Denise Maillet Main is a leading AIDS activist and a preeminent doctor in the San Francisco Bay area.
Born on February 8, 1950, to Andre and Vera Maillet in New York City, Main grew up in Venezuela and Puerto Rico, returning to the United States only for college.
Main is board certified in Obstetrics and gynaecology, maternal fetal medicine, medical genetics, and pediatrics.
Starting with a trip to Honduras in 1995 as with St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Belvedere, CA, Main saw the urgent need for anti-retroviral medication.
[1] Main has served on the board of the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine and was a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics.