Doctor's Bio
Dr. Jeffrey Lennox received his MD from the University of Colorado, then completed training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC. He joined the Emory faculty in 1994 and served as the Grady IDP Medical Director until 2009. He is currently the chief of the Emory Internal Medicine service at Grady. His main interest is in improving HIV care and in testing longer-acting HIV therapies.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Internship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Fellowships
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Awards and Honors
- HIV Medicine Association 2008 Clinical Educator of the Year
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Lymphocyte Count Derived Polygenic Score and Interindividual Variability in CD4 T-cell Recovery in Response to Antiretroviral Therapy.
Cardone KM, Dudek S, Keat K, Bradford Y, Cindi Z, Daar ES, Gulick R, Riddler SA, Lennox JL, Sinxadi P, Haas DW, Ritchie MD
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. 2024;
PMID: 38160309 - Developing Treatment Guidelines During a Pandemic Health Crisis: Lessons Learned From COVID-19.
Kuriakose S, Singh K, Pau AK, Daar E, Gandhi R, Tebas P, Evans L, Gulick RM, Lane HC, Masur H, , Aberg JA, Adimora AA, Baker J, Kreuziger LB, Bedimo R, Belperio PS, Cantrill SV, Coopersmith CM, Davis SL, Dzierba AL, Gallagher JJ, Glidden DV, Grund B, Hardy EJ, Hinkson C, Hughes BL, Johnson S, Keller MJ, Kim AY, Lennox JL, Levy MM, Li JZ, Martin GS, Naggie S, Pavia AT, Seam N, Simpson SQ, Swindells S, Tien P, Waghmare AA, Wilson KC, Yazdany J, Zachariah P, Campbell DM, Harrison C, Burgess T, Francis J, Sheikh V, Uyeki TM, Walker R, Brooks JT, Ortiz LB, Davey RT, Doepel LK, Eisinger RW, Han A, Higgs ES, Nason MC, Crew P, Lerner AM, Lund C, Worthington C
Annals of internal medicine. 2021;174(8):1151-1158.
PMID: 34125574 - Tissue specificity-aware TWAS (TSA-TWAS) framework identifies novel associations with metabolic, immunologic, and virologic traits in HIV-positive adults.
Li B, Veturi Y, Verma A, Bradford Y, Daar ES, Gulick RM, Riddler SA, Robbins GK, Lennox JL, Haas DW, Ritchie MD
PLoS genetics. 2021;17(4):e1009464.
PMID: 33901188 - Methylprednisolone for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Was Benjamin Rush Prescient?
Lennox JL
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021;72(9):e382-e383.
PMID: 32845289 - Distinct cellular immune properties in cerebrospinal fluid are associated with cognition in HIV-infected individuals initiating antiretroviral therapy.
Amundson B, Lai L, Mulligan MJ, Xu Y, Zheng Z, Kundu S, Lennox JL, Waldrop-Valverde D, Franklin D, Swaims-Kohlmeier A, Letendre SL, Anderson AM
Journal of neuroimmunology. 2020;
PMID: 32371201 - "Cure" Versus "Clinical Remission": The Impact of a Medication Description on the Willingness of People Living with HIV to Take a Medication.
Fridman I, Ubel PA, Blumenthal-Barby J, England CV, Currier JS, Eyal N, Freedberg KA, Halpern SD, Kelley CF, Kuritzkes DR, Le CN, Lennox JL, Pollak KI, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Scherr KA
AIDS and behavior. 2020;24(7):2054-2061.
PMID: 31900813 - Antiretroviral Therapy-Induced Bone Loss Is Durably Suppressed by a Single Dose of Zoledronic Acid in Treatment-Naive Persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Phase IIB Trial.
Ofotokun I, Collins LF, Titanji K, Foster A, Moran CA, Sheth AN, Lahiri CD, Lennox JL, Ward L, Easley KA, Weitzmann MN
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2020;71(7):1655-1663.
PMID: 31621838 - Safety and Immunogenicity of Zoster Vaccine Live in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults With CD4+ Cell Counts >200 Cells/mL Virologically Suppressed on Antiretroviral Therapy.
Benson CA, Andersen JW, Macatangay BJC, Mailliard RB, Rinaldo CR, Read S, Bozzolo DR, Purdue L, Jennings C, Keefer MC, Glesby M, Tebas P, Russell AF, Martin J, Annunziato P, Popmihajlov Z, Lennox JL
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2018;67(11):1712-1719.
PMID: 29590326 - T-cell receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand/osteoprotegerin imbalance is associated with HIV-induced bone loss in patients with higher CD4+ T-cell counts.
Titanji K, Vunnava A, Foster A, Sheth AN, Lennox JL, Knezevic A, Shenvi N, Easley KA, Ofotokun I, Weitzmann MN
AIDS (London, England). 2018;32(7):885-894.
PMID: 29424771 - Measurement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus p24 Antigen in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid With Digital Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Association With Decreased Neuropsychological Performance.
Anderson AM, Tyor WR, Mulligan MJ, Waldrop-Valverde D, Lennox JL, Letendre SL
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2018;67(1):137-140.
PMID: 29385540
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