Leslie Cockerham, MD

Associate Professor

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Locations

Froedtert Hospital
Vivent Health
Infectious Disease Clinic - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

Infectious Disease

Languages

English, Spanish

Infectious Disease Clinic

(414) 805-6444

Vivent Health

(414) 223-6800

Education

MD - Doctor of Medicine

Biography

Leslie Cockerham, MD, MAS, is an assistant professor in medicine (infectious diseases) at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Medical Director at the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW). Dr. Cockerham received her Medical Degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. She then completed her internal medicine residency, chief residency and infectious disease fellowship at the University of California – San Francisco (UCSF). While at UCSF, she also completed advanced training in epidemiology and biostatistics and received a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research. Dr. Cockerham joined the faculty at MCW in late 2014. Dr. Cockerham attends on the inpatient consult services, sees viral hepatitis patients in collaboration with the Hepatology Division at Froedtert Hospital, and provides HIV and primary care to patients at the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. In 2016, Dr. Cockerham assumed the role of Medical Director at ARCW overseeing four medical clinics serving more than 1,500 patients with HIV in Wisconsin.

Cell-Associated Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Ribonucleic Acid Has a Circadian Cycle in Males With HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy.

(Stern J, Solomon A, Dantanarayana A, Pascoe R, Reynaldi A, Davenport MP, Milush J, Deeks SG, Hartogensis W, Hecht FM, Cockerham L, Roche M, Lewin SR.) J Infect Dis. 2022 May 16;225(10):1721-1730 PMID: 34655216 PMCID: PMC9633724 10/17/2021
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Lisinopril to Decrease Lymphoid Fibrosis in Antiretroviral-Treated, HIV-infected Individuals.

(Cockerham LR, Yukl SA, Harvill K, Somsouk M, Joshi SK, Sinclair E, Liegler T, Hoh R, Lyons S, Hunt PW, Rupert A, Sereti I, Morcock DR, Rhodes A, Emson C, Hellerstein MK, Estes JD, Lewin S, Deeks SG, Hatano H.) Pathog Immun. 2017;2(3):310-334 PMID: 28936485 PMCID: PMC5604865 09/25/2017
Treatment of Paecilomyces variotii pneumonia with posaconazole: case report and literature review.

(Feldman R, Cockerham L, Buchan BW, Lu Z, Huang AM.) Mycoses. 2016 Dec;59(12):746-750 PMID: 27401982 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84978191719 07/13/2016
Post-Treatment Controllers: Role in HIV Cure Research.

(Cockerham LR, Hatano H, Deeks SG.) Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2016 Feb;13(1):1-9 PMID: 26781112 01/20/2016
Select host restriction factors are associated with HIV persistence during antiretroviral therapy.

(Abdel-Mohsen M, Wang C, Strain MC, Lada SM, Deng X, Cockerham LR, Pilcher CD, Hecht FM, Liegler T, Richman DD, Deeks SG, Pillai SK.) AIDS. 2015 Feb 20;29(4):411-20 PMID: 25602681 PMCID: PMC4385712 01/21/2015
Elite control of HIV: is this the right model for a functional cure?

(Cockerham LR, Hatano H.) Trends Microbiol. 2015 Feb;23(2):71-5 PMID: 25487109 12/10/2014
Decreased HIV type 1 transcription in CCR5-Δ32 heterozygotes during suppressive antiretroviral therapy.

(Wang C, Abdel-Mohsen M, Strain MC, Lada SM, Yukl S, Cockerham LR, Pilcher CD, Hecht FM, Sinclair E, Liegler T, Richman DD, Deeks SG, Pillai SK.) J Infect Dis. 2014 Dec 01;210(11):1838-43 PMID: 24935955 PMCID: PMC4271057 06/18/2014
Biomarker reveals HIV's hidden reservoir.

(Cockerham LR, Deeks SG.) Elife. 2014 Oct 16;3:e04742 PMID: 25321627 PMCID: PMC4199414 10/17/2014
Programmed death-1 expression on CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells in treated and untreated HIV disease.

(Cockerham LR, Jain V, Sinclair E, Glidden DV, Hartogenesis W, Hatano H, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Pilcher CD, Sekaly R, McCune JM, Hecht FM, Deeks SG.) AIDS. 2014 Jul 31;28(12):1749-58 PMID: 24871455 PMCID: PMC4206412 05/30/2014
CD4+ and CD8+ T cell activation are associated with HIV DNA in resting CD4+ T cells.

(Cockerham LR, Siliciano JD, Sinclair E, O'Doherty U, Palmer S, Yukl SA, Strain MC, Chomont N, Hecht FM, Siliciano RF, Richman DD, Deeks SG.) PLoS One. 2014;9(10):e110731 PMID: 25340755 PMCID: PMC4207702 10/24/2014
Association of HIV infection, demographic and cardiovascular risk factors with all-cause mortality in the recent HAART era.

(Cockerham L, Scherzer R, Zolopa A, Rimland D, Lewis CE, Bacchetti P, Grunfeld C, Shlipak M, Tien PC.) J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Jan;53(1):102-6 PMID: 19738484 PMCID: PMC2799541 09/10/2009