Overview
Dr. Shalit was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey and Massachusetts. He went to college at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, then moved to Seattle where he obtained his PhD in Genetics from the University of Washington in 1981. Realizing in his mid-twenties that he wanted to be a physician, he enrolled in the University of Washington Medical School, from which he graduated in 1985. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington in 1989. His involvement in HIV care started in the early 1980s while still in medical school. In 1990 Dr. Shalit started practice by taking over the practice of Dr. Henry Kuharic upon Dr. Kuharic's retirement. In 1991 Dr. Shalit merged his space with the practice of Jeffrey Olliffe, MD, which was next door. In 2015 the practice moved to its current location in Cabrini Tower on First Hill in Seattle. Dr. Shalit takes care of a diverse group of adults of all ages, gender identities and sexual orientations, including a large cadre of people living with HIV. He feels blessed to have been part of the transformation of HIV infection from a life-threating illness to a manageable chronic condition, with the introduction of effective treatments in the mid-1990s. Dr. Shalit is Board Certified by the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of HIV Medicine. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and is involved in the training of health professionals students in HIV care and the health care of sexual and gender minorities. He lives on Capitol Hill with his husband and three cats.
Dr. Shalit is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peyronie Disease. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Myelitis, AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome, and AIDS Dementia Complex.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
901 Boren Avenue, Suite 850, Seattle, WA
500 17th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
747 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Shalit has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- AIDS Dementia ComplexDr. Shalit isAdvanced. Learn about AIDS Dementia Complex.
- AIDS Dysmorphic SyndromeDr. Shalit isAdvanced. Learn about AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.
- GonorrheaDr. Shalit isAdvanced. Learn about Gonorrhea.
- HIV/AIDSDr. Shalit isAdvanced. Learn about HIV/AIDS.
- MyelitisDr. Shalit isAdvanced. Learn about Myelitis.
- SyphilisDr. Shalit isAdvanced. Learn about Syphilis.
- Experienced
- Anal CancerDr. Shalit isExperienced. Learn about Anal Cancer.
- GummaDr. Shalit isExperienced. Learn about Gumma.
- NeurosyphilisDr. Shalit isExperienced. Learn about Neurosyphilis.
- Peyronie DiseaseDr. Shalit isExperienced. Learn about Peyronie Disease.