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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Leadership Team</h2>
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[av_team_member name='fDr. Chris Steingart' job='Founder and Executive Director
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Dr. Chris Steingart trained at the University of Calgary where he received certification in Internal Medicine in 1995. After moving back to Ontario in 2002, Dr. Steingart accepted the position of Head of Infection Prevention and Control at Grand River and St. Mary’s Hospitals. During this time, Dr. Steingart began seeing more HIV and Hepatitis C patients. Seeing the need for more specialized care for the complex medical and psycho-social needs of his patients, Dr. Steingart decided to leave the hospital setting and in 2007, Dr. Steingart created the province’s first charitable Hepatitis C service organization, Sanguen Health Centre. With a dedicated team of nurses, social support workers, outreach workers, and peer support workers, Dr. Steingart sees the region’s most marginalized patients offering expert medical, social, and psychological support.

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[av_team_member name='Michelle Steingart' job='Administrator and Clinical Program Coordinator
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It is no coincidence that she shares the same last name as the doctor — they are married and the two of them created Sanguen Health Centre in 2007.

Michelle’s role at Sanguen is to ensure the smooth operation of the clinic, everything from booking patient appointments and referrals for testing, to communicating with other specialists and organizations in the community.

Michelle’s most important role, however, is to make sure that you feel welcomed and comfortable when you come to your appointments.

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[av_team_member name='Dr. Sidra Hassan' job='Infectious Disease Specialist
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She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI), American College of Physicians (ACP), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA).Throughout her training, she has had the privilege of serving a socio-ethnically diverse population of patients.

She is now serving the broader Waterloo Region as an Infectious Diseases specialist, accepting referrals in General ID, HIV, Hepatitis C, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), needlestick injuries, sexually transmitted infections including chlamydia/gonorrhea/syphilis, active/latent tuberculosis and so much more.

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In October of 2019, she shifted her focus and joyfully took on the task of managing the day-to-day operations of Kitchener’s Consumption &amp; Treatment Services. A dream come true!

Violet believes that everyone in our community deserves to be safe, healthy, and happy - including people who take drugs. She also believes that people are the experts in themselves, and she strives to be nonjudgmental, honest and open, and to learn from the people around her.

When she’s not at work, Violet can be found hanging out with friends and family, wandering around in nature, eating snacks, washing her car, or reading a good book.
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Prior to working at Sanguen, Lindsay spent a number of years in the community development field focusing on harm reduction and addiction. She also worked as a systems coordinator for older adults at risk of abuse, and facilitated peer-based support groups for older adults experiencing mental health issues.

Lindsay has an academic background in Medical Anthropology, with a focus on HIV/AIDS and stigma. She is passionate about community work, and supporting vulnerable populations, and believes that all people deserve to be safe, healthy, treated with dignity, and welcomed in our community.

In her free time, Lindsay enjoys chasing her kids around, horse-back riding, traveling, and a good campfire.

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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Our Medical Team: Providing Clinical Services</h2>
Everyone at Sanguen works together to support you through each step of a Hepatitis C diagnosis. Our clinical team is responsible for the medical part of what we do.

When you visit us, you may meet with just one member of our clinical team, or all of them, depending on what’s appropriate for your treatment.

If you are on treatment, it’s important that you stay in touch with the clinical team to discuss how you’re feeling, any side effects that you’re experiencing, and to have various tests done.
<h3>Where can you find the clinical team?</h3>
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 	<li><strong>Monday</strong>
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 	<li>Mobile Health Bus at HO7G (10:30-12:00) and ABTC (1:00-4:00)</li>
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 	<li><strong>Tuesday</strong>
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 	<li>Waterloo Clinic</li>
 	<li>Mobile Health Bus in Cambridge, The Vineyard (10:30-12:30) and MACS 150 Main Drop in (1:00-4:30)</li>
 	<li>The Community Health Van in Cambridge Tuesday night</li>
 	<li>Guelph Clinic: Stepping Stone 12:00-2:00</li>
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 	<li><strong>Wednesday</strong>
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 	<li>Waterloo Clinic: Nursing and support staff</li>
 	<li>Guelph Clinic: Nursing and support staff</li>
 	<li>The Community Health Van in Guelph and Kitchener</li>
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 	<li><strong>Thursday</strong>
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 	<li>Waterloo Clinic</li>
 	<li>Guelph Clinic</li>
 	<li>The Community Health Van in Guelph and Kitchener</li>
 	<li>Mobile health bus in Kitchener, ABTC (12:30-4:00), Weber Inn (5:30-7:00), RoH (7:00-8:00)</li>
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 	<li><strong>Friday</strong>
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 	<li>Waterloo Clinic</li>
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