Provider Mentoring

The Oregon AETC offers one-on-one clinical education and support to providers in the state of Oregon. Our dedicated team of clinical faculty work with you one-on-one to distill the latest evidence, share tools, and offer expertise so you can feel confident that you are providing the best possible care to your patients. Check-ins are brief, offered at no cost, and content is always free of commercial bias. See our scheduling options below.


Support tailored to your clinical priorities

  • Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity inclusive sexual history taking

  • Diagnosis and clinical management of STIs

  • Syphilis and congenital syphilis screening, staging, and management

  • Gender affirming hormone-therapy

  • HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) prescribing

  • HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) prescribing

  • New HIV diagnosis and antiretroviral initiation

 

Sign Up for a Mentoring Session with AETC Clinical Faculty

Can’t find a time slot that works with your schedule? Email aallison@orpca.org and we’ll find a time that’s convenient for you.

 
 

Christopher Evans, MD, MPH, AAHIVS

HIV Team Lead Physician, OHSU
Division of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Faculty, Oregon AETC

  • Dr. Christopher Evans is an internal medicine and geriatrics doctor. He is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He has an additional certification as an HIV specialist from the Academy of HIV Medicine and has a strong interest in HIV primary care and hepatitis C treatment. Dr. Evans also enjoys teaching medical residents and medical fellows in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Service Area: Statewide

Areas of Expertise:

  • HIV Care and Treatment

  • Syphilis and congenital syphilis screening, staging, and management

  • New HIV diagnosis and antiretroviral initiation

 

Chris Fox, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, AAHIVS

Assistant Professor of Medicine OHSU Internal Medicine Clinic/ OHSU HIV Clinic
Faculty, Oregon AETC

  • Chris Fox is a nurse practitioner and educator who is dedicated to caring for people living with HIV or at risk for infection. He has a passion for training future and current HIV workforce members. He has a practice in HIV care at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), and he is the lead clinician for the OHSU Tele-PrEP Program. Fox received his training at the University of California, San Francisco, where he was also faculty in the UCSF School of Nursing’s HIV primary care specialty program. He has previously worked in HIV prevention at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Service Area: Statewide

Areas of Expertise:

  • PrEP and PEP prescribing and management including cabotegravir for PrEP

  • Diagnosing and clinical management of STIs

  • New HIV diagnosis and antiretroviral initiation

 

Sugat Patel, MD, FACP

Infectious Disease Physician, Samaritan Health Services
Faculty, Oregon AETC

  • Dr. Patel received his Bachelor of Science degree in BioMedical Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Under the US Navy Health Professional Scholarship Program, he attended Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH and completed his residency and fellowship training at the Naval Medical Center San Diego in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, respectively. Dr. Patel has served as the Designated Institution Official at GSRMC since 2006. In addition to his teaching and GME administrative duties, he practices as a General Infectious Disease physician with an interest in Sexually Transmitted Infection, HIV, and Hepatitis C. He currently serves as Chair of the Samaritan Health Services Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and is faculty for the Oregon AIDS Education and Training Center. His new life goal is to end new HIV infections. "Always go big on life goals," he states.

Service Area: Statewide with a focus on rural care settings

Areas of Expertise:

  • PrEP and PEP prescribing and management

  • Diagnosing and clinical management of STIs

  • New HIV diagnosis and antiretroviral initiation

  • Diagnosing and management of HBV and HCV

 

C. Milano, MD

Primary Care Provider & Medical Director
OHSU Transgender Health Program
Faculty, Oregon AETC

  • Dr. Milano is an associate professor of Family Medicine in the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine, and Medical Director of the OHSU Transgender Health Program. Dr. Milano cares for patients as a primary care provider at OHSU Richmond Clinic, a federally qualified health center, and staffs OHSU’s Virtual Transgender Health Program Consult Clinic, a novel program that supports patients and primary care providers throughout Oregon in accessing hormone therapy and gender affirming care. Originally hailing from San Francisco, Dr. Milano received a medical degree from the University of California at San Francisco, and went on to complete a residency and clinical leadership fellowship with OHSU’s Department of Family Medicine, and has been training regional and national audiences on the subject of gender-affirming care for over a decade.

Service Area: Statewide

Areas of Expertise:

  • Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT)