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Bay Windows - August 10, 2006
Ethan Jacobs, ejacobs@baywindows.com
Caro, who worked from 2004 to 2006 at an infectious disease fellowship program at Boston University Medical Center where he worked exclusively with HIV/AIDS patients, said his new position at Fenway allows him to continue focusing on caring for people living with HIV/AIDS.
"There are more than 1200 HIV positive patients that come here, so I thought that was very exciting for me because of my background in infectious diseases," said Caro.
Beyond working with people living with HIV/AIDS Caro will also serve as a general primary care physician for patients at Fenway. Caro, who was born and raised in Peru and lived and studied for many years in Mexico before coming to Boston in 2001, said that as a fluent Spanish speaker he hopes to provide particular help to the center's Spanish-speaking clients.
Like Caro, Harigopal will also focus on working with people living with HIV/AIDS at Fenway, as well as help strengthen Fenway's Women's Health Program. Harigopal, who was born and raised in India, had residencies in both India and at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, and she undertook an infectious diseases fellowship from 2003 to 2005 at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Harigopal said she was impressed by Fenway's ability to integrate primary care services with other areas like mental health services and domestic violence resources, and she said the opportunity to serve the LGBT community and women in particular attracted her to working with Fenway.
"Women are the backbone of the society, and they should take care of their health, and I think we are here to serve the community at large, particularly the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population, but also the straight population," said Harigopal.
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