Comprehensive Care Clinic
The Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic is a medical home for people living with HIV disease. We provide respectful, compassionate, affordable medical care for your whole health, beyond focusing on your HIV status.
We also offer maternal-fetal care for women who are living with HIV. Our high-risk obstetrician cares for expecting mothers and their babies throughout pregnancy and delivery. We collaborate with our pediatric specialists and NICU specialists to ensure a safe delivery experience.
Conditions We Treat
Meet Your Care Team
Cody A. ChastainMD
- HIV Prevention, Including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease, Infectious Diseases, Viral Hepatitis
Anna K. PersonMD
- General Infectious Diseases, HIV Prevention, Including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease, Infectious Diseases
Amen EguakunMSN, NP
- HIV Prevention, Including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease, Infectious Diseases, Viral Hepatitis
Lavenia B. CarpenterMD
- Gynecology, HIV in Pregnancy, High Risk Pregnancy, Maternal Fetal Medicine (High Risk Pregnancy)
Gregory J. WilsonMD
- HIV, Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Periodic Fever, Primary Immunodeficiencies, Secondary Immunodeficiencies
Eva R. ParkerMD
- Adult Dermatitis / Eczema, Allergy / Immunology, Cosmetic Dermatology, Dermatological Surgery, Dermatology, General Adult Dermatology, Melanoma
Why Choose the Comprehensive Care Clinic at Vanderbilt
- Recognized care
The Joint Commission has named the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic as a Primary Care Medical Home for HIV patients. The Tennessee Department of Health has also designated our clinic as an HIV Center of Excellence.
- Team approach
In addition to doctors and nurse practitioners who have experience caring for patients living with HIV, your team includes a pharmacist, behavioral health specialists, addiction medicine specialists, social workers, case managers, patient coordinators and other referral specialists. Together we provide expert care for your HIV-related needs and general health. We also provide HIV prevention for those at risk for acquiring HIV.
- Care coordinators
Our team of nurse case managers and social workers will ensure you understand your medical and behavioral health conditions and help navigate insurance plans and payment options to keep your costs as low as possible. They will also help with connection to community support resources, medication management, medication counseling, and refills.
- Specialized maternal-fetal care
During pregnancy, women with HIV receive care from our labor and delivery specialists to reduce the risk of the child becoming infected. We offer counseling, initiation of preventive antiviral treatment and coordination of essential pediatric services for the baby. Our pediatric HIV physician carefully follows these children for 12-18 months after birth until their status is determined.
- Support services
We coordinate with other community-based organizations serving people with HIV to maximize your education and care opportunities.
- Clinical trials
As part of an academic medical center, we offer access to some of the most promising new approaches being tested in clinical trials. Find a clinical trial.
- Online health portal
We want to make your experience as seamless and stress-free as possible. You can use our secure online portal, My Health at Vanderbilt, to send messages to your care team, schedule appointments, manage medications and access your medical records.
Tests, Treatments and Services
We offer a full range of tests, treatments and services, including:
- Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV
- Comprehensive sexual health care
- Consultation on paying for treatment
- HIV obstetrics clinic
- Medication education counseling
- Mental health services