Gandhi, Monica

Biography

Dr. Gandhi is an infectious-diseases trained physician who currently serves as the Medical Director of the HIV Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital (Ward 86); Director of the NIH-funded University of California San Francisco Center for AIDS Research; and Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at UCSF.

Dr. Gandhi has received dozens of awards, spoken at hundreds of conferences keynoting many, held a handful of prestigious leadership positions, and performed thousands of hours of public service. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has contributed more than 20 original, peer-reviewed research articles (more than 200 during her career) and written more than 40 editorial and opinion pieces for media outlets including The New York Times, NPR, NBC News, BBC, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, Vox News, WIRED and more.