Cedric Howshan Bien Gund, MD
Cedric Howshan Bien Gund, MD
Accepting new patients
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
- Mount Sinai Medical CenterMedical School
- Montefiore Medical CenterResidency
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship
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
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.
Dr. Bien Gund is a Penn Medicine provider.
Qualifications and experience
- Infectious Disease, 2020
- Internal Medicine, 2017
- Infectious Diseases Society of America, National
- International AIDS Society, International
All conditions and treatments
Research
Publications
Williams A, Bracy D, Otor A, Brady KA, Nassau T, Bien-Gund CH. From Self-Testing to HIV PrEP: A Mixed Methods Study on Navigation and PrEP Linkage Preferences Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , AIDS Patient Care STDS: 2026
Bien-Gund, Cedric H. Sweeney, Anna Jeon, Michelle Parr, Grace Lee Safa, Hussein Koren, David Koenig, Helen Brady, Kathleen A. Wood, Sarah M. The Pharmacy-based HIV prevention and Sexual Health Engagement Services (PHASES) project: implementation strategies and mechanisms for pharmacist-delivered HIV/STI prevention care in Philadelphia, USA , Implementation Science Communications: 2026
Bien-Gund CH, Gross R, Williams J, Brady KA, Bonett S. Brief Report: Lower Self-Efficacy and Lower PrEP Stigma Predict telePrEP Preferences Among HIV Self-Testers , J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 101: 2026,1094-1098
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, 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, 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
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
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
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