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Faculty.

Meet our core leadership and clinical faculty team.

Meet Our Team

Leadership Team.

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​​Jenica Ryu, MD, AAHIVS
Program Director
​Clinic Director, Rand Schrader Infectious Disease and HIV Clinic
LA General Hospital, Department of Health Services

(She/Her)

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LaShonda Spencer, MD, AAHIVS
Program Director
​HIV Clinical Director, MLK Outpatient Center
Director of Drew CARES, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU)

(She/Her)

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Revery Barnes, MD, AAHIVS 
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Associate Program Director
​HIV Clinic Director, Hubert H. Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center
LA County Department of Health Services

​(She/Her)

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Christian Takayama, MD, AAHIVS
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Associate Program Director
Principal Investigator, AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) of USC Keck School of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine

​(He/Him)

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Shanna Livermore, MPH
Director of Operations
Director, AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) of USC Keck School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
​​(She/Her)

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Jerry Gates, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Family Medicine
  USC Keck School of Medicine,
​Department of Family Medicine

​​(He/Him)

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Katherine Loomis, MD
 Research & Scholarship Lead
Clinical Instructor of Internal Medicine/ ID

​​(She/Her)

Clinical Team.

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Eddie Sattah, MD
Internal Medicine/ Infectious Disease
Hepatitis C Co-Infection Lead
​​(He/Him)

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Jessica Schneider, MD, AAHIVS
Medicine-Pediatrics/ ​HIV Primary Care /
​Correctional Health

​​(She/Her)

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Gigi Simmons, MD
​Family Medicine/ Addiction Medicine
​​(She/Her)

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Kevin Tangonan, DO, AAHIVS
Family Medicine/ HIV Primary Care
​​(He/Him)

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Hrishikesh Belani, MD, AAHIVS
​Internal Medicine/ HIV/ Addiction Medicine
Director of Primary Care, LA County ACN

​​(He/Him)

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Katherine Gardner, MD 
Family Medicine/ Gender Affirming Care
LA County DHS Gender Affirming Care Lead
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(She/They)

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Becca Cohen, MD, MPH, AAHIVS
Family Medicine / HIV Primary Care
​Associate Medical Director, LA Department of Public Health
Division of HIV and STD Programs

​​(She/Her)

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Katya Corado, MD
Infectious Disease/HIV Primary Care
Director of Positive Care, LA County Ambulatory Care Network (ACN)

​​(She/Her)

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Johan Clarke, MD, AAHIVS
HIV Primary Care / Gender Affirming Care / Addiction Medicine
Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine/ HIV Primary Care

​​(They/Them)

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