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Ex-Parkland AIDS director
named to operate new clinicBy Lorraine lannello
OF THE TIMES HERALD STAFF
The former director of the
AIDS clinic at Parkland Memori-
al Hospital, who quit after his re-
peated requests for more staff
and AIDS studies went unheed-
ed, has been named the director
of a newly formed community
clinic for AIDS research, the
third such facility in the country.
Dr. Daniel Barbaro, 36, who re-
signed from Parkland in June
and from his post as assistant
professor of internal medicine at
the University of Texas South-
western Medical Center at Dallas
in January, will serve as chief in-
vestigator and medical director of
the Nelson-Tebedo Community
Clinic for AIDS Research, said
Bill Seals, of the AIDS Resource
Center.
The clinic is named after Wil-
liam H.' Nelson, past president of
the Dallas Gay Alliance and his
companion, Terry Tebedo. Tebe-
do died of AIDS-related compli-
cations in January 1988, said Wil-
liam Waybourn, president of the
alliance, which operates the
AIDS Resource Center.
The clinic will open Aug. 1 at
3920 Cedar Springs Road where
the offices of the Dallas Gay Alli-
ance and the AIDS Resource
Center are being rebuilt follow-
ing a fire Feb. 23, Waybourn
said..
The clinic will offer experi-
mental drugs, under the supervi-
sion of an advisory board and in
accordance with federal guide-
lines, to patients referred by a
network of 88 physicians who
have agreed to work with the
clinic, Waybourn said.
The AIDS Resource Center de-
cided to pursue research when it
appeared other Dallas agencies
would not, Waybourn said.
"Research is not our forte,"
Waybourn said. "We have
begged. We have pleaded. We
have protested. We have sued to
get research to Dallas. We had
failed until today."
The alliance filed' suit in May
against Parkland and Southwest-
ern, claiming discriminatory and
inadequate treatment of indigent
patients with AIDS. Parkland
and UT have denied any defi-
ciencies.
The clinic will be open to all
AIDS patients, Waybourn said.
It will be patterned after two
clinics in New York and San
Francisco, Seals said, and funded
with an estimated $150,000 to
$200,000 to be raised at a May 20
benefit concert to be sponsoredby KOAI-FM. The program, to
be presented at Starplex, will
feature the Dallas Symphony Or-
chestra and new age pianist Yan-
ni.
Clinic organizers are also seek-
ing more than $400,000 in federal
and American Foundation for
AIDS Research grants, Seals
said.
Dr. Stephen Nightingale, who
succeeded Barbaro as director of
the AIDS clinic at Parkland, of-
fered his "strong support" for the
project in a letter- of recommen-
dation.
Dr. James Luby, chief of infec-
tious diseases at UT, also lauded
the project, saying "I couldn't
wish anybody more good than to
do something for these patients."U
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Iannello, Lorraine. [Clipping: Ex-Parkland AIDS director named to operate new clinic], clipping, March 2, 1989; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584702/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.