James D Homans, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
AddressHRA 300 1640 Marengo
Off Campus
Los Angeles CA 90089-9300
Phone+1 626 457 5820
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    Title(s)Co-Director, MCA for Infectious Diseases and Virology


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    Dr. Homans completed a combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program in 1992, and subsequently an Infectious Disease Fellowship in 1994, at the LAC+USC Medical Center. He is board-certified in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Infectious Disease. He has worked in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Division/MCA Program since 1997.

    His current research and clinical interests include the management of congenital CMV, HIV in pregnant women, adolescents, and children as well as diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in all ages. His work involves collaboration between the departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and Internal Medicine. In addition to his clinical work, he is a Principal Investigator at LAC+USC’s Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Program and is involved in the teaching and training of medical students, residents, mid-level providers, and foreign physicians involved in HIV care. He is a resource to physicians throughout the Los Angeles area in Pediatric Infectious Disease and HIV.
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    1. "We Are Not Different than Others": A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experience of Hispanic Adolescents and Young Adults Living with Perinatally Acquired HIV. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 02 08; 20(4). Fair C, Fraser L, Zendt M, Santana-Garces M, Homans J, Stek A, Operskalski E. PMID: 36833690; PMCID: PMC9957359.
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    2. Pediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis Following COVID-19 Infection. J Child Neurol. 2022 03; 37(4):268-272. Hilado M, Banh M, Homans J, Partikian A. PMID: 35014889; PMCID: PMC9066234.
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    3. Pharmacokinetics and safety of maraviroc in neonates. AIDS. 2021 03 01; 35(3):419-427. Rosebush JC, Best BM, Chadwick EG, Butler K, Moye J, Smith E, Bradford S, Reding CA, Mathiba SR, Hanley S, Aziz M, Homans J, Acosta EP, Murtaugh W, Vourvahis M, Mcfadyen L, Hayward K, Mirochnick M, Samson P, for the IMPAACT 2007 Study Team . PMID: 33252481; PMCID: PMC7856036.
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    4. Systemic Immune Activation and HIV Shedding in the Female Genital Tract. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Feb 01; 71(2):155-62. Spencer LY, Christiansen S, Wang CH, Mack WJ, Young M, Strickler HD, Anastos K, Minkoff H, Cohen M, Geenblatt RM, Karim R, Operskalski E, Frederick T, Homans JD, Landay A, Kovacs A. PMID: 26334738; PMCID: PMC4712091.
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    5. An 18-year-old man with bilateral violaceous cervical adenopathy. JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Aug; 168(8):773-4. Escobedo EV, Ho CH, Homans JD. PMID: 25090294.
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    6. A 14-year-old girl with hip pain and fever after a skateboard fall. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jun; 33(6):667. Ho CH, Bearden A, Lewis K, Sequeira P, Homans J. PMID: 24830518.
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    7. The effect of prenatal highly active antiretroviral therapy on the transmission of congenital and perinatal/early postnatal cytomegalovirus among HIV-infected and HIV-exposed infants. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep; 55(6):877-84. Frederick T, Homans J, Spencer L, Kramer F, Stek A, Operskalski E, Kovacs A. PMID: 22675157.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 27     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    8. Permissive and protective factors associated with presence, level, and longitudinal pattern of cervicovaginal HIV shedding. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 May 01; 60(1):99-110. Homans J, Christensen S, Stiller T, Wang CH, Mack W, Anastos K, Minkoff H, Young M, Greenblatt R, Cohen M, Strickler H, Karim R, Spencer LY, Operskalski E, Frederick T, Kovacs A. PMID: 22517416; PMCID: PMC3334315.
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    9. Posaconazole for chronic refractory coccidioidal meningitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec; 53(12):1252-4. Schein R, Homans J, Larsen RA, Neely M. PMID: 21987729.
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    10. Itraconazole treatment of nonmeningeal coccidioidomycosis in children: two case reports and review of the literature. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Jan; 29(1):65-7. Homans JD, Spencer L. PMID: 19884875.
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    11. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic assessment of oral valganciclovir in the treatment of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus disease. J Infect Dis. 2008 Mar 15; 197(6):836-45. Kimberlin DW, Acosta EP, Sánchez PJ, Sood S, Agrawal V, Homans J, Jacobs RF, Lang D, Romero JR, Griffin J, Cloud GA, Lakeman FD, Whitley RJ, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group. PMID: 18279073.
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    12. Ganciclovir population pharmacokinetics in neonates following intravenous administration of ganciclovir and oral administration of a liquid valganciclovir formulation. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Jun; 81(6):867-72. Acosta EP, Brundage RC, King JR, Sánchez PJ, Sood S, Agrawal V, Homans J, Jacobs RF, Lang D, Romero JR, Griffin J, Cloud G, Whitley R, Kimberlin DW, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group. PMID: 17392728.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 24     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    13. HCV viremia is associated with drug use in young HIV-1 and HCV coinfected pregnant and non-pregnant women. Addiction. 2005 May; 100(5):626-35. Nikolopoulou GB, Nowicki MJ, Du W, Homans J, Stek A, Kramer F, Kovacs A. PMID: 15847620; PMCID: PMC3118993.
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    14. Single-dose safety and pharmacokinetics of amprenavir (141W94), a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitor, in HIV-infected children. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Jan; 49(1):336-41. Yogev R, Kovacs A, Chadwick EG, Homans JD, Lou Y, Symonds WT. PMID: 15616313; PMCID: PMC538869.
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    15. Tuberculosis pyomyosits of the soleus muscle in a fifteen-year-old boy. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Dec; 21(12):1169-71. Ahmed J, Homans J. PMID: 12506952.
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    16. Spinal intramedullary cysticercosis in a five-year-old child: case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Sep; 20(9):904-8. Homans J, Khoo L, Chen T, Commins DL, Ahmed J, Kovacs A. PMID: 11734773.
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    17. Fluconazole treatment of coccidioidal meningitis in children: two case reports and a review of the literature. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2000 Dec; 19(12):1204-8. Saitoh A, Homans J, Kovacs A. PMID: 11144385.
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