About Lifeway

​By combining cutting edge primary healthcare, personalized treatment and compassionate service, LifeWay, Inc. in Oakland Park, FL, partners with our patients to achieve optimal health and promote a healthy way of life. The medical staff at LifeWay, Inc is proficient in the specialty of HIV and AIDS care.

We have blended modern technology with our time-honored values to offer a comprehensive approach to your health care.  We are committed to providing a supportive and comfortable environment, minimized wait time, and person-to-person interaction when you need us.  Our schedule allows for ample appointment times so you can discuss all of your concerns with us at your visit.

You are more than just the sum of your body parts. 

That’s why doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) practice a “whole person” approach to health care. Instead of just treating your specific symptoms, osteopathic physicians concentrate on treating you as a whole. 

Osteopathic physicians understand how all the body’s systems are interconnected and how each one affects the others. They receive special training in the musculoskeletal system so that they better understand how that system influences the condition of all other body systems. In addition, DOs are trained to identify and correct structural problems, which can assist your body's natural tendency toward health and self-healing. 

The mission of CAN Community Health is to inspire and contribute to the  health and well-being of those affected by HIV, Hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases by providing the best care through  outreach, integrated clinical practice, advocacy, education, and research. 

CAN Community Health has been serving the needs of the HIV community in  Florida and now the southern part of the country, since 1991. They are a  private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the treatment, care  and continual wellness of people living with HIV, Hepatitis C, STDs and  other diseases.  https://www.cancommunityhealth.org/

CAN has also become a part of the LGBTQ community offering education, assistance and support to other local organizations. 

Julian’s Fountain of Youth (JFOY) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable  organization that is managed by a volunteer board of directors dedicated  to creating opportunities for our LGBTQ+ Youth to reach their full potential through community involvement and experiential learning. 

Their mission is to enrich, empower and educate our LGBTQ+ youth and to challenge them  beyond their normal comfort level to discover their abilities and true  authentic selves, regardless of their financial situation, by creating  partnerships, programs and experiences with local, national and global  organizations. 

For more information, please visit: www.jfoy.org

The Pride Center is a major site for HIV testing, prevention, outreach,  education, healthcare linkage, support, holistic health and counseling. The Center hosts more than 65 regularly-meeting groups each  month.  Support, social and educational groups focus on seniors, youth,  women, men, transgender individuals, recovery, health, the arts,  athletics, spirituality, games and more.

Their mission is to provide a welcoming, safe space — an inclusive home that celebrates, nurtures and empowers the LGBTQ+ communities and our friends and neighbors in South Florida.

The Pride Center at Equality Park will celebrate 28 years of service in 2021.

For more information, please visit:  www.pridecenterflorida.org

This year, the SMART Ride entered its 20th year!  This 2 day, 165 mile journey from Miami to Key West is the second largest AIDS bicycle ride in the country.  The SMART Ride 20, sponsored by CAN Community Health, took place on November 17-18, 2023.  The next SMART Ride will be  

LifeWay, Inc. served as the medical sponsor, Dr. Lee served as the Medical Director, and LifeWay staff and family members served as SMART ride crew since the very beginning and through 2018.  

Since its inception, over $16.4 million dollars have been raised and distributed to agencies in Florida to help those infected, affected, or at risk for HIV and AIDS. 

Every dollar that is raised by riders, crew and volunteers is passed on to the agencies.  No overhead costs or other fees are taken from those monies raised.  This is the only event that returns 100% of every penny raised to AIDS Service Organizations around Florida.   

For more information: https://thesmartride.org/