Ray Martins, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: The George Washington University, Washington, DC

RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine – Primary Care, George Washington University, Washington, DC

CERTIFICATIONS: American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board Certified

SPECIALTIES: HIV, Medical Education

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center – Monday morning and afternoon, Thursday morning, Friday morning
Max Robinson – Tuesday afternoon
Northern Virginia – Wednesday afternoon

Joseph Baker, M.D., M.P.H.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC

RESIDENCY: Family Medicine, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA
Preventive Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

CERTIFICATIONS: American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) Board Certified
American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) Board Certified

SPECIALTIES: Epidemiology/Clinical Research

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - All day Monday, Tuesday morning, all day Wednesday, Thursday morning, Friday afternoon

Robert J. Ball, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Howard University, Washington, DC 

RESIDENCY: Family Practice, George Washington University, Washington, DC   

SPECIALTIES: HIV, Family Medicine

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:  English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Max Robinson Center – Monday-Friday

Tina Celenza , P.A.-C, M.P.H.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

CERTIFICATIONS: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and AAHIVM HIV Specialist

SPECIALTIES: HIV/LGBT Health/Clinical Research

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Monday afternoon and evening

Faith Claman, F.N.P.

MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING: BSN/RN – Duke University
Master’s - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner– Yale University
Post Master’s – Women’s Health NP – Planned Parenthood of Minnesota
Doctor of Nursing Practice – Case Western Reserve University

CERTIFICATIONS: National Certification Board Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NCBPNP)
National Certification Corporation (NCC)

SPECIALTIES: Adolescent Medicine
Family Planning/Sexually Transmitted Disease Management

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, some Spanish

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: General Pediatrics - newborns through adolescents
Family Planning/STD - adults

AVAILABILITY:
ETMC – Wednesday afternoon and evening, Thursdays (by request – AM only), Friday morning and afternoon

Roxanne D. Cox-lyamu, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: Howard University Medical School, Washington, DC

RESIDENCY: Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Northern Virginia - All day Monday, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon and evening, Thursday afternoon and evening.

Richard Elion, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

RESIDENCY: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Limited availability Tuesday and Wednesday.

Sarah Henn, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 

INTERNSHIP: Emory University, Atlanta, GA

RESIDENCY: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA  

FELLOWSHIP: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

CERTIFICATION: ABIM Board Certified - Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine

SPECIALTIES: HIV, Hepatitis, Clinical Investigations

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:  English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY: Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - all day Monday, Tuesday and Thursday morning
Max Robinson Center - All day Wednesday
Northern Virginia - all day Friday

Dorothy Lee, C.N.M.

NURSING SCHOOL: Duquesne University, R.N., B.S.N

NURSE/MIDWIFERY SCHOOLS: Frontier Nursing Service, Hyden, KY

CERTIFICATIONS: Nurse/Midwife

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, some Spanish

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: Primary Care, Prenatal

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Wednesday afternoon, Friday morning

Stephanie Letourneau, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: McGill University, Montreal, Canada

RESIDENCY: Family Medicine, Montreal University, Montreal, Canada

CERTIFICATIONS: College of Family Physicians of Canada

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, French, Spanish

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: Primary Care, Pediatrics

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - All day Monday, Tuesday afternoon and evening, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday afternoon and evening, Friday afternoon

Barbara R. Lewis, P.A.-C

MEDICAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION: Howard University Physician Assistant Program, Washington, DC
B.A. from The George Washington University

CERTIFICATIONS: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and AAHIVM HIV Specialist

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Lesbian Health, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Monday afternoon and evening, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning

A. Mathivannan, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: St. George’s University School of Medicine,Grenada, West Indies

RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY

CERTIFICATIONS: ABIM Board Certified – Internal Medicine

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV clients only

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Monday afternoon and evening, Tuesday afternoon, Friday afternoon
Max Robinson Center - Friday morning

Kunthavi Sathasivam, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies

RESIDENCY: Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY

CERTIFICATIONS: American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board Certified – Infectious Disease
ABIM Board Certified – Internal Medicine

FELLOWSHIPS: Albany Medical Center Hospital,Albany, NY

SPECIALTIES: Clinical Investigations

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - All day Monday, Tuesday afternoon, Thursday morning

Deborah Smith, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC

RESIDENCY: Obstetrics and Gynecology Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC

CERTIFICATIONS: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG)

SPECIALTIES: Women’s Health including midlife-women’s care, contraception and family planning

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: Adult women for general gynecologic and women’s health care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Monday afternoon and early evening, Tuesday morning and afternoon, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning and afternoon, Friday morning and afternoon

Patrick L. Hughes, D.M.D.

EDUCATION: Penn State University, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: U.S. Air Force Dental Officer, Texas; Public Health Dentistry, WV

LICENSURE: District of Columbia, Pennsylvania

PRACTICE FOCUS: General Dentistry

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Dental Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - All day Monday through Thursday (additional evening hours Tuesday and Wednesday)

Fahad Ashraf, D.M.D.

EDUCATION: University of Michigan Dearborn, University of Maryland Dental School, Cambridge Health Alliance General Practice Residency

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: Private practice offices, Washington DC

LICENSURE: District of Columbia

PRACTICE FOCUS: General Dentistry

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Urdu, Hindi

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Primary Dental Care

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Max Robinson Center - Tuesday all day and evening, Wednesday all day, Friday til 12:00 pm

Debra Birnkrant, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

RESIDENCY: Georgetown-VA Internal Medicine Program, Washington, DC

CERTIFICATIONS: American Board of Internal Medicine 1986

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV clients only

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Thursday afternoon

Xiomara Brown, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: Howard University Medical School, Washington, DC

RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine - Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Preventive Medicine - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC

CERTIFICATIONS: American Bd of Internal Medicine, Certified Medical Review Officer

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Spanish, conversational French

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV, Transgender, Lesbian Health, Gay Men’s Health and Wellness

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Max Robinson Center - Monday afternoon

Joseph P. Casazza, M.D., Ph.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX

RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine, Parkland Memorial Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX

FELLOWSHIPS: Infectious Disease,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX

CERTIFICATIONS: American Board of Internal Medicine Certificate, Internal Medicine & Infectious Disease

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV clients only

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Wednesday morning

Bruce Furness, M.D., M.P.H.

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 

RESIDENCIES: Combined Internal Medicine / Pediatrics Residency Training Program, UCLA / Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Preventive Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assigned to the Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA

CERTIFICATIONS: Master of Public Health degree, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD  
Board Certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine

FELLOWSHIPS:
Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA

SPECIALTIES: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Transgender Health

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:  English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: Gay Men’s Health & Wellness Clinic, Transgender Health Clinic

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center – Tuesday afternoons (3:00-6:00 pm), Tuesday and Thursday evenings (6:00-9:00 pm)

Andrea Nichelle James, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

RESIDENCY: Georgetown University Medical Center

CERTIFICATIONS: Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine

SPECIALTIES: Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV clients only

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Tuesday morning

Stephen Leigh Kinney, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

RESIDENCY: Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD

CERTIFICATIONS: Family Practice, Board Eligible
National Medical Boards (Parts I, II, & III)
American Academy HIV Specialist 2004-2007

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV clients only

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Monday morning

Katherine A. Laessig, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: University of Maryland School of Medicine

RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine,George Washington University Medical Center

CERTIFICATIONS: Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, subspecialty Infectious Diseases
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV clients only

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Wednesday afternoon

David Charles Lanier, M.D.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS: University of North Carolina School of Medicine

RESIDENCY: University of Rochester/ Highland Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.

CERTIFICATIONS: American Board of Family Practice (ABFP)

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV clients only

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Tuesday afternoon

Susan F. Lelacheur, P.A.-C

MEDICAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION: Howard University Physician Assistant Program, Washington, DC

CERTIFICATIONS: National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Medical Spanish

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: HIV clients only

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center - Monday afternoon

Mariana Niemtzoff, M.D.

EDUCATION: University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

CERTIFICATIONS: U.S. medical licensing exam completed in 1994

SPECIALTIES: HIV in LGBT and Latino communities

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Spanish, French and Portugese

CLIENTS ACCEPTED: All

APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY: Monday, Thursday and Friday all day