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What it means when ‘The Doctor Is Out’

News: October 16, 2015

By Savannah Young Back in the 1980s, when Mark Schuster was completing an adult neurology rotation at a Harvard teaching hospital, a woman was brought to the emergency room with urinary incontinence and other symptoms, as well as signs of a herniated disc, including a confirmatory myelogram. She...

Pushing the Frontiers of Diversity: The LGBT community at HMS and HSDM pairs celebration with education during Pride Month

News: June 18, 2015

By Lauren Massey This June, HMS and HSDM joined people around the state and the world in marking LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) Pride Month. The Schools' newly formed LGBT Advisory Committee created a schedule of events to celebrate Pride Month, educate the community about important...

LGBTQ Health Disparities Grants to Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows – Apply Now!

News: July 01, 2018

The purpose of the MMS LGBTQ Research Grant program is to encourage and incorporate cultural competency training early in medical education to make strides towards improving health care quality, access and equity for LGBTQ patients in the Commonwealth. To that end, the Massachusetts Medical Society...

Rainbow Pager Blog

News: November 12, 2018

"Hello! I have a question for the experts: Do any medical organizations have established guidelines against the usage of the term "homosexual"? I know GLAAD, The Associated Press, the NYT and many media sources and universities advise against usage of the term, but do we still use it in a medical...

Inaugural Pride on the Quad Day

News: July 29, 2015

Attendees at the first Pride on the Quad Day met colleagues and friends from across the Longwood campuses. Read the full story here.

From the Closet to the Soapbox: The Fostering of Identity Exploration at Harvard Medical School

News: April 20, 2018

By Aliya Feroe In the weeks preceding Harvard Medical School’s (HMS) Revisit Weekend 2018, the LGBTQ+ and Allies at HMS (LAHMS) group made a clear goal to host a memorable weekend with the goal of 100% matriculation of the admitted self-identified LGBTQ+ students. Despite being a co-chair of LAHMS...

Providing LGBTQ-Inclusive Care: Taking Excellence to the Next Level

Events: Tuesday, Apr 03, 2018, 08:00am -Tuesday, Apr 03, 2018, 09:30am

Providing LGBTQ-Inclusive Care: Taking Excellence to the Next Level Tuesday, April 3, 201812:00 - 1:00pm (with box lunch Q & A from 1-1:30pm) Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Jimmy Fund Auditorium LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice & Palliative Care: What Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and Community Members...