Aliza Norwood, MD, FACP, AAHIVS

Aliza Norwood, MD, FACP, AAHIVS is an associate professor in the Departments of Population Health and Internal Medicine at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School where she is the co-director of Dell Medical School’s Primary Care, Family and Community medicine clerkship.  She is also the medical director at Vivent Health in Austin, Texas, a patient-centered medical home that provides HIV prevention services including PrEP and PEP, primary care for people living with HIV, and gender-affirming care.  She directs an HIV primary care elective for internal medicine residents and precepts medical students in her clinic.

Prior to joining Dell Medical School, Dr. Norwood was the clinical operations director at Bridge HIV in San Francisco, where she managed the day-to-day operations multiple international HIV vaccine and HIV prevention research studies at the San Francisco site.  She later worked as a hospitalist and primary care in the U.S. Commonwealth of Saipan.  In Saipan, she provided care to all patients living with HIV on the island and was also involved in teaching medical student and residents and the development of a global neurology telemedicine program.

Dr. Norwood attended medical school at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio and trained in primary care and internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is board certified in internal medicine and has an HIV specialist certification from the American Academy of HIV Medicine. She is a graduate of the Op Ed Fellowship and has published in multiple nationally distributed papers. Her interests include HIV primary care, gender-affirming care, medical education, and health policy.