IDSA and HIVMA congratulate Michael Saag, MD, FIDSA, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for AIDS Research and professor in the School of Medicine, on his appointment to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. PACHA provides advice, information and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS on programs, policies and research to promote effective treatment and prevention methods and quality services to people living with HIV and AIDS, including those affected by common co-morbidities.