Helen Stankiewicz Karita, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Helen Stankiewicz Karita specializes in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in patients with a compromised immune system. She also performs high-resolution anoscopy for the detection of HPV-related diseases in the anal canal.

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Dr. Stankiewicz Karita earned her M.D. at the Nacional del Nordeste University in Argentina. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Her research interests include primary and secondary prevention of HPV-related cancers and clinical trials of vaccines and therapeutics.

Education & Training

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• Post-Graduate Training Infectious Diseases Fellowship University of Washington 6/2018
• Master of Science Epidemiology University of Washington 12/2018
• Post-Graduate Training Internal Medicine Residency Advocate Lutheran General Hospital 6/2015
• Medical Doctor College of Physicians and Surgeons Universidad Nacional del Nordeste 12/2009

Interests

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• Infections in immunocompromised hosts
• Human papillomavirus
• High-resolution anoscopy

Websites

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• Adult General Infectious Diseases and Transplant Infectious Diseases (infectiousdiseases.ucsf.edu)
• Anal Neoplasia Clinic, Research and Education Center (ucsfhealth.org)

Publications (23)

Top publication keywords:
Vulvar NeoplasmsAnal CanalHuman papillomavirus 16Virus SheddingDental ClinicsViral LoadPapillomavirus InfectionsMouthwashesHydroxychloroquineAnus NeoplasmsPapillomavirus VaccinesMouth DiseasesEarly Detection of CancerBacterial InfectionsDNA, Viral

• Anal dysplasia and anal cancer in liver transplant recipients: An urgent call for action for anal cancer screening and further research.
  Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2024 Stankiewicz Karita HC, Brickman CE, Chin-Hong P
• A standardized protocol using clinical adjudication to define true infection status in patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected infections and/or sepsis.
  Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2024 Whitfield NN, Hogan CA, Chenoweth J, Hansen J, Hsu EB, Humphries R, Mann E, May L, Michelson EA, Rothman R, Self WH, Smithline HA, Karita HCS, Steingrub JS, Swedien D, Weissman A, Wright DW, …
• Methylation markers for anal cancer screening: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of people living with HIV, 2015-2016.
  International journal of cancer 2024 Vasavada A, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Lin J, Schouten J, Hawes SE, Barnabas RV, Wasserheit J, Feng Q, Winer RL
• Simultaneous LC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of Azithromycin, Hydroxychloroquine and its metabolites in SARS-CoV-2(-/ +) populations using dried blood spots.
  Scientific reports 2023 Chhonker YS, Aldhafiri WN, Soni D, Trivedi N, Steinbronn C, Johnson C, Karita HCS, Paasche-Orlow MK, Barnabas R, Arnold SL, Murry DJ
• Disseminated Skin Lesions in a Patient Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2023 Villalba Ramos JR, Pereira Brunelli JG, Stankiewicz Acosta IC, Benitez Estigarribia GG, Stankiewicz Karita HC

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• A linked physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for hydroxychloroquine and metabolite desethylhydroxychloroquine in SARS-CoV-2(-)/(+) populations.
  Clinical and translational science 2023 Steinbronn C, Chhonker YS, Stewart J, Leingang H, Heller KB, Krows ML, Paasche-Orlow M, Bershteyn A, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Agrawal V, Laufer M, Landovitz R, Wener M, Murry DJ, Johnston C, Barnabas RV…
• The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Unmasked the Challenges Faced by Early-Stage Faculty in Infectious Diseases: A Call to Action.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Scherer EM, Backer M, Carvajal K, Danziger-Isakov L, Frey S, Howard LM, Scaggs Huang F, Kottkamp AC, Reid T, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Teoh Z, Wald A, Whitaker J, Wiley Z, Ofotokun…
• Detection and Kinetics of Subgenomic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA Viral Load in Longitudinal Diagnostic RNA-Positive Samples.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2022 Deming ME, Dong TQ, Agrawal V, Mills MG, Huang MLW, Greninger AL, Jerome KR, Wener MH, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger P, Luk A, Hoffman RM, Stewart J, Kottkamp AC, Bershteyn A, Chu HY, Stankiewicz Karita…
• Self-Assessed Severity as a Determinant of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Symptom Specificity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Bershteyn A, Dahl AM, Dong TQ, Deming ME, Celum CL, Chu HY, Kottkamp AC, Greninger AL, Hoffman RM, Jerome KR, Johnston CM, Kissinger PJ, Landovitz RJ, Laufer MK, Luk A, Neuzil KM, Paasche-Orlow MK, …
• Using time-weighted average change from baseline of SARS-CoV-2 viral load to assess impact of hydroxychloroquine as postexposure prophylaxis and early treatment for COVID-19.
  Journal of medical virology 2022 Kumbhakar R, Neradilek M, Barnabas RV, Stewart J, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Landovitz RJ, Kissinger PJ, Jerome KR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Bershteyn A, Chu HY, Neuzil KM, Greninger AL, Luk A, Wald A, Brown ER,…
• Comparison of Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Location Diversity of Participants Enrolled in Clinic-Based vs 2 Remote COVID-19 Clinical Trials.
  JAMA network open 2022 Stewart J, Krows ML, Schaafsma TT, Heller KB, Brown ER, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Brown CE, Leingang H, Liou C, Bershteyn A, Schwartz MD, Agrawal V, Friedman-Klabanoff D, Eustace S, Stankiewicz Karita HC…
• Trajectory of Viral RNA Load Among Persons With Incident SARS-CoV-2 G614 Infection (Wuhan Strain) in Association With COVID-19 Symptom Onset and Severity.
  JAMA network open 2022 Stankiewicz Karita HC, Dong TQ, Johnston C, Neuzil KM, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger PJ, Bershteyn A, Thorpe LE, Deming M, Kottkamp A, Laufer M, Landovitz RJ, Luk A, Hoffman R, Roychoudhury P, Magaret …
• Hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin for treatment of early SARS-CoV-2 infection among high-risk outpatient adults: A randomized clinical trial.
  EClinicalMedicine 2021 Johnston C, Brown ER, Stewart J, Karita HCS, Kissinger PJ, Dwyer J, Hosek S, Oyedele T, Paasche-Orlow MK, Paolino K, Heller KB, Leingang H, Haugen HS, Dong TQ, Bershteyn A, Sridhar AR, Poole J, …
• Taking a stand against the politicization of medical research: how 'swinging the pendulum' poses a hazard to clinical trials, study participants, and the progress of science.
  Expert review of clinical immunology 2020 Bershteyn A, Schwartz MD, Thorpe LE, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger P, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Laufer MK, Hoffman RM, Landovitz RJ, Paolino K, Barnabas RV
• Hydroxychloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection : A Randomized Trial.
  Annals of internal medicine 2020 Barnabas RV, Brown ER, Bershteyn A, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Johnston C, Thorpe LE, Kottkamp A, Neuzil KM, Laufer MK, Deming M, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kissinger PJ, Luk A, Paolino K, Landovitz RJ, Hoffman R,…
• Humoral Response to HPV16 Proteins in Persons with Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion or Anal Cancer.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2020 Stankiewicz Karita HC, Waterboer T, Magaret A, Doody DR, Pawlita M, Brenner N, Galloway DA, Wald A, Madeleine MM
• A Young Woman With Ulcerated Skin Lesions on Her Lower Extremities.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Stankiewicz Karita HC, Stankiewicz Acosta C, Simmons JD
• Novel Administration of Clofazimine for the Treatment of Mycobacterium avium Infection.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2020 Valinetz E, Stankiewicz Karita H, Pottinger PS, Jain R
• Earliest cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) identified in solid organ transplant recipients in the United States.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Kates OS, Fisher CE, Stankiewicz-Karita HC, Shepherd AK, Church EC, Kapnadak SG, Lease ED, Riedo FX, Rakita RM, Limaye AP
• Quantitative Oral HPV16 and HPV18 Detection in Persons Attending Dental Clinics.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2020 Stankiewicz Karita HC, Magaret A, Huang ML, Jerome KR, Feng Q, Wald A
• Effect of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine to Interrupt Recurrence of Vulvar and Anal Neoplasia (VIVA): A Trial Protocol.
  JAMA network open 2019 Stankiewicz Karita HC, Hauge K, Magaret A, Mao C, Schouten J, Grieco V, Xi LF, Galloway DA, Madeleine MM, Wald A
• Maternal Hepatitis B Infection and Pregnancy Outcomes in the United States: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2018 Bajema KL, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Tenforde MW, Hawes SE, Heffron R
• Invasive Obstetric Procedures and Cesarean Sections in Women With Known Herpes Simplex Virus Status During Pregnancy.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2017 Stankiewicz Karita HC, Moss NJ, Laschansky E, Drolette L, Magaret AS, Selke S, Gardella C, Wald A