916


  19. Zehntner SP, Brickman C, Bourbonnière L, Remington L, Caruso M, Owens T. Neutrophils that infiltrate the central nervous system regulate T cell responses. Volume 174 of Issue 8. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2005. PMID: 15814744