Jonathan S Appelbaum M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Job Description
Biosketch
Dr. Appelbaum is a Professor in Clinical Sciences at the FSU College of Medicine. He also is the Laurie L. Dozier Jr., MD, Education Director and Professor of Internal Medicine. Dr. Appelbaum was founding Core Faculty for the FSUCOM-TMH Internal Medicine Residency, Internal Medicine, FSU. His clinical work is now at Care Point Health and Wellness.
Prior to his appointment at the FSU College of Medicine, Dr. Appelbaum was Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Medical Director for Brigham & Women's Physician Group in Massachusetts. He served at the medical director for Fenway Community Health in Boston, and prior to that he was in private practice in Northeastern Connecticut.
He also served as consulting staff in medical oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Dr. Appelbaum also was the founding medical director for the Hospice of Northeastern Connecticut.
Education
B.A. (with Honors in Chemistry), cum laude, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1975
M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1979
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, 1979-1982
Board Certified, Internal Medicine, 1982
Board Certified, Geriatric Medicine, 1988, 1998, 2008, 2018
Board Certified, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 1994, 2006
Credentialed, American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018
Service
Board of Directors, HealthNet of New England, 1988-1994
Governor's Council, Connecticut Chapter, American College of Physicians, 1992-1994
Chapter President, Massachusetts Society of Internal Medicine, 1998
Transitional Governor, Massachusetts Chapter American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, 1998-1999
Secretary, American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2004-2006; Treasurer 2012-2016, Vice-Chair 2016-2020, Chair-elect 2020-
Steering Committee, Group on Diversity and Inclusion, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2010-2011
Chair, Steering Committee, Florida chapter, American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2009-2018
Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Council, FSU-COM 2011-2015
Steering Committee, Florida HIV/AIDS Research Consortium 2011-2013
Member, HIV Workforce Committee, American College of Physicians Foundation 2011
Medical Student to Resident Interface Committee, AAIM 2011-2020
Board of Directors and Chair, Governance Committee, HealthHIV 2012-present
Member, Research Advisory Committee, FSUCOM, 2013-2019
Treasurer, Big Bend Cares Board of Directors, 2009-2020
Honors/Awards
Gold Humanism Honor Society, Arnold Gold Foundation, FSU-COM, 2013
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2016
Outstanding Senior Faculty Educator 2010-2011, FSU-COM
White House Conference on HIV and Aging, 2010
Nominee for AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award, 2010
Laurie L. Dozier Jr., M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine
Memberships
American College of Physicians
American Hospice and Palliative Medicine Association (founding member)
GLMA
American Geriatrics Society, Florida Geriatrics Society
American Academy of HIV Medicine
Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine
Courses
Co-course director: Host Defense
Education Director: Internal Medicine Clerkship, Internal Medicine Subinternship
Research Focus
Aging and HIV
LGBTQ+ health disparities
UME and GME education of LGBTQ+ health care
Transgender medicineHI
Publications
1. Appelbaum J, Stubbe JA. Enolase catalyzed beta,gamma-alpha,beta isomerization of 2-phospho-3-butenoic acid to (Z)-phosphoenol-alpha-ketobutyrate. Biochemistry. 1975;14(17):3908-12.
2. Gore JM, Appelbaum JS, Greene HL, Dexter L, Dalen JE. Occult cancer in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Ann Intern Med. 1982;96(5):556-60.
3. Appelbaum JS, Wilding G, Morse LJ. Yersinia enterocolitica endocarditis. Arch Intern Med. 1983;143(11):2150-1.
4. Mayer K, Appelbaum J, Rogers T, Lo W, Bradford J, Boswell S. The evolution of the Fenway Community Health model. Am J Public Health. 2001;91(6):892-4.
5. Appelbaum JS, Elion R, Gallant JE, Henry K, Newman MD, Saag MS, Sax PE. Who Should Be Providing HIV Care? AIDS Clinical Care. 2006;18(3):21-24.
6. Molokwu CN, Appelbaum JS, Miksad RA. Detection of prostate cancer following gender reassignment. BJU Int. 2008;101(2):259; author reply 259-60.
7. Simone MJ, Appelbaum J. HIV in older adults. Geriatrics. 2008;63(12):6-12.
8. Appelbaum, J. Scheduling of Tests. In: Clinical Medicine Greene HL, ed. Boston (MA): Mosby-Yearbook, Inc;1996. p. 59.
9. Appelbaum JS. Late Adulthood and Aging: Clinical Approaches. In: Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health (Makadon HJ, Mayer KH, Potter J and Goldhammer H, editors). Philadelphia (PA): American College of Physicians;2007. p. 135-158.
10. Mayer K, Lasalvia T, Church D, Peterson N, Kwong J, Appelbaum J, Boswell S. Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) vs HIV in a Boston Community Health Center. Infectious Disease Society of America annual meeting. 1998.
11. Goldhammer H, Mayer KH, Grasso C, Golub S, Appelbaum J, Feuer J, Cohen D, Averbach A, Bertrand T. Behavioral Risk Assessment of MSM Screened for STI at a Boston Community Health Center. Presented at National STD Conference, Philadelphia PA. 2004.
12. Towner W, Haigney Z, Sension MG, Wohlfeiler M, Gathe J, Appelbaum JS et al. Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Etravirine With and Without Darunavir and/or Raltegravir in Treatment-Experienced Patients: Preliminary Analysis of TMC125-C214 Early Access Program (EAP) in the US. Presented at the 17th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008). Mexico City, Mexico, August 3-8, 2008.
13. Towner W, Lalezari J, Sension MG, Wohlfeiler M, Gathe J, Appelbaum JS, Bellman P, Gottlieb MS, Ryan R, Nijs S, Hoogstoel, A, Van Solingen-Ristea R, Witek J. Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Etravirine with and without Darunavir/ritonavir and/or Raltegravir in Treatment-Experienced Patients: Analysis of the Etravirine Early Access Program in the United States. 2010, JAIDS;53(5):614-618.
14. Simone MJ, Appelbaum JS. Medical Concerns in HIV-Positive Aging. Focus: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling. 2009:24(3):1-4.
15. Appelbaum, JS. Cardiac Health Adherence. QuantiaMD series on Primary Care Issues in HIV. 2009: http://www.quantiamd.com/player/rbhydtm?cid=0
16. Simone MJ, Appelbaum JS. Addressing the Needs of Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Adults. Clinical Geriatrics. 2011:19(2), 38-45.
17. Work Group for the HIV and Aging Consensus Project. (2012). Summary Report from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aging Consensus Project: Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Individuals with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60 (5), 974-979.
18.Appelbaum, J. S., & McCormick, W. (2011). The HIV and Aging Consensus Project: Recommended Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Patients with HIV. American Academy of HIV Medicine, American Geriatrics Society,AIDS Community Research Intitative of America. Retrieved from http://www.aahivm.org/Upload_Module/upload/HIV%20and%20Aging/Aging%20report%20working%20document%20FINAL%2012.1.pdf.
19. Appelbaum, J. S. (2011). Approach to Liver Chemistry Tests. In P. C. Alguire (Ed.), Internal Medicine Essentials for Students: A Companion to MKSAP for Students 5 (pp. 68-69). Philadelphia, PA.
20. Appelbaum, J. S. (2010). Chapter 3.1: HIV and Aging. In Hardy, D. (Ed.), AAHIVM Fundamentals of HIV Medicine: 2010-2011 (pp. 2-8). American Academy of HIV Medicine.
21. Agens, J., Appelbaum, J. S., Baker, S., Brummel-Smith, K., Friedman, E., Harrison, S. L., Kutner, M., & McKenzie, J. (2016). Fourth-Year Medical Student Charting of Older Persons' Cognitive and Functional Status. Fam Med, 48(1), 61-3.
22. Vu, T. R., Angus, S. V., Aronowitz, P. B., Harrell, H. E., Levine, M. A., Carbo, A., Whelton, S., Ferris, A., Appelbaum, J. S., McNeill, D. B., Ismail, N. J., Elnicki, D. M., & Group, Cdim-Apdim Committee on Transitions to Internship. (2015). The Internal Medicine Subinternship-Now More Important than Ever : A Joint CDIM-APDIM Position Paper. J Gen Intern Med, 30(9), 1369-1375.
23. Appelbaum, J. S., Masters, P., Defer, T., Hingle, S., Trowbridge, R., & Vu, R. (Eds.). (2015). Internal Medicine Essentials Text and Questions. American College of Physicians/Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine.
24. Hardy, D., Appelbaum, J., Arduino, R., Kirshner, J., Short, W., & Gilliam, B. (Eds.). (in press). Fundamentals of HIV Medicine. Oxford University Press.
25. Sangarlangkarn, A., Wyatt, C., & Appelbaum, J. (2015). The HIV and Aging Curriculum [Monograph]. MedEdPORTAL Publications, 2015.
26. Simone-Skidmore, M. J., Meyer, H., Eskildsen, M. A., & Appelbaum, J. S. (2015). LGBT Aging: Clinical Approaches. In H. J. Makadon, K. H. Mayer, J. Potter, & H. Goldhammer (Eds.), Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, 2nd edition. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians.
27. Appelbaum, J. (2016). CME questions for LGBT Health. In Annette Medina-Walpole, James T. Pacala, & Jane F. Potter (Eds.), Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition. American Geriatrics Society.
28. Sangarlangkarn, A., Avihingsanon, A., & Appelbaum, J. (2018). Application of Geriatric Principles and Care Models in HIV and Aging. In Mark Brennan-Ing (Ed.), 'HIV and Aging' (working title) A volume in the series 'Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics' (25 pages). New York: S. Karger AG.
29. Appelbaum, J. S., Simone-Skidmore, M. J., & Eskildsen, M. A. 2020. The Health of LGBT Elders. Santa Barbara, CA.
Dr. Appelbaum is a Professor in Clinical Sciences at the FSU College of Medicine. He also is the Laurie L. Dozier Jr., MD, Education Director and Professor of Internal Medicine. Dr. Appelbaum was founding Core Faculty for the FSUCOM-TMH Internal Medicine Residency, Internal Medicine, FSU. His clinical work is now at Care Point Health and Wellness.
Prior to his appointment at the FSU College of Medicine, Dr. Appelbaum was Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Medical Director for Brigham & Women's Physician Group in Massachusetts. He served at the medical director for Fenway Community Health in Boston, and prior to that he was in private practice in Northeastern Connecticut.
He also served as consulting staff in medical oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Dr. Appelbaum also was the founding medical director for the Hospice of Northeastern Connecticut.
B.A. (with Honors in Chemistry), cum laude, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1975
M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1979
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, 1979-1982
Board Certified, Internal Medicine, 1982
Board Certified, Geriatric Medicine, 1988, 1998, 2008, 2018
Board Certified, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 1994, 2006
Credentialed, American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018
Board of Directors, HealthNet of New England, 1988-1994
Governor's Council, Connecticut Chapter, American College of Physicians, 1992-1994
Chapter President, Massachusetts Society of Internal Medicine, 1998
Transitional Governor, Massachusetts Chapter American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, 1998-1999
Secretary, American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2004-2006; Treasurer 2012-2016, Vice-Chair 2016-2020, Chair-elect 2020-
Steering Committee, Group on Diversity and Inclusion, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2010-2011
Chair, Steering Committee, Florida chapter, American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2009-2018
Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Council, FSU-COM 2011-2015
Steering Committee, Florida HIV/AIDS Research Consortium 2011-2013
Member, HIV Workforce Committee, American College of Physicians Foundation 2011
Medical Student to Resident Interface Committee, AAIM 2011-2020
Board of Directors and Chair, Governance Committee, HealthHIV 2012-present
Member, Research Advisory Committee, FSUCOM, 2013-2019
Treasurer, Big Bend Cares Board of Directors, 2009-2020
Gold Humanism Honor Society, Arnold Gold Foundation, FSU-COM, 2013
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2016
Outstanding Senior Faculty Educator 2010-2011, FSU-COM
White House Conference on HIV and Aging, 2010
Nominee for AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award, 2010
Laurie L. Dozier Jr., M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine
American College of Physicians
American Hospice and Palliative Medicine Association (founding member)
GLMA
American Geriatrics Society, Florida Geriatrics Society
American Academy of HIV Medicine
Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine
Co-course director: Host Defense
Education Director: Internal Medicine Clerkship, Internal Medicine Subinternship
Aging and HIV
LGBTQ+ health disparities
UME and GME education of LGBTQ+ health care
Transgender medicineHI
1. Appelbaum J, Stubbe JA. Enolase catalyzed beta,gamma-alpha,beta isomerization of 2-phospho-3-butenoic acid to (Z)-phosphoenol-alpha-ketobutyrate. Biochemistry. 1975;14(17):3908-12.
2. Gore JM, Appelbaum JS, Greene HL, Dexter L, Dalen JE. Occult cancer in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Ann Intern Med. 1982;96(5):556-60.
3. Appelbaum JS, Wilding G, Morse LJ. Yersinia enterocolitica endocarditis. Arch Intern Med. 1983;143(11):2150-1.
4. Mayer K, Appelbaum J, Rogers T, Lo W, Bradford J, Boswell S. The evolution of the Fenway Community Health model. Am J Public Health. 2001;91(6):892-4.
5. Appelbaum JS, Elion R, Gallant JE, Henry K, Newman MD, Saag MS, Sax PE. Who Should Be Providing HIV Care? AIDS Clinical Care. 2006;18(3):21-24.
6. Molokwu CN, Appelbaum JS, Miksad RA. Detection of prostate cancer following gender reassignment. BJU Int. 2008;101(2):259; author reply 259-60.
7. Simone MJ, Appelbaum J. HIV in older adults. Geriatrics. 2008;63(12):6-12.
8. Appelbaum, J. Scheduling of Tests. In: Clinical Medicine Greene HL, ed. Boston (MA): Mosby-Yearbook, Inc;1996. p. 59.
9. Appelbaum JS. Late Adulthood and Aging: Clinical Approaches. In: Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health (Makadon HJ, Mayer KH, Potter J and Goldhammer H, editors). Philadelphia (PA): American College of Physicians;2007. p. 135-158.
10. Mayer K, Lasalvia T, Church D, Peterson N, Kwong J, Appelbaum J, Boswell S. Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) vs HIV in a Boston Community Health Center. Infectious Disease Society of America annual meeting. 1998.
11. Goldhammer H, Mayer KH, Grasso C, Golub S, Appelbaum J, Feuer J, Cohen D, Averbach A, Bertrand T. Behavioral Risk Assessment of MSM Screened for STI at a Boston Community Health Center. Presented at National STD Conference, Philadelphia PA. 2004.
12. Towner W, Haigney Z, Sension MG, Wohlfeiler M, Gathe J, Appelbaum JS et al. Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Etravirine With and Without Darunavir and/or Raltegravir in Treatment-Experienced Patients: Preliminary Analysis of TMC125-C214 Early Access Program (EAP) in the US. Presented at the 17th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008). Mexico City, Mexico, August 3-8, 2008.
13. Towner W, Lalezari J, Sension MG, Wohlfeiler M, Gathe J, Appelbaum JS, Bellman P, Gottlieb MS, Ryan R, Nijs S, Hoogstoel, A, Van Solingen-Ristea R, Witek J. Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Etravirine with and without Darunavir/ritonavir and/or Raltegravir in Treatment-Experienced Patients: Analysis of the Etravirine Early Access Program in the United States. 2010, JAIDS;53(5):614-618.
14. Simone MJ, Appelbaum JS. Medical Concerns in HIV-Positive Aging. Focus: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling. 2009:24(3):1-4.
15. Appelbaum, JS. Cardiac Health Adherence. QuantiaMD series on Primary Care Issues in HIV. 2009: http://www.quantiamd.com/player/rbhydtm?cid=0
16. Simone MJ, Appelbaum JS. Addressing the Needs of Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Adults. Clinical Geriatrics. 2011:19(2), 38-45.
17. Work Group for the HIV and Aging Consensus Project. (2012). Summary Report from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aging Consensus Project: Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Individuals with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60 (5), 974-979.
18.Appelbaum, J. S., & McCormick, W. (2011). The HIV and Aging Consensus Project: Recommended Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Patients with HIV. American Academy of HIV Medicine, American Geriatrics Society,AIDS Community Research Intitative of America. Retrieved from http://www.aahivm.org/Upload_Module/upload/HIV%20and%20Aging/Aging%20report%20working%20document%20FINAL%2012.1.pdf.
19. Appelbaum, J. S. (2011). Approach to Liver Chemistry Tests. In P. C. Alguire (Ed.), Internal Medicine Essentials for Students: A Companion to MKSAP for Students 5 (pp. 68-69). Philadelphia, PA.
20. Appelbaum, J. S. (2010). Chapter 3.1: HIV and Aging. In Hardy, D. (Ed.), AAHIVM Fundamentals of HIV Medicine: 2010-2011 (pp. 2-8). American Academy of HIV Medicine.
21. Agens, J., Appelbaum, J. S., Baker, S., Brummel-Smith, K., Friedman, E., Harrison, S. L., Kutner, M., & McKenzie, J. (2016). Fourth-Year Medical Student Charting of Older Persons' Cognitive and Functional Status. Fam Med, 48(1), 61-3.
22. Vu, T. R., Angus, S. V., Aronowitz, P. B., Harrell, H. E., Levine, M. A., Carbo, A., Whelton, S., Ferris, A., Appelbaum, J. S., McNeill, D. B., Ismail, N. J., Elnicki, D. M., & Group, Cdim-Apdim Committee on Transitions to Internship. (2015). The Internal Medicine Subinternship-Now More Important than Ever : A Joint CDIM-APDIM Position Paper. J Gen Intern Med, 30(9), 1369-1375.
23. Appelbaum, J. S., Masters, P., Defer, T., Hingle, S., Trowbridge, R., & Vu, R. (Eds.). (2015). Internal Medicine Essentials Text and Questions. American College of Physicians/Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine.
24. Hardy, D., Appelbaum, J., Arduino, R., Kirshner, J., Short, W., & Gilliam, B. (Eds.). (in press). Fundamentals of HIV Medicine. Oxford University Press.
25. Sangarlangkarn, A., Wyatt, C., & Appelbaum, J. (2015). The HIV and Aging Curriculum [Monograph]. MedEdPORTAL Publications, 2015.
26. Simone-Skidmore, M. J., Meyer, H., Eskildsen, M. A., & Appelbaum, J. S. (2015). LGBT Aging: Clinical Approaches. In H. J. Makadon, K. H. Mayer, J. Potter, & H. Goldhammer (Eds.), Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, 2nd edition. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians.
27. Appelbaum, J. (2016). CME questions for LGBT Health. In Annette Medina-Walpole, James T. Pacala, & Jane F. Potter (Eds.), Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition. American Geriatrics Society.
28. Sangarlangkarn, A., Avihingsanon, A., & Appelbaum, J. (2018). Application of Geriatric Principles and Care Models in HIV and Aging. In Mark Brennan-Ing (Ed.), 'HIV and Aging' (working title) A volume in the series 'Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics' (25 pages). New York: S. Karger AG.
29. Appelbaum, J. S., Simone-Skidmore, M. J., & Eskildsen, M. A. 2020. The Health of LGBT Elders. Santa Barbara, CA.