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Dr. Yvonne Gomez-Carrion is honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its 2018 LGBT Health Award

News: April 30, 2018

Dr. Yvonne Gomez-Carrion has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2018 recipient of the Society’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Award, an honor recognizing an individual who has made outstanding contributions to LGBT health. Dr. Gomez-Carrion, a Newton resident...

Addressing Opioid Use Disorder among LGBTQ Populations

News: October 05, 2018

By: Michael GirouardMD/MBA Candidate Class of 2020Harvard Medical School & Harvard Business School Opioid use disorder (OUD) has reached alarming rates in the United States. As a clerkship student rotating through the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (a Harvard teaching affiliate), I was struck by how...

Transforming Transgender Care: $1.5 million gift kick-starts sexual, gender minority health equity initiative

News: December 17, 2018

This fall, HMS launched the Sexual and Gender Minorities Health Equity Initiative, a three-year plan to amend the core MD curriculum so that all students and faculty clinicians can become exceptionally well equipped to provide high-quality, holistic health care for sexual and gender minority...

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Jennifer Potter, MD

Person: Professor of Medicine, Advisory Dean, William Bosworth Castle Society

Dr. Jennifer Potter is a clinician educator and innovator whose scholarly work focuses on reducing health disparities among populations of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, enhancing the competency with which clinicians communicate with regard to ‘sensitive’ topics, such as...

Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH

Person: Faculty Advisor, LAHMS, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Education and Training Programs at The Fenway Institute

Dr. Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, is a clinical psychiatrist, educator, and researcher. He is primary course director for the fourth-year elective clerkship, “Care for Patients with Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities,” and the national continuing education conference, “Advancing...

Colby Hyland

Person: LAHMS

Program: HMS PathwaysHometown: Worcester, MAUndergrad: Princeton UniversityDegree(s): AB in Molecular Biology, Minor in DanceInterests: Surgery, outcomes research, value-based care, LGBTQ+ medicineIRL: Contemporary dance, geography/nature, cooking, swimming

Harvard Medical School Transgender Health Conference

Events: Thursday, Sep 20, 2018, 08:00pm -Saturday, Sep 22, 2018, 08:00pm

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Fireside Chat with Sue Hyde, Director of Creating Change, The National LGBTQ Task Force

Events: Tuesday, Apr 17, 2018, 08:45am -Tuesday, Apr 17, 2018, 09:45am

Join us for a series of informal talks with LGBTQ leaders and change agents in medicine and beyond. Sue Hyde, Director of Creating Change, The National LGBTQ Task Force. For over two decades, Sue’s inspired and nurtured organizers and led community members to participate in democracy with the goal...

Transforming Healthcare to Be Inclusive of LGBTQ Patients

Events: Friday, Apr 06, 2018, 05:00am -Friday, Apr 06, 2018, 08:15am

Caring for specific populations-- and insuring that they are receiving equitable, high-quality care-- can be daunting in today’s fast-paced environment. Despite the challenges, the effort to eliminate population-based health disparities is critical. This program will help practitioners have a better...