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)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Bien Gund is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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