Schooling: Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, UCSB, University of New Mexico

Degrees: BA, RN, CCM

Start date at CSI: 1992

Brief description of you duties at CSI:
Vice President Clinical Services-Operational Administrator, oversee all aspects of clinic-case manage all patients, administer infusion therapy.

Family and children (with ages):
S/O-Lorel
Daughter-Adrianne 25 y/o Son-in-law- Peter 26 y/o
Oscar and Wylie 8 & 6 y/o-world’s cutest weiner dogs

Hobbies and interests:
Reading, cooking, Native American culture, golf.

Volunteer activities:
FOSCA (Friends of San Clemente Animal Shelter), DisneyVoluntears, CHOC walk, Kiwanis, Spark of Love Toy Drive, Anaheim School Program, AIDS Walk OC, AIDS Walk LA.

Any HIV or CFIDS related activities (such as AIDS walk):
AIDS Walk OC , AIDS Walk LA, Project AngelFood

Languages spoken:
English, minimal Spanish and Navajo.

Short description why you love working at CSI:
Everyday we get the chance to live our commitment to healing and helping humanity. The positive impact we have on patient’s lives is given back to us 100 fold by the people whose lives we touch. We get the chance on a daily basis to learn, grow, be challenged and extend ourselves beyond what we thought possible, all the while making a huge difference in peoples lives.

I also love working here because our CSI family of staff is warm hearted, caring and spiritual people who make me a better person through their presence.

Schooling: Saddleback High

Degrees: Certified Medical Assistant

Start date at CSI: February 1991

Brief description of you duties at CSI: Patient care, starting IV’s, callbacks and prescriptions.
Family and children (with ages): Married 17 years to husband-Joe, Two children-daughter 16 y/o and son-14 y/o.

Hobbies and interests: Plants, gardening, making gift baskets (creating things), walking and dancing.

Any HIV or CFIDS related activities (such as AIDS walk):
Yes

Languages spoken: English and Spanish

Short description why you love working at CSI:
Patients at CSI are not like all the other patients, which means they are more special and they need a lot of support and help. I love helping people in whatever they need and my heart is all in HIV patients and CFIDS. That is why I love working at CSI. I feel more useful here than I would be at any other practice. My heart is here at CSI!

Any other miscellaneous comments:
CSI is state of the art. We have all the latest research and updates on HIV and our Doctor is number one in this specialty and we’re very proud of him. We’re proud to say that we are a family at CSI and we have the best team workers.

Karen Jones, a licensed psychotherapist, has maintaned a successful private practice for the past twenty years in Orange County, California. She is a nationally recognized lecturer in the fields of multidisciplinary medical marketing, medication adherence, HIV and women, and the psycho-social aspects of chronic illnesses, including HIV and Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS). She has presented the results of her research in the areas of neuropsychology, alcoholism, and attitudes towards women with HIV, at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, and The National Council on Alcoholism.

Karen is an award winning philanthropic leader in Orange County, instrumental in the formative years of AIDS education, and the delivery of healthcare services, founding the Laguna Beach HIV Commission, and the Women's HIV Task Force, along with her dedication to many other AIDS agencies over a twelve year period. In 1998, the City Council of Laguna Beach, a city which for fifteen years demonstrated the highest per capita incidence of AIDS in the nation, honored Karen with a citywide proclamation for her relentless commitment in the fight against AIDS and HIV.

For the past ten years, Karen has been the Director of Psychosocial Services at the Center for Special Immunology. She has earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in clinical psychology, and is currently completing her dissertation research in behavioral medicine, for a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.

Schooling: Bryman

Degrees: Medical Assistant

Start date at CSI: July 26, 1999

Brief description of you duties at CSI:
Front office manager and collections.

Family and children (with ages):
Married
Husband: Noel
Baby son born 5/17/02-Marquis Noel

Hobbies and interests:
Love Disney –Mickey Mouse and the whole gang

Languages spoken: Spanish and English

Short description why you love working at CSI:
I love the interaction with and taking care of my patients

Tony Navarro, MA

Schooling: Rio Hondo College, Premiere College, Academy 2000

Start date at CSI: July 2003

Brief description of your duties at CSI:
Back Office Medical Assistant. Vital signs, phlebotomy, injections; assist MD in office procedures, EKG, Cardiac Profiles; refill prescriptions; IV infusions.

Family and children:
I have a wonderful wife, Yolanda; 3 loveable children: Andrew (17), Breanna (14), and Tonee (12); and one great German Shepard named Shadow.

Hobbies and interests:
My American Indian culture – beadwork, dance, drums, creating artifact replicas; President of Board of Directors for American Indian Healing Center.

Short description why you love working at CSI:
The staff is wonderful -- teamwork is a huge part of the success of this practice. From Day One, Wendy and the others have made me feel welcome.

Schooling: BS-Rutgers University,
MPH – University of South Carolina
PA – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Degrees: MPH, RD, and PA

Start date at CSI: 1996

Brief description of your duties at CSI:
Assess all patients for nutritional well-being. Provide nutritional support/medical nutrition therapy for both HIV and Chronic Fatigue patients.

Family and children (with ages):
Husband – Robert, age 44
Daughter – Jena, 11y/o
Daughter – Leah, 12y/o

Hobbies and interests:
Karate, dog, needlepoint, gardening.

Volunteer activities:
American Dietetic Association – Chair HIV/AIDS DPG (2000-2001)
Girl Scouts
Minority AIDS Council

Any HIV or CFIDS related activities (such as AIDS walk):
On National HIV Nutrition related committees
Women’s Task Force on HIV/AIDS – under HRSA

Languages spoken: English

Short description why you love working at CSI:
CSI gives access to a dietician, nutrition support is taken seriously. I feel like I am part of a team that values my services and expertise. The patients really appreciate what we do for them, and we provide excellent, interpersonal care.