Douglas D. Richman (born 15 February 1943, New York, NY) is an American infectious diseases physician and medical virologist.
After further training in the U.S. Public Health Service at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Harvard Medical School in Infectious Diseases, he joined the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 1976, ultimately becoming Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Medicine, director of the Center for AIDS Research, director of the HIV Institute and the Florence Seeley Riford Chair in AIDS Research.
He also held positions at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health System, where he conducted his clinical care and teaching.
In 1997, his laboratory was also among the first to demonstrate HIV latency[2] and documented the existence of reservoirs of latently infected CD4 cells in patients who appeared to be "fully suppressed" on potent antiretroviral therapy.
[6]: 11 He has been named Docteur en Medecin, Honoris Causa, University of Lausanne (2010), as well as holding numerous visiting professorships and honorary lectureships.