Dr. David Dunn, MD

Expert Publications

• Comparative response of African HIV-1-infected individuals to highly active antiretroviral therapy.
• Evolution of antiretroviral phenotypic and genotypic drug resistance in antiretroviral-naive HIV-1-infected children treated with abacavir/lamivudine, zidovudine/lamivudine or abacavir/zidovudine, with or without nelfinavir (the PENTA 5 trial).
• Interval-censored survival time data: confidence intervals for the non-parametric survivor function.
• Immunologic changes during unplanned treatment interruptions of highly active antiretroviral therapy in children with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
• HIV drug resistance testing: is the evidence really there?
• Early structural and functional changes of the vasculature in HIV-infected children: impact of disease and antiretroviral therapy.
• A randomized controlled trial of genotypic HIV drug resistance testing in HIV-1-infected children: the PERA (PENTA 8) trial.
• The impact of different definitions on the estimated rate of transmitted HIV drug resistance in the United Kingdom.
• Viral rebound and emergence of drug resistance in the absence of viral load testing: a randomized comparison between zidovudine-lamivudine plus Nevirapine and zidovudine-lamivudine plus Abacavir.
• Discordance between CD4 cell count and CD4 cell percentage: implications for when to start antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected children.
• Evolution of drug resistance during 48 weeks of zidovudine/lamivudine/tenofovir in the absence of real-time viral load monitoring.
• HIV type-1 drug resistance in antiretroviral treatment-naive adults infected with non-B subtype virus in the United Kingdom.
• Adipogenic gene variants in patients with HIV-associated lipodystrophy.
• Genotypic resistance testing in routine clinical care.
• Transmission network parameters estimated from HIV sequences for a nationwide epidemic.

Media Releases

Get to know Family Physician Dr. David Dunn, who serves patients in Crowley and Fort Worth, Texas.

In practice since 1999, Dr. Dunn provides comprehensive care for families and individuals of all ages, including treating acute illness, managing chronic conditions and providing wellness care. He practices alongside Dr. Dan Chadwick at Dunn and Chadwick Family Medicine in Crowley, Texas.

A member of Texas Health Medical Associates since June of 2008, he is also affiliated with Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South.

Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South is a Seventh-day Adventist medical complex in south Fort Worth, Texas operated by AdventHealth. The campus includes a 213-bed acute care hospital, imaging center, behavioral center, fitness center, retirement community, nursing center, and hospice house.

The doctor’s acclaimed career in medicine began after he earned his medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1996. He then went on to perform his internship and residency in family medicine at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. Since completing these requirements in 1999, he has practiced family medicine with numerous medical groups and has served as a Family Practice Clinical Staff Physician at McChord Air Force Base in Washington.

As a testament to his success, Dr. Dunn is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility. 

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