UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

Expertise/Specialty of LPS

Our OUHSC faculty specialize in general infectious diseases as well as HIV/AIDS care.  Special areas of HIV interest include women’s health and the Native American provider population.

Training

We offer all levels of provider training which include general lectures, interactive workshops, preceptorships (hands-on clinical or social work training), clinical consults, and capacity building opportunities.  Topics for workshops include antiretroviral treatment, opportunistic infections, post-exposure prophylaxis, HIV 101, Rapid Testing, and CDC Guidelines.

Clinical Consultation

• Consulting in Antiretroviral Therapy, High-Risk Pregnancy, HIV Testing, and Primary HIV Care.
• Linda Machado, MD and Michelle Salvaggio, MD
• 405-271-6122
• Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Monday through Friday

Staff/Faculty/Adjunct Faculty

	Wendy McGuckin is the Site Administrator for the Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section Local Performance Site and Co-Director Partner of the TX/OK AETC.  She received her Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Health simultaneously from the University of Oklahoma in 2000 and has been the Administrator for the Infectious Diseases Section since 1998.  Ms. McGuckin is on the Board of Directors and is an officer of the AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families.  She has served as a Co-Chair and as a member of the Oklahoma HIV Treatment and Care Consortium and has assisted with the Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need for Oklahoma.  She also works closely with the Association of American Indian Physicians on HIV educational opportunities for providers of Native American clinical care.
Wendy M. McGuckin, M.B.A., M.P.H. LPS Administrator
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Kimberly Walker LPS Coordinator
	Dr. Linda J. Machado serves at the Medical Education Director for the Texas/Oklahoma AETC.  Dr. Machado received her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1995 from the American University of the Caribbean after which she completed her Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases training at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She joined the Infectious Diseases section in 2000 as an Assistant Professor and was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine. She was the recipient of the William W. Rucks Award for excellence in Medicine and the Chief Residents Award in 1998 as well as the Humanism in Medicine granted by the University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Machado’s clinical interests include caring for those living with HIV/AIDS and tick-borne illnesses.
Linda Machado, MD Medical Education Director
Michelle Salvaggio, MD Faculty	Dr. Michelle R. Salvaggio is a clinical presenter for the Texas/Oklahoma AETC. Dr. Salvaggio joined the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Medicine Infectious Diseases Section in 2004.  She completed her medical school and internal medicine residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City.  Dr. Salvaggio went on to complete her fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.  Dr. Salvaggio is currently the Medical Director of the Infectious Diseases Institute at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Medicine.  Her research is focused on clinical trials involving immuno-compromised patients, Herpes viruses and HIV.