FRANCO FELIZARTA

MD, FACP, FAPCR, CPI, AAHIVS

Dr. Felizarta received his medical degree from the University of the

Philippines College of Medicine in Manila, Philippines. He completed an

internal medicine residency and an infectious disease subspecialty residency

at State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He is

certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine as a Diplomate in

Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.

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He is recognized as an HIV Specialist by the American Academy of HIV

Medicine and as a Certified Physician Investigator by the Association of

Clinical Research Professionals. Dr. Felizarta is a fellow of the American

College of Medicine and Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research. He is

also a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America and American

Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

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Dr. Felizarta is in a solo private practice in Bakersfield, California. He is an

HIV specialist at Kern County Department of Public Health, Santa Barbara

Public Health Department, and Omni Family Health (Kings and Tulare

Counties). He is also an ID specialist at Community Health Centers (San

Luis Obispo County) and California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation Telemedicine Program.

He is the Director of the Antibiotic Stewardship Program at Bakersfield

Memorial Hospital (Dignity Health) and a member of the Kern County

Medical Society Board of Directors.

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Dr. Felizarta has research experience as principal investigator in more than

160 clinical trials related to the treatment of patients with HIV, chronic viral

hepatitis and NASH. He has more than 30 publications.