Gay Men's Health Pioneer, HIV Care Specialist, World Traveler
I AM BILL OWEN, M.D.
About MeAfter moving to San Francisco in 1976, I was a founder of one of the 1st organizations of LGBT physicians, BAPHR. In 1980, I authored one of the 1st reviews of gay health issues published in a peer-reviewed medical journal. I started my practice in 1979 and soon began attending young gay men with inexplicable clinical findings. This quickly exploded into the horrific early years of AIDS. I retired in February 2017 and I'm very proud that my HIV patients are now living normal lifespans. I'm keeping active in my retirement: walking the hills of SF, going to the gym with my workout buddies, growing my family tree, studying Portuguese, and doing some traveling, most recently on some amazing trips to Brazil! Note: Depending on the size of the screen where you are viewing my website (i.e., PC monitor vs smartphone) and your browser, you may navigate around the pages of my site by using the links that will appear at the top right corner of the page. You will see either navigation buttons or a "hamburger" icon (3 horizontal lines stacked on top of each other). Either will lead you to the menu and to links to my site's other pages.
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Philadelphia Freedom |
A 5-minute video montage of 15 years of my travels
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MY LATEST ADVENTURE
Brazil 2019
During In February-March, 2019 I visited Brazil for 6 weeks. My itinerary included a weekend at São Vicente beach; a week in São Paulo to study Portuguese; a weekend in Aparecida, SP (one of the 3 largest basilicas in the world); and then a week in the Sergipe state resort city of Aracaju. I took a long bus ride from Aracaju to Salvador and was joined by my friend Stan for Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, where we spent 5 nights. Following that, we flew to the southern Brazilian island of Florianópolis for 5 days where we rented a beachfront townhouse with our high school classmate from Philadelphia, Bob, and his Brazilian husband, André. Then it was off to Rio de Janeiro where we were met by Alan, another Brazil travel buddy of ours. We studied for 2 weeks at a fabulous Portuguese language school next to Copacabana beach, Rio & Learn.
During In February-March, 2019 I visited Brazil for 6 weeks. My itinerary included a weekend at São Vicente beach; a week in São Paulo to study Portuguese; a weekend in Aparecida, SP (one of the 3 largest basilicas in the world); and then a week in the Sergipe state resort city of Aracaju. I took a long bus ride from Aracaju to Salvador and was joined by my friend Stan for Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, where we spent 5 nights. Following that, we flew to the southern Brazilian island of Florianópolis for 5 days where we rented a beachfront townhouse with our high school classmate from Philadelphia, Bob, and his Brazilian husband, André. Then it was off to Rio de Janeiro where we were met by Alan, another Brazil travel buddy of ours. We studied for 2 weeks at a fabulous Portuguese language school next to Copacabana beach, Rio & Learn.
FOLLOW ME AROUND THE WORLD
I'll post photos of future (and some past) travel adventures here on this website and on these social media sites:
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Awaiting the next solar eclipse ...
... or maybe a cruise to the receding glaciers of Alaska ... or even a DNA heritage journey to Europe but I'll want to get back to my City by the Bay |
