Dr Bernd Sebastian Kamps is a physician, medical publisher, director of Amedeo and founder of FreeMedicalJournals.com. His work has focused on making medical literature and reference material easier for clinicians, researchers and students to reach.
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Physician, medical publisher and director of Amedeo
Dr Kamps directs the Amedeo medical literature service and founded Free Medical Journals in 2000. His official portfolio documents medical publishing projects covering HIV/AIDS, SARS, influenza, tuberculosis and COVID-19.
About Dr Bernd Sebastian Kamps
Bernd Sebastian Kamps, M.D., is a physician and medical publisher. His official BSK portfolio records more than three decades of medical publishing, beginning with HIV/AIDS work and continuing through major digital-literature, open-access and infectious-disease projects.
The portfolio records AIDS-related publishing in 1991, the launch of HIV.NET in 1996, Amedeo in 1998, Free Medical Journals in 2000 and FreeBooks4Doctors in 2002. These projects were created to help readers discover medical research and freely available journals and books.
His later reference projects include SARS Reference (2003), Influenza Report (2006), Tuberculosis 2007 and COVID Reference (2021). The COVID project, produced with Christian Hoffmann and other contributors, also included a Daily Science series following new pandemic research.
Medical education and doctoral research
Dr Kamps’s 1990 doctoral dissertation at the University of Bonn examined whether HIV-antibody findings on a Western blot could help predict which asymptomatic HIV-positive people with haemophilia would progress to AIDS.
Original title: Entwicklung zum Vollbild AIDS: prognostische Wertigkeit von HIV-Antikörper-Bestimmungen im Western-Blot bei 224 asymptomatischen HIV-positiven Hämophilen. Dissertation, University of Bonn, 1990. See https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/2YCKF4POT663LYWFZUP6HYCUVCPMYXI5
Selected peer-reviewed publications
Dr Kamps is listed as a co-author on peer-reviewed HIV/AIDS research indexed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The following is a selected record rather than a complete bibliography:
- AIDS-free survival and overall survival in HIV infection: the new CDC classification system (1993) for HIV disease and AIDS. Infection, 1994. PubMed PMID 8043975 · DOI
- Changing incidence of AIDS-defining illnesses in the era of antiretroviral combination therapy. AIDS, 1997. PubMed PMID 9386808 · DOI
- Kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV infection: impact on opportunistic infections and survival. AIDS, 1998. PubMed PMID 9727568 · DOI
Areas of expertise
- Medical literature discovery and monitoring
- HIV/AIDS and infectious-disease reference publishing
- Open-access medical journals and books
- Communicating medical evidence to an international audience
Selected medical publishing work
Amedeo medical literature service
Founded in 1998, Amedeo provides medical-literature overviews and journal-based updates. Dr Kamps continues to serve as its director.
Free Medical Journals and FreeBooks4Doctors
Launched in 2000 and 2002 respectively, the two directories were established to help readers find medical journals and books available without charge.
Infectious-disease references
His publishing record spans HIV/AIDS, SARS, influenza, tuberculosis and COVID-19, with substantial reference works designed for rapid international access to developing medical evidence.
Editorial scope: Dr Kamps writes about medical research, medical publishing, infectious-disease literature and access to evidence. His Medical Guides articles are educational and do not replace personalised advice from a qualified healthcare professional. A byline is not presented as article-level medical review unless that review has taken place separately.
Conflicts of interest
Current declaration: No relevant financial or professional interests declared.
Confirmed by Dr Bernd Sebastian Kamps on 4 September 2026. Any relevant change will be recorded here and handled under the FMJ Conflicts of Interest and Funding Policy.
Why this profile is verified
FreeMedicalJournals.com has confirmed Dr Kamps’s identity and current author role. The biographical and project information on this page is supported by first-party sources:
- Dr Kamps’s official BSK portfolio, which documents his medical publishing timeline and links to the original projects.
- Amedeo’s official About page, describing the medical literature service connected to his work.
- The historical Free Medical Journals About page, recording FMJ’s earlier association with Amedeo and its editorial history. For the current operator and funding, see About Medical Guides.
International author identifiers: GND 115823573 · VIAF 54887281 · ISNI 0000 0000 1025 243X
✓ Identity and author role confirmed by FreeMedicalJournals.com. Sources reviewed 3 September 2026.
Medical Guides written by Dr Bernd Sebastian Kamps
- Hair Transplant Clinics in Turkey: Suitability, Risks and Aftercare
- Federal Nursing Funding Could Shape the DNP Workforce Pipeline
- Rural Forensic Nursing: Blended Training and Patient Care
- Rising Demand for Aged Care Workers Might Provide Nurses With Increasing Opportunities for Job Security and Career Advancement
- Glasses for Light Sensitivity: Sunglasses, FL-41 and What the Evidence Shows
- Molluscum Contagiosum Stages Pictures – What to Look Out For?
- HIV Rash on Face: What It May Look Like and When to Test
- Beginning HIV Skin Rash: Timing, Appearance and Testing
- HIV Rash Pictures: What Images Can and Cannot Tell You
- Early HIV Rash on Black Skin: Signs and When to Get Tested
- HIV Pimples on Black Skin: Causes and When to Get Tested
- HIV Non Reactive Meaning: Your Test Result Explained
- What to Do After Possible HIV Exposure: PEP Explained
- How PrEP Prevents HIV: An Evidence-Based Guide
- How HIV Treatment Works: An Evidence-Based Guide to Antiretroviral Therapy