The Phil Simon Clinic is a nonprofit organization operating within Huntington Memorial Hospital’s Ambulatory Care Center. It serves as a referral center for insured and uninsured persons infected with HIV/AIDS within the San Gabriel Valley. The Clinic is staffed by board certified infectious disease and HIV specialists as well as highly experienced nursing and administrative personnel. Psychosocial support is available on site by clinical social workers experienced with HIV/AIDS. Adjunct services such as case management, home health and benefit evaluations are provided by The Phil Simon Clinic’s close association with AIDS Project Los Angeles.
The Phil Simon Clinic is an important teaching venue for internal medicine residents training at Huntington Memorial Hospital. It provides complete clinical and academic training in HIV medicine for internal medicine residents, pharmacy residents and medical students from USC Keck School of Medicine.
In addition to patient care, the Clinic also is actively involved in basic science and clinical research in HIV/AIDS. It conjunction with its research activities, the Clinic is involved in local community outreach and education. The Phil Simon Clinic has been at the forefront of global HIV services with its activities in East Africa supported by The Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project.
The Phil Simon Clinic is dedicated to outstanding care for persons infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS throughout our local and global communities.
Research Activities
The Phil Simon Clinic is actively involved in clinical and basic science research which has been presented at national and international scientific meetings and published in peer reviewed journals. Special interests in research at the clinic include neurologic manifestations of HIV/AIDS, cardiac manifestations of retroviral infections and HIV and aging. Collaberative research is conducted with Huntington Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and the California Institute of Technology.