Dr. Jon D. Fuller, S.J., is a

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priest, a medical doctor who works with AIDS patients, and a professor.

Education

Fuller studied at the

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of the University of California, San Diego, a public land-grant research university in La Jolla, California. It was the third medical school in the Univer ...

and was graduated in 1983.

Medical career

Fuller is known for his work with

HIV/AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...

patients. He did his residency at the

San Francisco General Hospital The Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) is a public hospital in San Francisco, California, under the purview of the city's Department of Public Health. It serves as the only Level I trauma c ...

in 1986. He was also a resident with the Boston Visiting Nurse Association in 1993. He is board certified in family practice. He was the founding president of the National Catholic AIDS Network. He is assistant director of the Adult AIDS Program at Boston Medical Center.

Teaching career

Fuller teaches at

Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its students either in the religious studies, academic study of religion or for leadership role ...

, the

Boston University School of Medicine The Boston University School of Medicine (formally the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine) is the medical school of Boston University, a private university, private research university in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in ...

, and is the first Margaret E. Pyne Professor of Pastoral Studies at

Weston Jesuit School of Theology The Gloria L. and Charles I. Clough School of Theology and Ministry (CSTM) is a Jesuit school of graduate theology at Boston College. It is an ecclesiastical faculty of theology that trains men and women, both lay and religious, for scholarship ...

References

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