OASIS Clinic

ORGANIZATION TO ACHIEVE SOLUTIONS IN SUBSTANCE-ABUSE

A non-profit organization

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The primary mission of O.A.S.I.S. is to provide high quality medical care, develop successful models of clinical intervention, and to develop and provide educational materials for medically marginalized former or current drug and alcohol users. We serve a multi-ethnic community, approximately 1/3 of whom are medically uninsured or underinsured and over 50% of whom have substance abuse histories—including alcohol abuse—of greater than 20 years duration. Our treatment services are available to all persons, regardless of how they contracted hepatitis C.

HEPATITIS C • HIV • ADDICTION

About Us

Partnerships

Collaborations

A focus of the OASIS Clinic is attending to the healthcare and psychosocial needs of persons infected with hepatitis C (HCV), and residing in the greater East Bay community. We participate in a number of collaborations with Bay Area, Southern California, West Coast, other US urban area partners, as well as the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Health Resources Services Adminstration (HRSA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Research

Studies

• Quantitative assessment of interferon mediated neuropsychiatric toxicity.

• Combined buprenorphine and hepatitis C treatment for heroin users.

• Treating HCV in transplant ineligible patients with severe cirrhosis.

• The efficacy of hepatitis C treatment during methadone maintenance therapy.

Education

Preceptorships

The OASIS Clinic serves as a preceptorship site for UCSF medical student and UC Berkeley Joint Medical Programs. Partnering medical students with patients traditionally excluded from the health care system, the OASIS Clinic is helping to alter prevailing attitudes about the undeserved from within the medical profession.

Our Team

MEDICAL • EDUCATIONAL

ADMINISTRATIVE

Executive Director

Diana Sylvestre

is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and trained at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and the Sloan Kettering Institute. A specialist in addiction medicine, Dr. Sylvestre is a leading medical researcher on HCV treatment in addicted patients and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF. She is a Recipient of the California Society of Addiction Medicine’s Vernelle Fox Award.

Senior Peer Educator

Orlando Chavez

organizes and implements health outreach interventions for viral hepatitis and HIV at high risk outreach venues. He also advocates for awareness, testing, linkage to care and treatment for viral hepatitis and HIV and attends board meetings at both HEPPAC and the Berkeley Free Clinic. Orlando helps structure and implement strategic planning for both organizations.

Peer Educator

Martha Williams

has been an activist with OASIS for over a decade. She is a founding member of both Hep C Free Oakland and United for Drug Policy Reform. In 2010, Martha accepted the Daniel R. Keenan award from the Center for Applied Local Research on behalf of UDPR for their healthcare advocacy efforts with poor and marginalized patients.

Peer Educator

Peter Howe

iis the Director of Volunteer Services at the OASIS Clinic. Peter is the hepatitis C educator and trainer for the OASIS Peer Education Program. He is almost always available for questions during the weekly support group.

Front Desk

Cathy Rodgers

is the administrative secretary of OASIS. In addition to the processing of copays, daily reports and insurance verifications, Kathy holds a Phlebotomy Technician 1 certification (CPT I) from the Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Sciences, as well as a Bachelor of Administration from the Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.

Media

Chris McNeil

is the graphic designer, videographer and web developer for both OASIS educational materials and Hep C Free Oakland's outreach literature. His hobbies include Swiss grid theory and competitive darts. You can see his work under the materials tab.