Helen King, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Helen King, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine. Dr. King holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Georgia in Athens. She earned her medical degree at Mercer University in Macon. She completed internal medicine residency training and advanced training through a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of California San Diego. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in infectious diseases, Dr. King joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2017. At UT Southwestern, Dr. King is the Associate Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship and Faculty Senator for the Department of Internal Medicine in the UT Southwestern Faculty Senate. She is also a member of the DFW Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference Committee, the HIV Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, and the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee. Dr. King is a member of several professional societies, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American College of Physicians, and the HIV Medicine Association. Dr. King's research interests include HIV, PrEP treatment, drug effectiveness for COVID-19 patients, STI infections, and many other infectious diseases. Her findings have resulted in several clinical trials, investigations, case reports, and peer-reviewed articles. Her research has also been featured in numerous non-peer-reviewed scientific and medical publications and other media. Education Medical School Mercer University School of Medicine (2011) Residency University of California San Diego Medical Center (2014), Internal Medicine Fellowship University of California San Diego Medical Center (2017), Infectious Diseases Research Interest HIV Clinical Outcomes Research HIV Prevention Sexually Transmitted Infections, including HIV Co-infections Publications Impact of Targeted Outreach to Increase Linkage to Preventative Services for Patients Tested for Mpox Blanchard HL, King HL, Alvarez KS, Nijhawan AE AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2025 May 39 187-191 Ongoing crisis across the HIV care continuum: high mortality among PWH admitted to the ICU in an urban safety-net hospital in the South Pichlinski EM, Saysana KH, Moscowitz AE, Maxwell DN, Leveno MJ, King HL, Nijhawan AE AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV 2025 37 802-811 Using Machine Learning to Identify Patients at Risk of Acquiring HIV in an Urban Health System Nethi AK, Karam AG, Alvarez KS, Luque A, Nijhawan AE, Adhikari E, King H Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2024 Sep 97 40-47 Implementation of an Opt-Out Outpatient HIV Screening Program Miller CT, Alvarez KS, Nijhawan AE, Soni V, Turknett L, Paspula R, King H Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2024 Aug Missed Opportunities for HIV Prevention in a Large County Safety Net Health System Lopez MG, Alvarez KS, Harms M, Smith M, Kamugisha EL, Arnold E, King HL Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2024 Mar 37 261-269 Implementation of Sexual Health Curriculum Series: Educational Initiative to Increase STI Screening and Treatment in Dallas, Texas King HL, Park E, Blanchard H, Alvarez KS, Harms M, Broker P Journal of Community Health 2023 Oct 48 793-797 Safety and Efficacy of Ceftriaxone in the Treatment of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections: A Noninferiority Retrospective Cohort Study Ganguly A, de la Flor C, Alvarez K, Brown LS, Mang NS, Smartt J, King H, Perl TM, Filizola H, Bhavan KP Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2023 Apr 57 425-431 Impact of a clinical pharmacist within an HIV PrEP program for patients experiencing homelessness McElyea J, Bistransin K, Bana S, Alvarez KS, Brown LS, Persaud D, King H Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. American Pharmaceutical Association 2022 Sep 63 324-329 Implementation of Outpatient Infectious Diseases E-Consults at a Safety Net Healthcare System Medford RJ, Granger M, Pickering M, Lehmann CU, Mayorga C, King H Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022 Jul 9 Decreasing Chlamydial Reinfections in a Female Urban Population Suarez JD, Snackey Alvarez K, Anderson S, King H, Kirkpatrick E, Harms M, Martin R, Adhikari E Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2021 Dec 48 919-924 Results 1-10 of 15 1 2 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Physicians (2017) HIV Medicine Association (2017) Infectious Disease Society of America (2015)
