McDowell Healthcare Center

Health care services for people living with HIV

Established in 1989, this health care center is an HIV specialty clinic within the Maricopa Integrated Health System and is the largest provider of comprehensive and coordinated HIV-related medical care for adults in Maricopa County.

The McDowell Healthcare Center provides care to HIV positive individuals through three Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) health plans, including Maricopa Health Plan.

For individuals meeting income guidelines that do not have and are not eligible for any other form of health insurance, we are able to provide outpatient care, for a sliding fee patient co-payment, through Ryan White Title I federal grant funding. Budget payment agreements can be arranged with MIHS for individuals without insurance who do not qualify for grant assistance.

Services

Services provided at the center include primary medical care, dental care, HIV testing and counseling, behavioral health care, and clinical trial research for new drug therapies, and support services.

All medical and dental services, including urgent care, are provided by appointment only. The clinic is open from 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, except holidays.   It is also open the first & third Thursday evenings of the month from 5pm to 9pm.

• Health Care Services for Adults living with HIV (PDFs - English / Spanish )
• Ryan White Medical Care Program

McDowell Healthcare Center Staff

• John M. Post, MD - Medical Director
• Shari Castle, RN, BSN - Clinic Manager
• Eric Moore - HIV Program Coordinator
• Laura Don, MD - Director of Behavioral Health Services
• Carol Williams, RN, FNP - Director of the Women's Clinic

Contact the McDowell Healthcare Center

Call (602) 344-6550 for information about and assistance in becoming a new patient.

McDowell Healthcare Center
1144 E. McDowell Rd., Suite 300
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Phone: (602) 344-6550
Fax: (602) 344-6551

Instructions and Forms for New Patients

• New Patient Eligibility Form - Instructions (PDFs- English / Spanish)
• New Patient Eligibility Form (PDFs - English / Spanish)
• Income Statement (PDFs - English / Spanish)

Related Links

• AHCCCS
• How to apply for AHCCCS
• Information about getting an HIV case manager from HIV Care Directions (part of Maricopa Area Agency on Aging)
• VA Phoenix
• State ADAP program
• Maricopa County Department of Public Health for the HIV counseling and testing program and the Maricopa ADAP program
• Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Office of Oral Health for application information for the Delta Dental program for HIV positive adults
• Phoenix Children's Hospital, Bill Holt Clinic
• Body Positive
• Phoenix Shanti Group for HIV substance abuse treatment and counseling
• Educational and information resources:
  • AIDS Education Global Information System
  • National Institute of Health AIDS Information
  • Project Inform
  • The Body HIV/AIDS Site
  • Centers for Disease Control
  • CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
• Other useful sites:
  • Social Security Administration
  • Medicare
  • Arizona Department of Economic Security to apply for food stamps, general assistance, AHCCCS, unemployment, etc.

Last updated on October 7, 2008