comprehensive care clinic Archive — Page 1 of 1

January 11, 2024

Comprehensive Care Clinic’s Ruby Gala set for Feb. 10

The Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic, Nashville’s original nonprofit medical home for people living with HIV, will hold its annual Ruby Gala on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at Marathon Music Works.

By Bill Snyder
Stephen Raffanti, MD, MPH, with longtime colleague Quentella Carpenter, patient care programs coordinator at the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic.
July 7, 2022

Breaking the stigma of AIDS part of Raffanti’s long legacy

On June 29 Stephen Raffanti, MD, MPH, hung up his scrubs at the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic for the last time. It was a bittersweet moment for the man who helped lead Nashville out of the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic 30 years ago.

By Bill Snyder
The care team at the Vanderbilt Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care Transition Clinic includes DeWayne Parker, LBSW, left, Neerav Desai, MD, and Aima Ahonkhai, MD, MPH.
March 4, 2021

Clinic helps prepare young HIV patients for adult care

Adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Middle Tennessee are being ushered into adult care through a special transition clinic that focuses on adult skill-building and individualized therapy and discussions.

By Nancy Humphrey
July 24, 2019

Major grant renews AIDS education, training initiative

VUMC has been awarded a five-year, nearly $23 million federal grant to continue coordinating AIDS education and training efforts in Tennessee and seven other southeastern states.

By Bill Snyder
September 7, 2017

Combination therapy PrEP offers effective way to prevent HIV infection

Rates of new HIV infections in the United States are declining — except among men who have sex with men. Rates are particularly high among African-American and Hispanic men and especially in the South.

By Bill Snyder
doctors wearing scrubs with red aids awareness ribbons pinned to shirts
October 8, 2015

Major grant boosts AIDS education, training efforts

Vanderbilt University has been awarded a major federal grant — $16 million over four years — to coordinate AIDS education and training efforts in Tennessee and seven other southeastern states.

By Bill Snyder