Peter L. Havens, MD

Infectious Diseases, Critical Care              

Title(s): Medical director, HIV, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas City, 1980; residency: The Children's Hospital, Boston, 1981-1984; fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital, Boston, 1984-1987 and Anesthesia (Intensive Care), The Children's Hospital, Boston, 1985-1987.

Certification(s): General Pediatrics, 1987; Pediatric Critical Care, 1987, 1995 and 2001; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1995 and 2001.

Honors: Most Outstanding Teacher Award, Pediatric House Staff, Medical College and Children's Hospital, Milwaukee, 1988, 1989, 2005; Edward J. Lennon Endowed Clinical Teaching Award, Medical College, 1993; E. Grey Diamond, MD, Take Wing Award; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, 1995; Award for Innovation, Association for Care of Children's Health, honorable mention, with other members of the Wisconsin HIV Primary Care Support Network, 1997; Medical College Society of Teaching Scholars, 1997; Wisconsin Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2002 Pediatrician of the Year, 2002; "Clinician's Clinician," for clinical excellence, voted by the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College, 2005; AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin Leadership Award, 2007.

Research interests: HIV treatment, care systems, drug kinetics, adherence, perinatal prevention and clinical infectious diseases in children.

Representative publications:

• Havens PL, Cuene BE, Hand J, Waters D, Chusid MJ. Structure of a Primary Care Support System to Coordinate Comprehensive Care for Children and Families Infected/Affected by HIV in a Managed Care Environment. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1997;16:211-216.
• Havens PL, Cuene BE, Holtgrave DR. Lifetime Cost of Care for Children with HIV Infection. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1997;16:607-10.
• Havens PL, Cuene BE, Hand JR, Gern JE, Sullivan BW, Chusid MJ. Effectiveness of Intensive Nurse Case Management in Decreasing Vertical Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Wisconsin. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1997;16:871-5.
• Havens PL. Pediatric HIV in Infectious Diseases, Second Edition. Mosby, London. 2003.
• Havens PL. Principles of Antiretroviral Therapy for Children with HIV Infection. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2003;14:269-285.
• Havens PL, Dominguez K. HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis. In Handbook of Pediatric HIV Care, Second Edition.

Current grants:

• Ryan White CARE Title IV Grant to Support the Wisconsin HIV Primary Care Support Network, 2004 - 2008.
• Ryan White Title II Grant to Support the WI HIV Primary Care Support Network, medical director, 2007 - 2008.

Contact information: 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226. Phone: (414) 456-4122. Fax: (414) 456-6539. E-mail: phavens@mcw.edu.