While each of our providers have varying specialties, all are trained experts in the fields of LGBTQ health and wellness.
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Languages: English, Spanish
Locations: Bronx, Chelsea
Types: Adult Primary Care
<< See all providersAlex Perez, NP
Medical Provider
Pronouns: AnyAlex Perez has been practicing at Callen-Lorde since 2020. Prior to joining the team at Callen-Lorde, Alex worked in dialysis. Before becoming an Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, he worked at Callen-Lorde as a Triage nurse for 5 years. Alex studied at Hunter College. His clinical interests are primary care, HIV treatment and prevention, sexual health, TGNB care, Hepatitis C treatment, and Testopel insertion.
Andrew Goodman, MD, AAHIVS
Medical Director, Callen-Lorde Chelsea
Pronouns: He/Him
Languages: English, Medical Spanish
Locations: Bronx, Chelsea
Types: Adolescent Health (HOTT), Adult Primary Care
<< See all providersAnthony P. Vavasis, MD, AAHIVS
Director of Medicine
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Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH, FIDSA
Senior Director of Research and Education
Pronouns: He/TheyAsa is an infectious disease/HIV specialist and directs Callen-Lorde's department of Research and Education. Asa serves on several boards including the HHS Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents, and is currently co-chair of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care 8 working group. Asa's research focuses on STI/HIV risk, HIV prevention and health outcomes in LGBTQ populations.
Languages: English, Medical Spanish
Locations: Chelsea
Types: Adult Primary Care
<< See all providersAviva Cantor, PA-C, AAHIVS
HIV Quality Coordinator
Pronouns: She/HerAviva has been practicing at Callen-Lorde since 2013. Prior to Callen Lorde, she worked at Harlem United in upper Manhattan and at one of the city clinics in Philadelphia. Aviva studied at Drexel University for her masters in Physician Assistant studies and has her doctorate in Medical Science from Lynchburg University. Aviva is the HIV Quality Coordinator and participates in quality initiatives throughout the agency. Aviva is a preceptor for the Keith Haring Nurse Practitioner fellowship and loves teaching and learning with the fellows. Aviva has focused her training and practice on LGBTQ+ health, HIV medicine, metabolic conditions and obesity prevention and management.
Benjamin Solomon, MD, MBA
Psychiatrist
Pronouns: He/HimBenjamin Solomon has been practicing at Callen-Lorde since 2020. Prior to joining the team and Callen-Lorde, Ben was the director of the inpatient addiction consult program at NYC H+H Elmhurst. He completed his chief residency, residency in Adult Psychiatry and Medical training at NYU School of Medicine. He holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and has a deep interest in healthcare reform. Ben is a strong proponent of integrating treatment of substance use disorders into general psychiatric care. In addition to his work at Callen-Lorde, Ben has a part-time private practice and is a candidate in psychoanalytic training at Columbia University.
Bridget Pitcock, FNP
Pronouns: She/They
Catherine Trossello, DNP, FNP-BC, AAHIVS
Director of the Keith Haring Nurse Practitioner Postgraduate Fellowship in LGBTQ+ Health
Pronouns: She/HerCatherine Trossello is a scholar-educator who is deeply committed to health equity and social justice. She has participated in humanitarian work in countries around the world including Nicaragua, Mexico, Nepal, Ghana and in disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico after the island-wide devastation of Hurricane Maria. Prior to working at Callen-Lorde, Catherine spent 7 years working in a clinic for undocumented immigrants from Latin & South America. In this clinic, she did full family practice including caring for adult and pediatric patients and managing an OB clinic. Now at Callen-Lorde, in addition to her clinical work, she is the Director of The Keith Haring Nurse Practitioner Postgraduate Fellowship in LGBTQ+ Health. This Fellowship is the first of its kind in the United States. Through this Fellowship, Catherine strives to create an educational and training program that not only allows the Keith Haring Fellows to bring forward all they learn to other health care settings, but that also uplifts and supports NP's, especially those new to practice. Catherine lives in Brooklyn, NY and is adjunct faculty at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.
Languages: English, Medical Spanish
Locations: Brooklyn, Chelsea
Types: Adult Primary Care
<< See all providersChance Krempasky, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC, AAHIVS
Associate Director of Medicine – Education
Pronouns: He/HimChance Krempasky is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Women's Health Practitioner and credentialed HIV Specialist. He graduated from Columbia University School of Nursing in 2010. He has been practicing at Callen-Lorde since 2016. Prior to joining the team at Callen-Lorde, Chance provided abortion and reproductive health services at Dr. Emily Women's Health Center, and sexual health and prenatal care at Community Healthcare Network. He has worked for multiple harm reduction agencies throughout NYC including Washington Heights CORNER Project, VOCAL-NY, and the Positive Health Project. His clinical interests are reproductive health and family building for transgender and nonbinary people, drug user health (including buprenorphine provision), and anal health.
Languages: English, Spanish
Locations: Bronx, Chelsea
Types: Adult Primary Care
<< See all providersEddie Meraz, NP
Medical Provider
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Elsbet Servay, FNP-BC, AAHIVS, ACHPN
Clinical Director, Immunization
Pronouns: She/HerClinical Director, Immunization
Languages: English, Medical Spanish
Locations: Bronx, Brooklyn
Types: Adult Primary Care
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