Shauna Himashi Gunaratne, MD, MPH, DTM&H

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Shauna Gunaratne is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Columbia University Medical Center, as well as the Associate Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. Her clinical interests include management of patients living with HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections, and PrEP, PEP and sexual health services, along with general infectious diseases. She obtained a DTM&H and is interested in tropical and travel medicine and emerging infectious diseases. She is also actively involved in fellow and resident education about HIV, tropical medicine, and general infectious diseases

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
  • HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection)
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Tropical Medicine

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Administrative Titles

  • Associate Fellowship Program Director

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

Gender

  • Female

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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

  • Medicaid Managed Care

Amerigroup of New Jersey

  • New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan

Fidelis Care

  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthfirst

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

  • Local 1199
  • NYP Employee Plan

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

MVP Health Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Quality Health Management

  • Quality Health Management

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

VNSNY CHOICE

  • SelectHealth

WellCare

  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • DTM&H, Gorgas Course, Lima, Peru
  • MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease

Research

Shauna Gunaratne is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Columbia University Medical Center. Her clinical interests include management of patients living with HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections, HIV primary care, and PrEP, PEP and STI services, along with general infectious diseases and tropical medicine. She is also actively involved in fellow and resident education about HIV and general infectious diseases.

Selected Publications

  1. Zucker J, Caplan AS, Gunaratne SH, Gallitano SM, Zampella JG, Otto C, Sally R, Chaturvedi S, O'Brien B, Todd GC, Anand P, Quilter LAS, Smith DJ, Chiller T, Lockhart SR, Lyman M, Pathela P, Gold JAW. Notes from the Field: Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII - New York City, April-July 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2024 Oct 31;73(43):985-988
  2. Malka MS, Parkinson M, Zucker J, McLean JR, Pereira MR, Yin MT, Gunaratne SH. Cureus. A Prolonged Case of Severe Mpox as an Opportunistic Infection in Advanced AIDS. 2024 May 9;16(5):e59947
  3. Gunaratne SH, Taylor BS, Zucker J, Wilkin TJ, Tieu HV. CROI 2024: The Challenges of Sustained Viral Suppression, Advanced HIV Disease, and Ending the HIV Epidemic Targets. Top Antivir Med. 2024 Aug;32(4):542-567.
  4. McLean J, Gunaratne S, Zucker J. Update on Mpox: What the Primary Care Clinician Should Know. Med Clin North Am. 2024 Mar;108(2):355-371.
  5. O'Shea J, Zucker J, Stampfer S, Cash-Goldwasser S, Minhaj FS, Dretler A, Cheeley J, Chaudhuri S, Gallitano SM, Gunaratne S, Parkinson M, Epling B, Morcock DR, Sereti I, Deleage C. Prolonged Mpox Disease in People With Advanced HIV: Characterization of Mpox Skin Lesions. J Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 26;229(Supplement_2):S243-S248
  6. Zucker J, McLean J, Huang S, DeLaurentis C, Gunaratne S, Stoeckle K, Glesby MJ, Wilkin TJ, Fischer W, Damon I, Brooks JT.Development and Pilot of an Mpox Severity Scoring System. J Infect Dis. 2024
  7. Lemierre Syndrome Complicated by Emphysematous Osteomyelitis. Cotton JJ, Lang FM, Onyilofor C, Ritter A, Gunaratne S. Cureus. 2023 Aug 18;15(8):e43719
  8. CROI 2023: Advances in Antiviral Therapy in HIV and Viral Hepatitis. Gunaratne SH, Taylor BS, Wilkin TJ, Tieu HV.Top Antivir Med. 2023 May;31(3):445-467.
  9. Gunaratne SH, Tieu HV, Wilkin TJ, Taylor BS. CROI 2022: Advances in Antiviral Therapy for HIV, COVID-19, and Viral Hepatitis. Top Antivir Med. 2022;30(3):490-521.
  10. Gunaratne SH, Tieu HV, Wilkin TJ, Taylor BS. CROI 2021: Advances in Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV and Antiviral Therapy for COVID-19. Top Antivir Med. 2021 Jun-Jul;29(3):361-378.
  11. Gunaratne SH., Hurtado R. (2020) What a Surgeon Needs to Know About the Diagnosis and (Medical) Treatment of Hydatid Disease. In: Tsoulfas G., Hoballah J., Velmahos G., Ho YH. (eds) The Surgical Management of Parasitic Diseases. Springer, Cham.
  12. Gunaratne S, Gandhi RT. HIV-2 Infection: Latest Advances. Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases. 2019, Jul (online).
  13. Anand P, Mukerji SS, Thon J, Gunaratne S, Cho TA, Venna N. Steroid-sparing agents for the treatment of inflammation in complicated neurocysticercosis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm Nov 2019, 6 (6) e606.
  14. Gunaratne S., Masinter L., Kolak M., Feinglass J. Change in Population Characteristics and Teen Birth Rates in 77 Community Areas: Chicago, Illinois, 1999-2009. Public Health Reports. 2015, Jul; 130(4): 372-379.

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov