Infectious Diseases

The Specialty Care Center specializes in the care and treatment of persons with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other infectious diseases requiring consultation, as well as those needing management of outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy. It also offers travel medicine services for persons traveling outside the United States.

About Our Team

The team of professionals at the Center includes:

Gary Good, MD, Infectious Disease and Travel Medicine, Chief, Infectious Disease Department
Fernando Merino, MD, Board Certified in Infectious Disease
Maryann Elberth, D.S.W., AIDS Program Director
Anna Cowles, F.N.P. Family Nurse Practitioner
Ellen Levine, R.D. HIV Nutritionist
Randall Harris, L.C.S.W. HIV Psychotherapist
Kathleen Leyko, L.P.N.
Debbie Barrett, L.P.N.
Dr. Erik Marzano, HIV Dentist
Domencia Carbone, Dental Assistant
Dan Desmond, Case Manager
Laurie Oshinsky, Case Manager
Kelly Lingle, Office Manager
Jessica Morris, Receptionist


About the Specialty Care Center's HIV Program

The Specialty Care Center's HIV program is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary facility providing primary and specialty care for people living with HIV in Sullivan County and the surrounding region.

Sullivan County leads the State with the highest incidence of AIDS per 100,000 of any county outside New York City. As a result, the leadership of the Specialty Care Center has successfully won federal grant funding to provide a range of services that surpasses any comparable center in a rural setting such as ours. In fact, the multi-disciplinary services offered at the CRMC Specialty Care Center rival those of larger metropolitan HIV centers. Dr. Merino and Ms. Jorge are bi-lingual /bi-cultural and speak Spanish. Mr. Desmond speaks English, Spanish and Creole.

Services of the HIV Program

The medical team delivers state of the art care by keeping up to date on new treatments for HIV. Services include:

HIV counseling and testing

Nutritional assessment and counseling, with supplements and other compounds provided to assist with maintaining good nutrition

Case Managerment services which include counseling, referrals to appropriate entitlements, referrals to community services and transportation assistance

Mental health assessments and treatment by the Center's psychotherapist

Information on medications and medical care

Comprehensive dental care provided by the program's dentist and dental assistant

Center for Infectious Disease

Doctors Good and Merino are board certified in Infectious Disease and provide care to patients in need of general infectious disease consultation, as well as those needing management of outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy. The practice specializes in the care of hepatitis including Hepatitis C.

Center for Travel Medicine

For persons traveling abroad, Dr. Good is the only physician in Sullivan County specializing in travel medicine. He is the only physician in the area certified to administer Yellow Fever vaccinations. The Center can also recommend vaccinations necessary for persons traveling outside the United States.

Scheduling Appointments

New patients are seen with little or no wait for an appointment. Please call the Center at 845-794-3379 or Dr. Merino can be reached in his Wurtsboro office at 845-888-2200.