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Berkeley Rep
S17-18, Ep 1: "No Country For The Infirm" - The AIDS Epidemic at San Francisco General Hospital
26 minutes Posted Apr 27, 2018 at 5:40 pm.
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A conversation with three extraordinary medical professionals about their experiences with the AIDS epidemic from the 1980s to today.
Guests:
- Diane Jones was an HIV nurse at San Francisco General Hospital for 34 years, starting in 1982. She currently works as a mentor and trainer with HIV clinics across the country and internationally. She is a lesbian mother and grandmother of 3 and lives in a multi-generational household in the Mission in San Francisco.
- Marcy Fraser was a staff nurse on the San Francisco General AIDS Ward from 1983-1987. She also worked in AIDS home care and Hospice as Executive Director of Continuum HIV Services. She served on the Board of the National AIDS Memorial for 5 years. She is an open water swimmer, mosaic artist and lives with her partner of 27 years on Potrero Hill.
- Royce Lin is an HIV physician working with at-risk and vulnerable populations in the Tenderloin, particularly clients affected by homelessness, poverty, trauma, and social marginalization. He is also Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and enjoys mentoring new providers in HIV and LGBTQI health.
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