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Paul A. Stabile, PA-C

Posted December 2009

After working for 12 years as a meteorologist, Paul Stabile switched careers and returned to school to be trained as a physician’s assistant, committing to working in HIV/AIDS care, which he has been doing since 2001. He now serves as the Director, Clinical Care, at William F Ryan Community Health Center in New York City. His change in career path has been mutually beneficial, for he finds satisfaction in serving PLWHA, and his patients benefit from the advantages of his commitment to excellent care and innovative approaches.

As a clinician and manager, Paul recognizes that additional health needs and social issues challenge his patients, and he provides leadership to address housing assistance, case management, and substance use and mental health treatment. He has worked to integrate these services into his clinic, collaboratively coordinating efforts to keep HIV-positive patients engaged in care. Paul is a systems thinker who has led agency-wide IT and quality initiatives that have become models for other community health centers. His accomplishments at William F Ryan include initiation of treatment of HIV/HCV co-infection so his co-infected patients are able to receive comprehensive care at William F Ryan and do not have to be referred off site. He worked to set up one of the first rapid HIV testing programs in NYC using prevention outreach vans.

Paul Stabile is an active participant in the New York State DOH AIDS Institute’s Quality of Care Advisory Committee, keeping quality improvement efforts in the forefront with his clinic team. His clinical work and his leadership exemplify the outstanding commitment to caring for his patients and the broad commitment to addressing the complex needs of all those in the HIV community.