Jacek Skarbinksi, MD

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Jacek Skarbinski, MD, is a research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and a practicing infectious diseases and HIV medicine specialist at Kaiser Permanente, Oakland Medical Center. In addition, he serves as the Program Director of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California HIV Fellowship. He is part of The Permanente Medical Group Physician Researcher Program and serves as co-chair of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California COVID-19 Clinical Research Coordinating Team.

Before joining The Permanente Medical Group in 2016, Dr. Skarbinski served with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in various epidemiology and leadership roles. His CDC research addressed the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases with a focus on malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, and influenza. His current research interests include clinical trials, observational studies, and implementation science in a broad range of infectious diseases including HIV, tuberculosis, and COVID-19.

Dr. Skarbinski earned his MD at Stanford University School of Medicine after completing his BA at Cornell University. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of California-San Francisco in the San Francisco General Internal Medicine Primary Care Track, served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the CDC and completed an infectious diseases fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine.