James D. Homans, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator)

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Overview

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.

Publications

  • Bridging Gaps in Congenital Syphilis Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Comprehensive Management at a Large Public Hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. Sex Transm Dis. 2025 Sep 01; 52(9):529-534.. View in PubMed
  • Maternal Syphilis Leading to High Efficiency In Utero Transmission of Antiretroviral Resistant HIV: Intersection of Two Pandemics. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 10 01; 43(10):977-979.. View in PubMed
  • “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).. View in PubMed
  • Pediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis Following COVID-19 Infection. J Child Neurol. 2022 03; 37(4):268-272.. View in PubMed
  • Pharmacokinetics and safety of maraviroc in neonates. AIDS. 2021 03 01; 35(3):419-427.. View in PubMed
  • Systemic Immune Activation and HIV Shedding in the Female Genital Tract. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Feb 01; 71(2):155-62.. View in PubMed
  • An 18-year-old man with bilateral violaceous cervical adenopathy. JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Aug; 168(8):773-4.. View in PubMed
  • A 14-year-old girl with hip pain and fever after a skateboard fall. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jun; 33(6):667.. View in PubMed
  • 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.. View in PubMed
  • 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.. View in PubMed