Bellevue Hospital reports one of the first three cases of unexplained immunodeficiency in the U.S.

• Bellevue opens first hospital-based HIV nutrition program in U.S.
• Coler Memorial Hospital allocates first long-term care beds in the U.S. for people living with AIDS.
• Jacobi opens Kroc Day Care Center for Children with HIV.

• HHC opens specialized clinics offering first anti-retroviral drug AZT , a year before it is recommended for wide use.
• Studies of HIV infection in women at Kings County Hospital lead to development of country’s first guidelines for care of HIV-infected women.
• Pop artist Keith Haring paints mural at Woodhull in recognition of hospital’s AIDS care.

HHC begins to admit an average of 1,000 AIDS patients a day throughout its 11 hospitals.

• Harlem Hospital establishes the Charles P. Felton Model TB Center as resurgence of tuberculosis hits people infected with HIV hard.
• Woodhull is first HHC hospital certified as a Designated AIDS Center by the state Department of Health.

Dr. Janet Mitchell of Harlem Hospital wins prestigious Dr. Linda Laubenstein HIV Clinical Excellence Award from the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute.

Bellevue and Harlem hospitals participate in National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial to examine the use of antiretroviral drugs in infants and children infected by their mothers.

Jacobi, Metropolitan and Bellevue hospitals participate in NIH clinical trials to determine if the drug Nevirapine given to HIV-positive pregnant women can help reduce the chance of transmission during delivery.

Bellevue hospital participates in an NIH clinical trial examining combination drug therapies for HIV patients that have experienced treatment failures.

• HHC hosts International Symposium on HIV/AIDS at first United Nations General Assembly on AIDS
• HHC receives $2 million in federal Ryan White Act funds to support computers in HIV exam rooms
• HHC Health and Home Care launches HIV Telehealth Project.

• 10 HHC hospitals are certified as Designated AIDS Centers in New York State.
• Dr. Joseph R. Masci of Elmhurst Hospital wins Laubenstein Award for clinical excellence in HIV.

• With new availability of rapid HIV tests and months before CDC recommends routine HIV screening, HHC expands testing at outpatient clinics, inpatient areas, and emergency departments, increasing testing by 49% in one year.
• New York City Council provides $3 million in funding for HHC HIV testing expansion.

• HHC co-hosts first statewide conference on rapid HIV testing with State Health Department.
• Dr. Elaine Abrams of Harlem Hospital wins Laubenstein Award for clinical excellence in HIV.

Dr. Oladipo A. Alao of Harlem Hospital wins Laubenstein Award for clinical excellence in HIV.

Dr. Oladipo Alao, Harlem Hospital

• Dr. Judith A. Aberg of Bellevue Hospital wins Laubenstein Award for clinical excellence in HIV.
• Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr of Harlem Hospital wins MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant” for her work with people with HIV/AIDS.

After four years of routine testing, HHC reaches more than 500,000 individuals who are tested for HIV.

• HHC tests one millionth New Yorker for HIV and receives CDC recognition at Gracie Mansion.
• HHC prepares to be a key participant in 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C.