Ross A. Slotten, M.D., M.P.H.

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1954, Dr. Ross Slotten has held numerous positions in the medical field for nearly 20 years.

Dr. Slotten attended Stanford University where he studied the Classics, and earned a degree in Biology. After graduating Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1981, he began his Internship and Residency in Family Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, where he has been Associate Attending Physician since 1984.

Beginning in the early 1980's, Dr. Slotten has participated in a myriad of professional activities to benefit patients as well as the greater medical community. He began as Physician Volunteer at Howard Brown Memorial Clinic, joining their Board of Directors in 1987 and received the Friend for Life-Howard Brown Memorial Clinic Award in 1991.

For many years he has been a Professional Member of the International AIDS Society, American Medical Association, and American Academy of Family Physicians, to name a few.

He held a post for nine years on the Board of Directors at Bonaventure House, Home for homeless AIDS patients, during which time was Executor of the Eugene Skupien Memorial Fund, dedicated to supporting impoverished patients with HIV disease.

Currently, he is an Advisor for the HIV and Aging Study, member of Ad Hoc AIDS Task Force at St. Joseph Hospital where he co- founded the AIDS Unit. Involved in the education process, he is part of the Teaching Faculty at Northwestern University School of Medicine, and received a Masters Degree of Public Health at the University of Illinois in 1994. All the while, he has played a role in improving the lives of people with HIV by acting as a Clinical Investigator for drug and clinical trials for over a dozen HIV medications.

Since 1984, Dr. Slotten has maintained a private practice in Family Medicine, specializing in HIV disease, with the responsibility of treating over 1000 patients with HIV.