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CENTRO DE SALUD FAMILIAR LA FE Expertise/Specialty of LPS
La Fe C.A.R.E. Center provides culturally sensitive clinical care, testing and counseling, and case management services to the six western most counties of Texas, that include both urban and rural populations. In addition, La Fe C.A.R.E. provides services to a unique population on the border that includes issues regarding medication adherence, drug interactions, resistance, TB, and minority women's health issues. Training
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| Janie Mendoza LPS Administrator |
The LPS Administrator and administrator at the CARE Center of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe in the U.S./Mexico Border city of El Paso, Janie Mendoza is a board certified registered nurse with experience in emergency health care, providing services to underserved populations in the USA and overseas, community health nursing, and non-profit administration, she is also a member of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. |
| Gloria Hinojos LPS Coordinator |
Gloria Hinojos has worked within the field of HIV/AIDS for 8 years, all of them at the La Fe CARE Center. She is a coordinator for the AETC Local Performance Site. In addition, she works with others in several activities including medical record audits for Continuous Quality Improvement, Pre and Post Counseling and Partner Elicitation for Rapid HIV Testing and the inputting of medical record data for the local Ryan White Administrative Agency via ARIES. ARIES, the AIDS Regional Information and Evaluation System, was developed by the state of Texas to be used by HIV providers in Texas to automate, plan, manage, and report on client data. She has served on the Ryan White Consortium as well as the Board of Directors for AIDS Project El Paso (APEP) a local non-profit agency.
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| Ann Khalsa, MD, Clinical Director |
Dr. Ann Khalsa, a family practice physician, has 15 years of prior healthcare worker training experience as the director of HIV clinical training at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine local performance site (LPS) of the Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) in Los Angeles. Since starting at the La Fe CARE Center in April 2006, she has become clinical director for La Fe CARE Center’s contract with the Texas-Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center, and is providing staff and other local health professionals HIV related training. Dr. Khalsa accepted the role of Medical Director at the La Fe CARE Center January 1, 2007. She is also the Chair of the Continuous Quality Improvement program. Dr. Khalsa provides on-site medical care four days a week. Two half days a week are for walk- in clinic to address acute care needs of clients. Dr. Khalsa has made a significant impact in the expansion of clinic services and has enhanced patient education, adherence, and quality of life of those we serve. |
| Armando Meza, MD Faculty |
Dr. Armando Meza, a board-certified infectious disease (ID) physician from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, has been the La Fe CARE Center's medical director since 1999. He has been the Program Director of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech since 2002 and the Chair of the Infection Control Committee at Thomason Hospital since 2003. Despite his busy schedule, Dr. Meza provides HIV/AIDS medical services during expanded clinic hours, Tuesdays 1:00 to 7:30 p.m. every week. Patients scheduled with Dr. Meza are unstable and advanced stage clients. He is accessible by phone and e-mail for consultation during the week when he is not at the CARE Center and is an active member of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) committee. |
| Rhonda Fleming, MD Faculty |
Dr. Rhonda Fleming, another board-certified infectious disease (ID) physician from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, joined the staff at the La Fe CARE Center in March of 2004. An experienced HIV/AIDS clinician, Dr. Fleming provides medical care services one half day a week at the La Fe CARE clinic. Since her arrival, she has focused on the HIV-positive Hispanic women in care, addressing their specific medical and cultural needs. |
Organization Name: Administrator: 915-772-3366 ext. 7149 Key contact person:
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UPCOMING LPS EVENTS "Post Exposure Prophylaxis" - Ann Khalsa, MD Description: Medical intervention after HIV blood/body fluid exposure March 4, 2010 at 8:00 am Las Palmas Medical Center El Paso, TX To participate, please contact Janie Mendoza
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