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Faculty.

Meet our core leadership and clinical faculty team.

Leadership Team

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Jenica Ryu, MD, AAHIVS (she/her)
Co–Program Director

Medical Director, Rand Schrader Clinic
LA General Medical Center, 
LAC DHS​
Family Medicine | HIV Primary Care
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[email protected]
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LaShonda Spencer, MD, AAHIVS (she/her)
Co–Program Director

​Director, Drew CARES | Clinical Professor, CDU
LA County DHS ​MLK Outpatient Center
Medicine-Pediatrics | Infectious Disease
​[email protected]
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Christian Takayama, MD, AAHIVS (he/him)
Associate Program Director
Educational Lead

HIV Physician Specialist, APLA Health
Family Medicine | HIV Primary Care
[email protected]
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Revery Barnes, MD, AAHIVS (she/her)
Principal Investigator
Positive Care Clinic Director
South LA Health Center Group, DHS ACN

Family Medicine | HIV Primary Care
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[email protected]
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Katherine Loomis, MD, AAHIVS (she/her)
​Research & Scholarship Lead

Clinical Instructor of Infectious Disease
LA General Medical Center/ Rand Schrader Clinic
Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
[email protected]
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Shanna Livermore, MPH, MCHES®, FRSPH (she/her)
Director of Operations
[email protected]
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Jose Flores (he/him)
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
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Jerry Gates, PhD (he/him)
Emeritus Professor of Family Medicine
  USC Keck School of Medicine,
​Department of Family Medicine

Clinical Team

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Johan Clarke, MD, AAHIVS (they/them)
Research Co-Lead

Family Medicine | Gender Affirming Care | Addiction Medicine
Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine/HIV Primary Care
LA General Medical Center/ Rand Schrader Clinic
[email protected]
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Eddy Sattah, MD, AAHIVS ​​(he/him)
Hepatitis Coinfection Lead
Internal Medicine| Infectious Disease
LA Generak Rand Schrader Clinic
[email protected]
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W. David Hardy, MD, AAHIVS ​​(he/him) 
Street Medicine Lead
Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
​[email protected]
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Becca Cohen, MD, AAHIVS (she/her)
Associate Medical Director
LA County Department of Public Health,
Division of HIV and STD Programs

HIV LA General Rand Schrader Clinic

Family Medicine | HIV Primary Care
[email protected]
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Gigi Simmons, MD ​​(she/her)
Addiction Medicine Lead

Family Medicine | Addiction Medicine
MLK Outpatient Center, Hubert. H Humphrey CHC
[email protected]
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Jessica Schneider, MD, AAHIVS ​​(she/her)
HIV Primary Care Specialist
DHS MLK PCC (Oasis Clinic) and Men’s Central Jail
Medicine-Pediatrics | HIV Primary Care

[email protected]
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Katherine Gardner, MD (she/they)
Gender Health Lead
LA County DHS Gender Affirming Care Lead
Hubert H. Humphrey CHC, Alexis Project
Family Medicine | Gender Affirming Care​

[email protected]
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Hrishikesh Belani, MD, AAHIVS (he/him)
Internal Medicine | HIV Primary Care | Addiction Medicine
Director of Primary Care, LA County Ambulatory Care Network (ACN)
HHH PCC (Main Street Clinic)
[email protected]
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Katya Corado, MD, AAHIVS (she/her)
Positive Care Director,
LA County DHS Ambulatory Care Network (ACN)
DHS MLK PCC and Long Beach CHC
Infectious Disease | HIV Primary Care
[email protected]

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Nina Harawa, PhD, MPH (she/her)
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology | Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine | Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Associate Director of Research | Drew Center for AIDS Research, Education, and Services (Drew CARES)
Policy Impact Core Director | UCLA Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
[email protected]
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  • About
  • Program
    • Overview & Benefits
    • Partnerships
  • Curriculum
  • Who We Are
    • Faculty
    • Fellows
    • Alumni
  • Apply