Lutheran Family Health Centers appoints new HIV director
Lutheran Family Health Centers, a group of medical facilities in Brooklyn, has appointed a new director of its HIV program. Dr. Manel Silva has been tapped to head the HIV Network Services program.
In her new role, Silva will be responsible for growing the HIV programs for Lutheran Family Health Centers as well as providing leadership in the care of members of the LGBT community.
She joins Lutheran Family Health Centers from her previous post at the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in Manhattan, where she served as clinical director of the Health Outreach to Teens program, specializing in HIV and transgender care for adults and adolescents.
Silva is a well-known speaker and advocate in a number of civil, health and human rights issues including: youth development, social medicine cultural competence, public health access, HIV, domestic violence, gender issues and sex education, according to officials at Lutheran Family Health Centers.