The Comprehensive Care Clinic at BMH is offered for local treatment of HIV/AIDS. It has as its goal to provide community-based specialist health care for people with HIV/AIDS, and to develop an educational program for local primary care providers to improve and update knowledge about HIV infection and its treatment. The federally- funded clinic operates with grant money received by the University of Vermont. Clinic phone number: 257-8860.

Infectious Disease Specialists:
W. Kemper Alston, M.D., also at Fletcher-Allen Health Care
Jeffrey Parsonnet, M.D., also at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Nurse Practitioner:
Deborah Jones, Family Nurse Practitioner, CNM
(802) 257-8860
Registered Nurse Degree: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
CNM/FNP degrees: Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing, Hyden, KY
Internship in Family Nursing & Midwifery: Su Clinica Familiar, Harlingen, TX
Certified: American College of Nurse Midwives & Family Nurse
Practitioner; American Nurses Credentialing Center
Member: Association of Nurses in Aids Care

Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Social Worker:
John Field, MFT., (802) 257-8856

Hours:
Thursdays, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Comprehensive Care Clinic at BMH also offers anonymous testing for HIV/AIDS patients. Anonymous testing, as opposed to confidential testing, means that a person never gives his or her name or any other identifying information such as social security number. A special number is assigned to the person and the results are given to him or her only. No copies are kept at the testing site or at the laboratory. Counseling before and after testing, including referrals for medical and social services if needed, are part of the procedure offered at BMH.

Anonymous testing can be arranged by calling 1-800-882-2437. There is no charge.