Marwan S. Haddad, MD, MPH, AAHIVS

Marwan Haddad is currently the Medical Director of the Center for Key Populations at Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI), one of the largest federally qualified health centers in the nation. The Center for Key Populations is the first center of its kind focused on engaging populations who traditionally experience barriers to comprehensive and respectful care secondary to stigma and discrimination. The Center brings together under one roof healthcare, training, research, and advocacy for the LGB (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual) and Transgender communities, people who use drugs, the homeless and those experiencing housing instability, and the recently incarcerated. The Center oversees the HIV, Hepatitis C (HCV), Substance Use and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Healthcare for the Homeless, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases programs among others at CHCI. Dr. Haddad joined CHCI in July 2006.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and his medical degree from McGill University. He completed his family medicine residency at University of Toronto and obtained his Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. He is board certified in Family Medicine. He is certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine as an HIV specialist. He was also the recipient of the 2011 Primary Care Leadership Award presented by the Connecticut Center for Primary Care and was named Physician Health Care Hero of 2018 by the Hartford Business Journal. Dr. Haddad is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at Quinnipiac University. He currently serves as Chair-Elect of the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA).

Since January 2012, Dr. Haddad has led the CHCI Weitzman ECHO HIV, HCV, and MAT programs which expand the integration of these programs not only within CHCI but nationwide. This model of care utilizes didactic and case-based learning via video conferences with medical providers, offering ongoing support, consultation and guidance to aid in delivering care to the HIV, HCV, and opioid-using populations. Dr. Haddad also provides technical assistance support to other health centers in setting up and enhancing integrated MAT programs across the country. Moreover, he has taught and lectured at state and national conferences on HIV, HCV, MAT and substance use management, and integrated care. He has published research on the integration of MAT in community health centers examining both substance use as well as primary care outcomes. He also has and continues to serve internationally as a consultant on HIV, HCV, opioid use disorder, integrated care, and virtual distance learning in Lesotho, Ukraine, Uganda, Jamaica, and Malaysia.