Nancy Aitcheson, MD

Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Infectious Diseases Penn Presbyterian
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About me

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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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. Aitcheson is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Torgersen J, Smookler D, Russell R, Gasior J, Carbonari DM, Aitcheson N, Capraru C, Hansen B, Feld JJ, Re VL 3rd. Early Read-Time Performance of the OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Assay for the Exclusion of HCV Viremia , J Viral Hepat, 32(10): 2025,e70066

Richterman A, O'brien C, Ghadimi F, Sumners E, Ford A, Houston N, Tate S, Aitcheson N, Nkwihoreze H, Jemmott JB, Momplaisir F. Responding to Emerging Epidemics: Insights From Stakeholders on Mpox Vaccine Rollout in Philadelphia , Open Forum Infect Dis, 12(4): 2025,ofaf417

Dyer KE, Russell R, Nafiz R, Burdick-McPhee A, O'Neal J, Mason T, Kuncio D, Zellman H, Lowenstein M, Aitcheson N, Lo Re V, Torgersen J. Effectiveness of an Embedded Infectious Disease Screening, Treatment, and Prevention Intervention Within an Inpatient Substance Use Treatment Program , Open Forum Infect Dis, 12(8): 2025,ofaf403

Richterman A, Aitcheson N, Durnwald C, Curley C, Short WR, Jean Louis M, Momplaisir F, Thirumurthy H. Mental Bandwidth is Associated with HIV and Viral Suppression Among Low-Income Women in Philadelphia , AIDS Behav, 29(2): 2025,556-561

Aaron Richterman 1 2, Caroline O'Brien 3, Fatemeh Ghadimi 1, Elijah Sumners 4, Andre Ford 4, Nafisah Houston 5, Sebrina Tate 5, Nancy Aitcheson 1 2, Hervette Nkwihoreze 1, John B Jemmott 3rd 6 7, Florence Momplaisir 1 2 Acceptability, facilitators, and barriers to a hypothetical HIV vaccine in the pre-exposure prophylaxis era , AIDS Care, 36(11): 2024,1563-1569

Aitcheson, Nancy MD, MSHP*; Sacks, Emma PhD†; Nyamundaya, Tichaona H. MBChB, MPH‡; Muchuchuti, Cephas PMP, PMI-ACP‡; Cohn, Jennifer MD, MPH* The cascade of care for early infant diagnosis in Zimbabwe: Point of Care HIV testing at birth and 6-8 weeks. , Pediatric Journal of Infectious Disease, 43(3): 2024,e87-e91

Aitcheson, N Chapter 4: Mechanisms of HIV Transmission , Fundamentals of HIV Medicine, 2023 edition.: 2023,23-27

Clemens, S. and Aitcheson, N Mpox cases at a large urban health system in Philadelphia reveal opportunities for strengthening HIV prevention services as part of status-neutral HIV care: results of a retrospective review. , International AIDS Society Meeting 2023, 13(1): 2023

Aitcheson, N., Sacks, E., Nyamundaya, T., Muchuchuti, C., Cohn, J. The cascade of care for early infant diagnosis in Zimbabwe: Point of Care HIV testing at birth and 6-8 weeks. , Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(2): 2022

Aitcheson, N., Choi, G., Nassau, T., Brady, K., Momplaisir, F. Characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients receiving HIV diagnoses in emergency departments in Philadelphia, 2014-2019. , AIDS 2022 (conference) Montreal, Canada.: 2022