The Special Care Center is an outpatient medical facility managed by The Dr. James J. Rahal Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases and the NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Division of Ambulatory Care. NewYork-Presbyterian Queens is home to a New York State Department of Health Designated AIDS Center (DAC), a state-certified, hospital-based program that offers community-based care for people managing HIV and AIDS. Our mutlidiscplinary infectious disease team of community physicians offer state-of-the-art medical therapy, routine STI testing and treatment, psycho-social intervention, and nutritional counseling to residents across the borough. Our mutlidiscplinary infectious disease team of community physicians offer state-of-the-art medical therapy, routine STI testing and treatment, psycho-social intervention, and nutritional counseling to residents across the borough.
The Center's team is composed of a diverse team of highly-skilled physicians, a nurse practitioner, registered nurses, a nutritionist, social workers, and a medical assistant who performs on-site phlebotomy to service our multicultural and diverse community. Our staff value serving people regardless of race, culture, sexual orientation, creed or financial ability to pay.