Biography

Richard Elion is currently the director of clinical research at Washington Health Institute and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine. He also works at the District of Columbia Department of Health in the sexual health program and is on a city-wide initiative on HIV prevention. Dr. Elion also chairs the HIV division of Trio Health, a technology company that analyzes large retrospective cohorts of PLWH around the US. Previously he had worked at Whitman-Walker Health from 2016 to 2006 as Clinical Research Director. He has been active in HIV care and research for 28 years, Dr. Elion’s tenure at Whitman-Walker has coincided with the organization being selected in 2013 as part of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a distinguished honor for Whitman-Walker, and rare for a community health center.

Prior to joining Whitman-Walker Health, Dr. Elion served as co-director of HIV services at Washington Free Clinic, in private practice in Washington, D.C., and in various research and clinical capacities in New York and in Washington.

Dr. Elion received a bachelor’s degree in English and Psychobiology from Tufts University and a medical degree from Temple University. He completed his internship and residency at Duke University. He also holds a Master’s in Counselling and Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.