Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Instructor A of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
My education and training
- Medical School: Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Infectious Disease, 2020
- Internal Medicine, 2017
- Infectious Diseases Society of America, National
- International AIDS Society, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Bien-Gund CH, Morales K, Williams J, Hernandez B, Ptak B, Brady K, Gross R. HIV Prevention Continuum Outcomes Following Implementation of a Municipal HIV Self-Testing Program , AIDS Behav: 2025
Bien-Gund CH, Sweeney A, Ptak B, Jeon M, Koren D, Williams J, Brady KA, Bauermeister J, Wood SM. Implementation Determinants of HIV Testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Community Pharmacies in Philadelphia, PA , AIDS Patient Care STDS: 2025
Bien-Gund CH, Stephens-Shields AJ, Acri T, Dugosh K, Gross R. Provision of COVID-19 Self-Test Kits to Patients for Distribution to Social Contacts: A Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Netw Open, 8: 2025,e2513708
Bien-Gund, Cedric H., Sarbaugh, Molly, Perrine, Lily, Dugosh, Karen, Gross, Robert, Fishman, Jessica Salient beliefs related to secondary distribution of COVID-19 self-test kits within social networks , Frontiers in Public Health, 12(1): 2024,1337745
Baik, Y., Bien-Gund, C.H., Bisson, G.P., Gross, R., Fishman, J. Do some prefer to pay? Identifying bias against free COVID-19 tests , Public Health Pract (Oxf), 7(1): 2024,100483
Fishman J, Bien-Gund CH, Bisson GP, Baik Y COVID-19 Self-Testing Preferences Linked to Political Perspectives: Social Determinants in the U.S. Pandemic , Am J Prev Med, 64(3): 2023,438-440
Bien-Gund CH, Shaw PA, Agnew-Brune C, Baugher A, Brady KA, Gross R; NHBS Study Group. HIV Self-testing and Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in 23 US Cities, 2017 , JAMA Netw Open, 5: 2022,e2247540
Bien-Gund, C.H., Bilker, W., Schnoll, R.A., Tyndale, R.F., Ho, J.I., Bremner, R., Ashare, R.L., Gross, R. Nicotine metabolism ratio increases in HIV-positive smokers on effective antiretroviral therapy: a cohort study , J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 89(4): 2022,428-432
Bien-Gund, C.H., Shah, J., Ho, J.I., Stephens-Shields, A., Shea, K., Fishman, J., Thirumurthy, H., Acri, T., Dugosh, K., Gross, R. The COVID-19 Self-Testing through Rapid Network Distribution (C-STRAND) trial: A randomized controlled trial to increase COVID-19 testing in underserved populations , Contemp Clin Trials, 110(1): 2021,106585
Bien-Gund, C.H., Ho, J.I., Bair, E.F., Marcus, N., Choi, R.J., Szep, Z., Althoff, A., Momplaisir, F.M., Thirumurthy, H. Brief Report: Financial Incentives and Real-Time Adherence Monitoring to Promote Daily Adherence to HIV Treatment and Viral Suppression Among People Living With HIV: A Pilot Study , J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 87(1): 2021,688-692