David Aboulafia, M.D.

Dr. Aboulafia is a member of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Virginia Mason where he has worked for three decades. He is a Clinical Professor of medicine at the University of Washington and a principle investigator for the National Cancer Institute funded group The AIDS Malignancy Consortium. He has a career-long interest in HIV as well as the link between certain viruses and cancer.

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