Time stood still. Even the air in the room refused to move, when Dr. Larry Friedman launched into a teaching story. As a resident doctor-in-training, we rotate through many different areas of medicine. Looking back at memorable moments during that time, the teachers that captivated me the most were the ones that told stories. In the early 2000's, I still remember the moment when Dr. Friedman told us the riveting story of the race to find the cause of a mysterious illness that would come to be called AIDS and later be attributed to a virus that attacks the immune system, HIV.

Dr. Lawrence Friedman, MD, is the Director of the Division of Adolescent Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine since 1997. He sees patients, teaches medical students and residents, and is active in research with a particular focus on HIV and AIDS in the pediatric and adolescent population. The Special Adolescent Clinic (SAC) for HIV-infected youth serves as a component of the Ryan White CARE Act Part D family-centered efforts in the Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics.

I recently contacted him again after more than a decade. As a storyteller, I now realize that his teachings were so captivating because he told us stories. In this interview, he tells us how the story of HIV has evolved over time. With remarkable advances in science, what was once a death-sentence is now a chronic disease. With continued advances, hopefully one day there will be a cure.In this interview …

Learn the remarkable story of the discovery of HIVDiscover how the story has evolved over timeSee the story from different perspectives

Find out more about Dr. Larry Friedman, MD, on the University of Miami Website.

Recorded: Fri Aug 31, 2018; Released: Fri Sep 7, 2018

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