RPSSI Nassau Program Services
Click each link below to learn more about that service category and see the partner organizations providing the service
Support Services Navigation and
PrEP Education and Adherence Support:
Navigators work closely with clients over a period of three months to a year helping them achieve their healthcare goals through the following specific services:
- Education on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Linkage to HIV Testing
- Linkage to Hepatitus C Virus (HCV) Screening
- Linkage to STD Screening
- Linkage to Primary Care
- Information on PrEP ( Pre-exposure Prophylaxis medication to prevent getting HIV from sex or injection drug use )
- Screening for PrEP
- Linkage to PrEP
- Prevention Counseling
- Supportive Counseling
- Treatment Education and Adherence Counseling (PrEP)
- Treatment Education and Adherence Counseling (STDs)
- Treatment Education and Adherence Couseling (HIV)
- Linkage to Overdose Prevention Training
- Linkage to Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
- Linkage to Legal Support
- Assistance with Access to Benefits/Entitlements
- Assistance with Housing Services
- Assistance with Employment/ Education
- Translation/Interpretation
- Escort to appointments
- Transportation Coordination
There are no income limits to receive services through the RPSSI Nassau Program. Immigration status is not asked (see About Us section for specific eligibility criteria). All services under the Program are provided with no cost to the client. Our goal is to help clients regain their health and stay healthy by addressing any obstacles that interfere with their ability to seek proper medical care or follow their clinician’s advice.
RPSSI Nassau Partner Organizations providing Support Services Navigation and PrEP Education and Adherence Support

Center For Transgender Care ( CTC )
Sundeep Boparai
516-622-5195
CenterForTransCare@northwell.edu
Great Neck

Reuben Trabi
(HIV Navigation Service Coordinator)
Work Mobile:
516-757-2413 (Ext. 11)
rtrabi@cdlh.org
Hempstead ,Westbury Oceanside

Anthony Gaetani
(Patient Navigator)
516-935-6858 (Ext. 4226)
516-736-0169 (Ext. 4226)
agaetani@fcali.org
Hempstead , Hicksville

Yessi Torres
516-538-2613 (Ext. 286)
516-824-4200 (Ext. 286)
YTorres@HispanicCounseling.org
Hempstead

Center for AIDS Research & Treatment (CART)
R. Adrian Morel
516-418-1419
rmorel4@northwell.edu
Manhasset

Julia Martinez-Abrahams
516-296-2254, 516-512-9535
jabraha5@numc.edu
East Meadow

Marlana Wilson
(HIV Prevention Specialist)
631-361-9020 (Ext. 1135)
516-481-6300 (Ext. 1248)
MWilson@optionscl.org
Elmont freeport Hempstead

Margarita Sotelo
516-566-5620
msotelo@numc.edu
Hempstead
Roosevelt
Testing for HIV & Other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Testing is available for HIV, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia.

Center for AIDS Research & Treatment (CART)
R. Adrian Morel
516-418-1419
rmorel4@northwell.edu
Manhasset

Community Based (Plan Van)
Peggy Rivera
516-750-2675
peggy.rivera@ppgreaterny.org
Hempstead
Evidence Based Interventions (EBIs)
EBIs are programs which have been formally studied and proven to help clients improve their knowledge and/or skills in maintaining sexual health.

Anthony Gaetani
(Patient Navigator)
516-935-6858 (Ext. 4226)
516-736-0169 (Ext. 4226)
agaetani@fcali.org

Lauren McCarthy
(Prevention Services Manager)
516-679-9000 (Ext. 22)
lmccarthy@liccpfy.org
Bellmore

Center For Transgender Care (CTC)
Sundeep Boparai
516-622-5195
CenterForTransCare@northwell.edu
Great Neck
Syringe Exchange
Syringes and overdose prevention education is provided to active injection drug users.
Referral Partners
Provides HIV & STI treatment and prevention services including PrEP.

Gregory Maddox
516- 663-4794
gregory.maddox@nyulangone.org
Mineola

Nina Sculco
516-227-9674
nsculco@nassaucountyny.gov
Mineola