Primary Care

What is primary care?

Primary care specialists serve as your entry point to medical care. In addition to providing care for chronic illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and asthma, they make sure you are receiving the appropriate screening tests for cancer and other illnesses. If you need the care of another specialist they will help get you that care.

At the Alliance for Community Wellness (ACW) we are pleased to offer patient centered, compassionate, inclusive and gender affirming care. This includes LGBTQIA specific care and hormone prescribing as needed.

We are also experts in the care of people who may have, or concerned they are at risk for, the following illnesses. You do not need to be enrolled for primary care with us to receive care for the above illnesses.

  • People living with HIV/AIDS, including the ability to test for HIV and begin a rapid start treatment protocol. We will assist you in getting ongoing HIV care from highly trained infectious disease specialists with whom we collaborate very closely.
  • People at risk for HIV/AIDS: we offer both PrEP and PEP to anyone who is at high risk for HIV/AIDS
  • Hepatitis C: we can screen, diagnose, and treat almost anyone who has Hepatitis C. If you need a higher level of care, we will assist in getting you there.
  • STIs: we can screen, diagnose, and treat gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, trichomonas, and we can provide partner therapy for Gonorrhea and chlamydia.

How to schedule an appointment with a provider.

Call (458)-215-0081 to schedule an appointment or if you have any questions about the program.

Will I be billed for service?

We do bill for services but will work with you to bill insurance. If you do not have insurance, we have a number of options to help you pay for services. If you cannot pay you will still be able to receive services. Contact acw@allianceor.org; we can help you understand billing and other options for payment.

FAQs

Meet Our Providers

Cait&Jack

Caitlin Myers holds a Master’s Degree of Science in Nursing from University of Alabama at Birmingham, which she achieved in 2018. She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She has been working at HIV Alliance since October of 2022. Prior to working here, she worked at Cascade Health for several years, where she served the local community as an occupational medicine provider. She worked as an RN in an inpatient hematology/oncology setting for 6 years prior to becoming a nurse practitioner. Her clinical interests are prevention and treatment of STIs, social determinants of health and how they influence patient outcomes, and providing care to those with the most significant health disparities. After completing grad school in 2018, Caitlin moved to Eugene with her spouse, McKenzie, and their two doggies. In her free time, she enjoys taking care of her numerous house plants, gardening, hiking, and making things.

leahjo

Leah Jo Figueroa-Carnine is a primary care Physician Assistant. She graduated from the Northern Arizona University PA program in 2014. After practicing in Arizona and New Mexico, she moved back to her home town of Eugene, Kalapuya lands, in 2020. She worked at the Community Health Center of Lane County as a Primary Care provider and Associate Medical Director, before joining the Alliance for Community Wellness clinic in July 2023. Leah Jo provides primary care with an emphasis on gender affirming care and addiction medicine. She is proficient in Spanish and has provided care for Spanish speaking migrant communities in the Southwest and Oregon. Leah Jo is passionate about health justice, harm reduction, and trauma-informed care. She enjoys making art, organizing for social justice, playing outside, and spending as much time as possible with her new baby, beloved family, and many tiny dogs.

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