OASIS Clinic

Colleagues Credit Jordan’s Trailblazing Work to Aid HIV Patients

The recent death of Dr. Wilbert C. Jordan prompted colleagues and mentees to recall his pioneering efforts to treat people afflicted with the disease.  Jordan, who passed away in April, began battling the epidemic in 1979 – two years before the CDC publicly identified the virus.  He later established the Oasis Clinic in South L.A. to provide testing and medical services to people living with the infection.