EJI Health has been growing since it opened in 2023 to meet the rising need for health screenings and services for people released from jail or prison and other vulnerable people in Alabama.
The EJI Health clinic is available to any person released from jail or prison. Located in Montgomery, the clinic provides free transitional primary care and treats common chronic conditions. All EJI Health services and treatment are provided at no cost to the patient.
Our team is expanding in response to patient needs. Staff psychologist Pam Holtz, Ph.D., joined us this year to provide counseling and therapy. She brings years of experience providing specialized trauma services to military personnel.
Dr. John Tinglin also joined us this year to provide general medicine. He brings years of practice in general surgery and urgent and primary care and has been honored by the Capital City Medical Society of Montgomery for his outstanding service to the community.
Dr. Lawrence Brack is a board-certified ophthalmologist who conducts eye examinations and provides patients with prescriptions for eyeglasses, which we provide at no cost for patients who are uninsured.
Physicians Margaret Hayden and Sanjay Kishore oversee a screening and treatment program at EJI Health for people suffering from hepatitis C, a viral infection that disproportionately impacts people in jails and prisons.
Untreated hepatitis C can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, or liver cancer.
But hepatitis C infection can be cured with first-line medications that EJI Health obtains for patients, often utilizing patient assistance programs. More than 50 of our patients with hepatitis C have completed treatment.
Dr. Davis Bradford administers specialized care for people dealing with substance abuse and addiction.
And in October, we hosted our first Women’s Health Day, where Dr. Grace Thomas and nurse Jessica Hardy coordinated screenings for cervical and breast cancer and provided other women’s health services.
EJI Health also offers a smoking cessation program to help patients quit tobacco and nicotine use through free nicotine replacement therapies and personalized coaching sessions with EJI’s care team.
Our mobile clinic continues to provide care at re-entry centers across the state.
For more information about the clinic or to schedule an appointment, people released from custody can call EJI Health at (334) 239-9740 or email [email protected].