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Medical Director, Center for Key Populations
Community Health Center Inc.
Middletown, CT, United States
Marwan Haddad is currently the Medical Director of the Center for Key Populations at Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), the first center of its kind focused on engaging populations who traditionally experience barriers to comprehensive and respectful care. The Center recognizes five key groups who carry the highest burden of and risk for HIV infection and brings together under one roof healthcare and advocacy for the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning) community, people who use drugs, the homeless and those experiencing housing instability, the recently incarcerated, and sex workers. Dr. Haddad joined CHC, the largest federally qualified health center in New England, in July 2006.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and his medical degree from McGill University. He completed his family medicine residency at University of Toronto and obtained his Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. He is board certified in Family Medicine. He is certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine as an HIV specialist. He was also the recipient of the 2011 Primary Care Leadership Award presented by the Connecticut Center for Primary Care. Dr. Haddad is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at Quinnipiac University.
Since January 2012, Dr. Haddad has led the CHC Project ECHO HIV, Hepatitis C, and Buprenorphine programs which expand the integration of these programs not only within CHC but nationwide. This model of care utilizes didactic and case-based learning via weekly video conferences with medical providers, offering ongoing support, consultation and guidance to aid in delivering care to the HIV, Hepatitis C, and opioid dependent populations. Moreover, Dr. Haddad has taught and lectured at state and national conferences on HIV, HCV, buprenorphine and integrated care. He has published research on the integration of buprenorphine in community health centers examining both substance abuse as well as primary care outcomes.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
1:30 PM – 3:15 PM US ET
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
1:55 PM – 2:20 PM US ET