Carlos Angel Del Rio MD

Carlos Angel Del Rio, MD is the Leon L. Haley Jr. MD Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health. He is the Executive Associate Dean for Faculty and Clinical Affairs at Emory University School of Medicine. He is also co-PI of the Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and co-PI of the Emory Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit. Dr. del Rio is a native of Mexico where he attended medical school at Universidad La Salle, graduating in 1983. He did his Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases residencies at Emory University.

In 1989 he returned to Mexico where he was Executive Director of the National AIDS Council of Mexico (CONASIDA, the Federal agency of the Mexican Government responsible for AIDS Policy throughout Mexico), from 1992 through 1996. In November of 1996, he returned to Emory where he has been involved in teaching and research. Dr. del Rio was Chief of the Emory Medical Service at Grady Memorial Hospital from 2001 - 2009 and Chair of the Hubert Department of Global Health from 2009 - 2019.

Dr. del Rios's research focuses on early diagnosis, access to care, engagement in care, compliance with antiretrovirals, and the prevention of HIV infection. He has worked for over two decades with marginalized populations to improve clinical care and outcomes in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. del Rio is Chief Section Editor for HIV/AIDS for NEJM Journal Watch Infectious Diseases and Associate Editors of Vaccines as well as member of the editorial board of the Journal of AIDS and Global Public Health. He has co-authored 30 book chapters and over 600 scientific papers.

Dr. del Rio is the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of PEPFAR, a member of UNAIDS Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, and immediate past president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. In 2013 Dr. del Rio was elected to the National Academy of Medicine and, in 2020, he was elected as the International Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine. In 2022 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.