May 8, 2020
OUT HEALTH launches its new website.
April 10, 2020
With construction complete, the OUT HEALTH/Oriel Medicine Team take occupancy of the new facility at 5231 University Avenue; however, due to social distancing measures being enforced as a result of the global pandemic from COVID-19, patient care is limited to telehealth for existing patients.
February 3, 2020
Construction starts at 5231 University Avenue to renovate a former dental office and make way for OUT HEALTH (formally Oriel Medicine) to have a permanent location in early Spring.
August 8, 2019
OUT HEALTH held its first meeting of the Board of Directors who unanimously voted to fund the organization’s mission and secure permanent office space to provide care to LGBTQ+ individuals.
January 4, 2019
At the encouragement of several advisors, Dr. Oriel created the nonprofit organization, OUT HEALTH, INC. whose mission is to reduce LGBTQ health disparities through the provision of medical care to individuals who otherwise wouldn’t have access to services and through education and training of medical providers regarding best practice in caring for the LGBTQ+ community.
January 2019
Recognizing that the devastating loss of her office could potentially leave hundreds of at-risk individuals without the medical care they deserve, several of Dr. Oriel’s patients, friends, and supporters started a GoFundMe campaign to keep Oriel Medicine in business at another temporary location. The Campaign has raised $15,211 to date.
August 2018
The 2018 flooding in Madison completely damaged the clinic and left Dr. Oriel, nurse Melisa and innumerable friends and family members working around the clock to clean up and dry out the office. A month later, the office flooded again. They temporarily relocated to a nearby space –and the roof in that space began to leak.
October 2017
In October 2017, Dr. Kathy Oriel opened a small medical practice, Oriel Medicine, to serve LGBTQ+ people in a more personalized, private setting. She and her nurse, Melisa Arndt, turned an old Taco BellTM on the west side of Madison into a safe space for patients to receive both primary care and specialized treatment including addiction medicine. Within nine months, 400 patients enrolled.
