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For health care that is compassionate and culturally competent, the Samuels Clinic at Mount Sinai West is here for you. Our primary and specialty care is available in a safe and welcoming environment. Our supportive services include social work and nutrition counseling. They are designed to assist you in getting and staying in the best possible health. All our services are provided in one convenient location. Working as a team, our doctors and staff provide care that meets your individual needs. The Samuels Clinic is part of Mount Sinai’s Institute for Advanced Medicine (IAM).

Our Services

The Samuels Clinic treats all adults, offering primary, mental health, dental, and specialty care. We have a pharmacy onsite, which means you can have your medications in hand when you leave your appointment. When a medical situation is particularly complex, we refer you to other experts in the Mount Sinai Health System.

Our services include:

• Primary care
• Specialty care, including endocrinology, psychiatry, psychology, nutrition, and acupuncture
• Sexually transmitted infections testing and treatment
• Hepatitis C screening and treatment
• HIV testing and prevention services
• HIV/infectious disease care
• PrEP and TelePrEP
• PEP
• HIV immediate antiretroviral therapy
• Mental health services, including psychiatric consultation and treatment, individual psychotherapy, trauma-informed services, and support groups
• Dental services
• Onsite pharmacy, including free home delivery (all five boroughs)
• Social work
• Supportive services, including care coordination/case management
• Eligibility assistance
• Access to clinical trials and research

Populations of Focus

The Institute for Advanced Medicine provides primary and specialty care to all communities. Originally begun as a program for HIV+ people, the Institute for Advanced Medicine is now available to anyone, regardless of your status. Providing quality care is our concern, and we take most major commercial insurance plans, as well as Medicaid and Medicare. We may be able to help you get health insurance if you do not have it already. We house special programs geared to specific populations, including:

• Sexually active young adults
• Populations affected by HIV
• Older adults
• Spanish-speaking populations
• LGBTQ+
• Individuals with a history of mental health or substance use issues

Specialized Programs

Our specialized programs include:

People Living With HIV Who Need Help Adjusting to Taking Their Medication
Our Accelerating Implementation of Multilevel-Strategies to Advance Long-Acting Injectables for Underserved Populations helps people with sustained load suppression, and those who are newly diagnosed or new to HIV treatment.  

People at High Risk for HIV or Taking PrEP
Our HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Program provides supportive services. We offer outreach and educational activities for patients and providers, and PrEP clinical education. In addition, we can give you long-acting PrEP injections so you don’t have to take a pill every day. Our TelePrEP Program is an advanced initiative that expands access to PrEP services for HIV prevention through virtual health care.

Sexually Active Young Men of Color
The Young Adult Sexual Services Program screens for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for men of color ages 13-29. We want you to know your HIV status, and we identify any STIs that need treatment. We provide expanded HIV/STI/hepatitis C prevention and treatment services to those without HIV. Services include:

• HIV and STI screening
• HIV and STI prevention education
• PEP
• PrEP and TelePrEP
• Mental health services
• Entitlement assistance

We can also connect you to primary care, mental health care, and case management services.

People Who Are Low-Income, Living With HIV, and Have an Unsuppressed Viral Load or Are at Risk for Virologic Rebound
Our Care Coordination Program helps people living with HIV whose income is below 500 percent of the federal poverty line. We strive to improve your HIV viral load and immunological health, and reduce HIV-related mortality.

Pregnant Women
We offer a range of services, including:

• HIV testing
• Primary care
• Prenatal services
• Treatment adherence
• Mental health screening and treatment
• Substance misuse screening and treatment
• Oral health care
• Nutrition screening and therapy
• Case management
• Transportation assistance
• Health education

Meet Our Team

The Samuels Clinic has a variety of highly qualified practitioners.

Executive Director

Michael P. Mullen, MD

Faculty

• Luz Amarilis Lugo, MD – Medical Director
• Stella Safo, MD
• Melissa Wiener, MD, MS
• Alan Cohen, MD

Clinical Staff – Providers

• Sandra Noel, NP, Nurse Practitioner
• Michael Olivier-De La Torre, DNP, FNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner

Specialists

• Daniel Ortiz, LAc - Acupuncture
• Peter Panken, LAc - Acupuncture
• Judy Lee Moy, DMD - Dentistry
• Mary Benjamin, DDS - Dentistry
• Jonathan Chuenbong Ho, DMD - Dentistry
• Jiby Yohannan, MD - Endocrinology
• Michael M. Gaisa, MD, PhD - High-Resolution Anoscopy
• John Winters, MD - High-Resolution Anoscopy
• William Ward - Massage Therapy
• Vijay Lapsia, MBBS - Nephrology
• Jessica Robinson-Papp, MD - Neurology
• Leslie Brady, NP - Pain Management
• Roberto Posada, MD - Pediatrics
• Nils Hennig, MD - Pediatrics

Therapists

• Jacob Barela, NP - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
• Gregory Bovenzi, NP-P - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
• Julia Braxton, NP - Nurse Practitioner
• Jeffrey Fishberger, MD - Psychiatrist
• Mariel A. Gallego, PhD - Psychologist
• Jackie Lee, PhD - Adult Psychologist
• Martha Sparks, PhD - Director of Psychology
• Timothy Stahl, PhD - Psychologist
• Jeffrey J. Weiss, PhD - Psychologist
• Darin Witkovic, PhD – Supervising Clinical Psychologist