Dr. William Valenti Announces Retirement from Trillium Health
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If you’ve participated in MSSNY Medical Matters over the past 20 years, you are surely familiar with Dr. Bill Valenti, the epicenter of MSSNY’s CME offerings. The long-time Chair of MSSNY’s Infectious Diseases Committee, Dr. Valenti has consistently been at the forefront of MSSNY’s and the NYS DOH’s public health efforts in the epidemiology and infectious diseases arena—offering sage advice and guidance to countless learners on topics ranging from vector borne diseases to vaccine preventable diseases, infection control and COVID.
Dr. Valenti, a nationally recognized HIV/AIDS physician who co-founded the organization that would eventually become Trillium Health, announced that he will be stepping down from his position after a long and distinguished career. He co-founded Community Health Network in 1989 – an HIV/AIDS clinic that served patients during a time of widespread fear, uncertainty, and stigma against the LGBTQ+ community. He stood at the front lines of the HIV/AIDS crisis for decades – shaping the region’s medical response, advising federal and state health agencies, and supporting research that led to advances in treatment and prevention. Over the years, Community Health Network evolved to become Trillium Health, which is now a Federally Qualified Health Center serving 20,000 patients and clients across Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes.
MSSNY has been fortunate to have someone as knowledgeable and as well respected as Dr. Valenti to be part of our educational faculty and committee leadership. Please join MSSNY in wishing Dr. Valenti a well-deserved, healthy, happy, and extended retirement. We are grateful that his retirement will allow him more time to educate his fellow physicians as he continues serving on MSSNY’s Infectious Diseases Committee and as a presenter for our CME programs.
