Eric Goosby

Eric Goosby
Eric Goosby (2009)
Born	1952 (age 64–65)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, San Francisco
Title	UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis
Board member of	Clinton Foundation

Eric Goosby (born 1952) serves as the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis, and has previously served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2009 until mid-November 2013. As US Global AIDS coordinator, Goosby directed the U.S. strategy for addressing HIV around the world and led President Obama's implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Goosby was sworn in in June 2009 and resigned in November 2013, taking a position as a professor at UCSF, where he directs the UCSF-UC Berkeley Institute of Global Health Delivery & Diplomacy.

Goosby received his MD (1978) from the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed his residency (1981). Goosby then completed a two-year Kaiser Fellowship at UCSF in General Internal Medicine with a subspecialty in Infectious Diseases.(1983).

Goosby has over 25 years experience working in the field of HIV/AIDS. Goosby treated patients at San Francisco General Hospital when HIV/AIDS first began to emerge and take its toll in the early 1980s. In 1986, he served as AIDS activity division attending physician, and in 1987 was appointed associate medical director of San Francisco General Hospital's AIDS Clinic. During his time at San Francisco General, he helped develop effective models for HIV/AIDS clinical care for intravenous drug users, establishing three medical facilities located in methadone treatment centers.

In 1991, Goosby began his government career as director of HIV Services at the Health Resources and Services Administration, in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In this position, he administered the newly authorized Ryan White Care Act, overseeing the distribution of federal funds and the planning of services in 25 AIDS epicenters, as well as in all 50 states and U.S. territories. In 1994, Goosby became director of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy in the Department of Health and Human Services where he advised on the federal HIV/AIDS budget and worked with Congress on all AIDS-related issues.