Sostrin Client Spotlight - Dr. Bernard Macatangay

For almost two decades, Dr. Bernard Macatangay has been studying infectious diseases and the human immunodeficiency virus, more commonly known as HIV, with the hope of unlocking the elusive cure for HIV.

Currently, Dr. Macantagay is also applying his skills as an infectious diseases specialist to SARS CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, while his laboratory processes samples from COVID-19 patients.

Dr. Macatangay began his career in infectious diseases and immunology in his native Philippines, receiving his M.D. from the University of the Philippines. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Roger Williams Medical Center and then his subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases and in HIV at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he currently works as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Immunology and is a Laboratory Principal Investigator in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He also serves as the Director of Student and Resident Infectious Diseases Research and the Associate Program Director for Research in the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program.

Today, Dr. Macatangay is a leader in the field of HIV immunology research and has received the John B Carey Young Investigator Award from the AIDS Clinical Trials Group. His work focuses primarily on chronic inflammation among people with HIV and on evaluating immunotherapeutic strategies for the functional cure of HIV.

Dr. Macatangay has also spoken on panels where he has discussed testing, treatments, and vaccines for COVID-19. His laboratory is currently processing specimens from patients with COVID-19 so that these can be used by different Pitt investigators studying the virus. His lab will also be processing specimens from participants of a phase III COVID-19 vaccine study. In addition, he is studying immune responses to SARS CoV2. 

Apart from his research, Dr. Macatangay is an infectious diseases physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and mentors medical students, Internal Medicine residents, and Infectious Diseases Fellows in HIV immunology and parasitology. He also gives lectures to students in Pitt’s Masters of Public Health program, ensuring that our doctors and public health professionals of the future will have the necessary skills and understanding to provide the best possible care for patients with infectious diseases. 

Dr. Macatangay was recently approved for an immigrant visa as an outstanding researcher. We are honored to have worked with him and can’t wait to see where his research will take him.