Katherine Frasca, MD

Professional Titles

• Medical Director, PrEP Clinical Program, IDGP Clinic at University of Colorado Hospital
• Content Director, Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
• Medical Director, Colorado AIDS Education & Training Center

Recognitions

• 5280 Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2025)
• Senior Fellow Member in Teaching, Academy of Medical Educators CU SOM (2024)
• Starling Award for Plains Curriculum: Students Thanking and Recognizing Outstanding Faculty, CU Anschutz SOM (2024)
• 5280 Top Doctor, 5280 Magazine (2024)
• Starling Award for Plains Curriculum: Students Thanking and Recognizing Outstanding Faculty, CU Anschutz SOM (2023)
• Program for the Academic Clinician Educator (PACE), Department of Internal Medicine (2017)

Publications

• Van Ochten N, deQuillfeldt NP, Edward JA, Meyer M, Bollinger D, Le P, Frasca K, Garcia Rivera MV, Moudgal AN, Rogers K. Challenging chest pain: salmonella myopericarditis. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Aug 24;17(8):e260573. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-260573. PMID: 39181573.
• Van Ochten N, deQuillfeldt NP, Edward JA, Meyer M, Bollinger D, Le P, Frasca K, Garcia Rivera MV, Moudgal AN, Rogers K. Challenging chest pain: salmonella myopericarditis. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Aug 24;17(8). PubMed PMID: 39181573
• 1. Goodman A, Patten L, Castillo-Mancilla J, Zimmer S, Madinger N, Frasca K. Factors Associated with Retention and Adherence in a Comprehensive, Diverse HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Clinic. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2022 Jan 6. doi: 10.1089/AID.2021.0130. PMID: 34861765.
• Rivera A, Epern AV, Fiorillo S, Lawrence L, Litzau S, Allen L, Frasca K, Castillo-Mancilla J, McGregor DV. 1543. Elevated HIV Risk/Low Risk Perception in Rural Colorado. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 27;10(Suppl 2):ofad500.1378. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1378. PMCID: PMC10677798.
• Goodman A, Patten L, Castillo-Mancilla J, Zimmer S, Madinger N, Frasca K. Factors Associated with Retention and Adherence in a Comprehensive, Diverse HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Clinic. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2022 Jan 6. doi: 10.1089/AID.2021.0130. PMID: 34861765.
• Moksha P, Katherine F, Vivek K, Gregory M (2021) Return of the Great Mimicker. Med Case Rep Vol.7 No.3.
• Mann S, Frasca K, Scherrer S, et al. A Review of Leishmaniasis: Current Knowledge and Future Directions [published online ahead of print, 2021 Mar 17]. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2021;1-12. doi:10.1007/s40475-021-00232-7.
• Frasca K, Castillo-Mancilla J, McNulty MC, Connors S, Sweitzer E, Zimmer S, Madinger N. A Mixed Methods Evaluation of an Inclusive Sexual History Taking and HIV Prevention Curriculum for Trainees. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jul;34(7):1279-1288. PubMed PMID: 31037543
• Frasca K, Morrow M, Coyle RP, Coleman SS, Ellison L, Bushman LR, Kiser JJ, Zheng JH, Mawhinney S, Anderson PL, Castillo-Mancilla J. Emtricitabine triphosphate in dried blood spots is a predictor of viral suppression in HIV infection and reflects short-term adherence to antiretroviral therapy. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 May 1;74(5):1395-1401. PubMed PMID: 30668713
• Frasca K, Nassau T, McLaughlin C, Brady KA. Factors Associated with Recent HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Philadelphia: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Behavioral Surveillance System Survey. AIDS Care. 2019 Feb;31(2):230-237. PubMed PMID: 30304956
• Frasca K, Castillo-Mancilla J, McNulty M, Connors S, Sweitzer E, Zimmer S, Madinger N. A Mixed Methods Evaluation of an Inclusive Sexual History Taking and HIV Prevention Curriculum for Trainees.
• Frasca K, Morrow M, Coyle RP, Coleman SS, Ellison L, Bushman LR, Kiser JJ, Zheng JH, Mawhinney S, Anderson PL, Castillo-Mancilla J. Emtricitabine triphosphate in dried blood spots is a predictor of viral suppression in HIV infection and reflects short-term adherence to antiretroviral therapy. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30668713
• Frasca K, Nassau T, McLaughlin C, Brady KA. Factors Associated with Recent HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Philadelphia: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Behavioral Surveillance System Survey. AIDS Care. 2019 Feb;31(2):230-237. PubMed PMID: 30304956
• Thomas Filardo, Abir Hussein, Bruce Mccollister, Katherine Frasca, Nancy Madinger; 1497. Evidence-Based Care for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Missed Opportunities in an Academic Medical Center, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, 26 November 2018, Pages S463.
• Bonacci RA, Frasca K, Swift L, Sha D, Bilker WB, Bamford L, Yehia BR, Gross R. Antiretroviral Refill Adherence Correlates with, But Poorly Predicts Retention in HIV Care. AIDS Behav. 2016 May;20(5):1060-7. PubMed PMID: 26400078

Professional Memberships

• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2014)
• Infectious Disease, Board Certification (2016)

• Immune System - AIDS / HIV Disease
• Immune System
• Infections - Bacterial Infections
• Infections
• Infections - Fungal Infections
• Infections - Viral Infections
• Infections - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Immune System - AIDS
• Immune System - AIDS Immunization