Katya Corado

Katya Corado, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor at the College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. She specializes in Infectious Diseases, with a focus on HIV care and prevention, and serves as Director of the Tom Kay Clinic at Long Beach Comprehensive Health Center, where she oversees primary care services for approximately 200 people living with HIV (PLWH).

• Supervises providers and trainees at the Harbor-UCLA Positive Care Clinic
• Provides inpatient consultation for infectious diseases
• Actively engages in community outreach, delivering Spanish-language talks on HIV

Her research explores medication adherence in PLWH and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among at-risk populations. She contributed to the ACTIV-2 clinical trial evaluating monoclonal antibodies for outpatient treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19.

Dr. Corado also prioritizes diversity in medical education through faculty and trainee recruitment initiatives within the Department of Health Services (DHS) system.