Medical Services
Primary medical care with HIV/AIDS and LGBT specialty
care is available at both the
All services are available to the Spanish-speaking
community through bilingual staff and volunteers. Other translation services
are available upon request.
- Primary medical care, including
preventive health care, annual physical and gynecological exams, sick
visits, chronic disease management, pregnancy tests and specialty
consultations and referrals.
- The HIV clinic provides comprehensive
medical evaluations, primary medical care and treatments for HIV disease
and other illnesses.
- Our
dental unit provides full dental services
including cleaning, x-ray, diagnosis, treatment and assistance with
nutritional planning.
- Pre-natal
and post-partum care for low-risk pregnancies and referrals to obstetricians or perinatalogists
for high-risk pregnancies.
- A
pharmacy where individuals may obtain medications at
or below cost. In 2007, the
pharmacy filled more than 25,000 prescriptions.
- Gay/lesbian/bisexual
health services in a supportive and culturally
sensitive environment. Services include mammography screenings,
gynecological exams, sexually transmitted disease screenings, a full array
of professional psychotherapy and counseling services, and crisis
intervention.
- Transgender
health services that
include trans-affirmative gynecological exams, STD screening, and chest
and breast exams, chest and breast self-exam instruction, testosterone
therapy for female-to-male clients, including blood work and medical
examinations, and hormone therapy for male-to-female individuals.
- A
clinical investigations unit that provides
cutting-edge medicine and treatments to Whitman-Walker Clinic patients at
little or no cost through a variety of pharmaceutical investigations. The
unit also plays an important role in research for effective treatments for
HIV/AIDS.