THURSDAY, MAY 1ST LGBT HEALTH WORKFORCE CONFERENCE
11:00AM-3:00PM
LGBT Health Workforce Conference Executive Committee Meeting (Closed Session)
3:00PM-5:00PM
Working Group Meeting
Intersectionalities: Promoting Inclusion of Diverse Voices in LGBT Health
Moderator and Speaker (TBA)
Nwadiogo Ejiogu M.D. Candidate, Meharry Medical College
The working group will explore the following questions - Why is the voice of racial and ethnic groups important in
LGBT Health? How can we engage racial and ethnic-identified organizations and its members in addressing LGBT
Health? How do we promote racial and ethnic representation in LGBT Health leadership?
4:30PM-7:00PM
Registration
5:30PM-7:00PM
Plenary I
Building the LGBT Health Workforce Pipeline – Lessons Learned/Next Steps
Moderator: J.P. Sánchez, M.D., M.P.H., Chair, Einstein LGBT Steering Committee, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine; Board Member, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (c)
Speakers:
Eugene Patron M.S., Communications and Marketing Director, The Point Foundation (c)
Jen Gaboury Ph.D., Associate Director, Women and Gender Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York (c)
Carmen Velez-Vega Ph.D., M.S.W., Chairperson, Department of Social Sciences, School of Public Health, University
of Puerto Rico (c)
Edward J. Callahan Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Personnel, University of California, Davis School of
Medicine (c)
This session will cover resources, best practices, and lessons learned in helping LGBTA individuals along the
educational pipeline (LGBTA college students, graduate students, and faculty) achieve their personal and
professionals aspirations.
7:00PM-8:30PM
Research and Education Poster Session/Networking for Conference Attendees
Appetizers and Beverages to be Provided
(C) - Confirmed
FRIDAY, MAY 2ND, 2014 LGBT HEALTH WORKFORCE CONFERENCE
8:00AM-8:45AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45AM-10:15AM
Plenary II
Federal Efforts in Promoting LGBT Health – Update and Next Steps
Moderator: Juan Mejia, Vice President of Operations, New York Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
and Sloane Hospital for Women (C)
Speakers:
Michelle Davis Ph.D., Regional Health Administrator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (C)
Wayne Duffus M.D., Ph.D., Associate Director for Health Equity with the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C)
Rashada Alexander Ph.D., Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy Director, Office of the Director, National
Institutes of Health (C)
This session will cover 2013 achievements and 2014 plans for promoting LGBT Health by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, the Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
10:30AM-11:30AM
Workshop IA
Hospitals/Clinics and LGBT
Health - Update on Best Policies
and Practices
Workshop IB
Efforts by Organizations in
Promoting LGBT Health
Workshop IC
Mental Health and LGBT
Communities
Moderator: Paul Krieger M.D.,
Assistant Prof, Beth Israel Medical
Ctr, Dept of Emergency Medicine (c)
Moderator: Baligh R. Yehia M.D,,
M.P.P., M.S.H.P., Director, Penn
Medicine Program for Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender Health
Chair, LGBT Advisory Committee,
American Medical Association(C)
Moderator: Ed Poliandro Ph.D.,
Associate Director, Culture and
Health, Center for Multicultural and
Community Affairs (c)
Speakers:
Speakers:
Speakers:
Shane Snowdon M.A., Director of
Health & Aging, Human Rights
Campaign Foundation (HRC) (C)
Jesse Joad M.D., M.S., PresidentElect, GLMA: Health Professionals
Advancing LGBT Equality (C)
Barbara Warren Psy.D., Director,
LGBT Health Services, Beth Israel
Medical Center (C)
Baligh R. Yehia M.D,, M.P.P.,
M.S.H.P., Director, Penn Medicine
Program for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgender Health Chair, LGBT
Advisory Committee, American
Medical Association (AMA) (C)
Joe Ruggiero Ph.D., Assistant
Clinical Director, Addiction Institute
of NY, Director, Crystal Clear Project
Department of Psychiatry, St Lukes
Roosevelt Hospital (C)
Carrie Davis M.S.W., Chief
Programs and Policy Officer, The
LGBT Community Center, NYC (C)
This session will cover HRC’s
current work, a model for teaching
LGBT Cultural and Clinical
Competency in post-grad medical
education, and how to build a datadriven organization through a focus
on patient and organizational
wellness.
Jessica Aviles M.D. Candidate 2016,
Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of
Medicine, LMSA LGBT Group (C)
Tamara Robinson New York Area
Director, Committee of Interns and
Residents (CIR) (C)
This session will cover current work
by GLMA, AMA, LMSA, and CIR in
promoting LGBT Health.
Rafael Goldstein., Associate
Director, Diversity in Medicine
Program; Culture and Health Work
Group, Center for Mulitcultural and
Community Affairs, Icahn School of
Medicine (C)
John Martin-Green M.F.A.,
Teaching Artist, Hospital Audiences
Inc., CEO, The Gatekeeper’s
Collective (C)
This session will cover creating
LGBT-sensitive mental health
environments, the problems with
relying on a gay identity for
determining healthcare needs, and
the importance of addressing
spirituality for LGBT patients.
11:45AM-12:45PM
Workshop II A
International LGBT Health
Workshop II B
Next Steps and Lessons Learned
in Improving Institutional
Climate for LGBT Communities
Workshop II C
Addressing the Needs of Specific
LGBT Communities
Moderator: Christopher Adam
Mitchell Ph.D. Candidate, History
Department, Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick (c)
Moderator: Ed Callahan Ph.D.,
Associate Dean for Academic
Personnel, University of California,
Davis School of Medicine (c)
Moderator: Cheryl Brewster Ph.D.,
Assistant Dean, Florida
International University Herbert
Wertheim College of Medicine (c)
Speakers:
Speakers:
Speakers:
America Facundo Ph.D., Professor,
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences
Campus, University of Puerto Rico
(C)
Sue Rankin Ph.D., Principal, Rankin
& Associates, Consulting
Associate Professor, Education,
Penn State University (Emeritus) (C)
Lance Whalert Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, Department of Medical
Ethics and Health Policy, University
of Pennsylvania (C)
Angelique Nixon Ph.D., Co-Chair of
Caribbean Regional Board of the
International Resource Network,
CLAGS (C)
Henry Sondheimer M.D., Senior
Director, Medical Education
Projects, AAMC (C)
Zil Goldstein FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Beth
Israel Medical Group (C)
Jonathan Barry M.S.P.H., DLSHTM,
OutServe-Service Members Legal
Defense Network (C)
Paul Krieger M.D., Assistant
Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Beth Israel Medical Center (C)
Joseph A. Loy, J.D., Partner,
Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York
(C)
This session will cover the
challenges of integrating LGBT
topics into medical school
curriculum in Puerto Rico, LGBT
grassroots activism in the
Caribbean, and the healthcare
practitioners role in asylum
application for LGBT patients.
This session will cover the
perceptions of climate for LGBT
professional students, trainees, and
faculty as well as next steps and
interventions for improving
institutional climate.
This session will cover the bioethics
of LGBT medicine and ethicallydisquieting examples of LGBT
medicine in practice in the 21st
century, the effects of the DADT
policy, and taking care of LGBT
patients in the sex trade.
1:00PM-3:00PM
Career Consultation Services/Lunch/Research and Education Poster Session
Sign up for a small group (<12 individuals) career consultation service that include career planning, career-related
outcomes, and enhancing LGBT-related services.
Publishing In LGBT Health
Willaim Byne M.D., Ph.D., Editor-In-Chief, LGBT Health (C)
Publishing LGBT Educational Content In MedEd Portal
Robby Reynolds M.P.A., Sr. Director, Medical Education Online Programs, AAMC (C)
Implementing The Health Equality Index At Your Hospital
Shane Snowdon M.A., Director Of Health & Aging, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation (C)
Applying to a Graduate Health Program as a LGBT Applicant
Nilda L. Soto M.S. Ed., Assistant Dean Of Diversity Enhancement, Albert Einstein College Of Medicine (C)
Establishing Hospital Based LGBT Centered Patient Care
Barbara Warren Psy.D., Director, LGBT Health Services, Beth Israel Medical Center (C)
Mentoring LGBT Students
Antonio Rodriguez, MD Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity at Drexel University College of
Medicine (C)
Developing LGBT Educational Materials for Residents
Paul Krieger M.D., Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center (C)
How To Get Started Conducting LGBT Research
Nelson Sánchez M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill-Cornell Medical College (C)
How To Start An LGBT Employee Resource Network At Your Institution
Brendan K. Phalan, Department Fund/Project Manager II, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center (C)
3:00PM – 4:15PM
Plenary III
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection:
Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Moderator: Art Jongco, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics (C)
Speakers:
Edward J. Callahan Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Personnel, University of California, Davis School of Med (C)
Harvey Makadon M.D., Director of the National LGBT Health Education Center, Fenway (C)
Kellan Baker M.A., M.P.H., Associate Director, Center for American Progress
This session will cover best practices and lessons learned in collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data
through electronic health records. The discussion will also consider cultural considerations and challenges in
collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data among diverse patient populations.
4:30PM-5:30PM
Workshop IIIA
Transgender Health
Workshop IIIB
Trends in LGB Health
Workshop IIIC
LGBT Advocacy/Activism
Moderator: Zil Goldstein, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Beth
Israel Medical Group (I)
Moderator: Peter Meacher M.D.,
Managing Director of Clinical
Services, CLCHC (C)
Moderator: Carmen Velez-Vega,
Ph.D., M.S.W., Chairperson,
Department of Social Sciences,
School of Public Health, University
of Puerto Rico (C)
Speakers:
Speakers:
Speakers:
Andrew Spieldenner Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor in the
Department of Rhetoric at Hofstra
University (C)
Anita Radix M.D., M.P.H., FACP,
Director of Research and Education,
Callen-Lorde Community Health
Center (CLCHC) (C)
Chelsea Fullerton M.Ed., Program
Coordinator, Office of Diversity
Affairs, New York University School
of Medicine (C)
Luis Freddy Molano M.D., Vice
President of HIV Programs and
Services, Community Healthcare
Network (C)
Manel Silva M.D., M.P.H., Clinical
Director of Health Outreach to
Teens, CLCHC (C)
Jack Drescher M.D., Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences, New York
Medical College (C)
Jesse Yang, M.D.
Resident Physician, Internal
Medicine, Columbia University
Medical Center (C)
Marcia Tanur M.D., Medical
Director and Director of Clinical
Evaluation, Women of Means (C)
This session will cover teaching
trans* care to health professionals,
best practices in trans* care, and
trans* inclusive health insurance
coverage.
5:40PM-6:00PM
6:00PM-8:30PM
(C) – Confirmed, (I) - Invited
Alex Karydi Ph.D., American
Association of Marriage and Family
Therapy (C)
This session will cover trends and
best practices in LGB health at
Callen-Lorde Health Center and
lesbian sexual health.
Closing Remarks
and
Poster Awards
Session 73 Bar
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James Porter M.A., Counseling
Psychology, Supervisor, Ulster
County Healthy Families, Institute
for Family Health (C)
This session will cover building an
intestectional LGBT movement,
creating change within a large
healthcare organization, and
creating policy change.
SATURDAY, MAY 3RD LGBTA TRAINEE LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
8:00AM-8:30AM
8:30am-8:45am
8:45AM-10:00AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Introduction to Seminar
Group Exercise I
To Be Or Not To Be Out Along The Educational Pipeline
Moderator: Chelsea Fullerton, M.Ed., Program Coordinator, Office of Diversity Affairs, NYU School of Medicine (C)
Speakers:
Angelica Angiulli M.D. Candidate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Co-Chair, LGBTA Trainee Leadership
Seminar (C)
Matthew Mansh, M.D. Candidate, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Medical Education Research
Group (MERG), Stanford University School of Med (C)
Kenneth L. Hillenburg, D.D.S., M.S., Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, Director of
Predoctoral Periodontics, Director of Accelerated Dental Program, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
(C)
This session will cover research on outness and barriers to being out in medical school and residency. In this
interactive session participants will hear personal testimonies about being an “out” student or faculty member and
will discuss the process, benefits and challenges or being “out” along the educational pipeline.
10:15AM-11:15AM
Workshop IA
What to Do When There is No LGBTA Visibility at
Your Institution
Workshop IB
Effectively Advocating for Diverse LGBT Patients
Moderator: Lisa McBride, PhD, Chief Diversity Officer,
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (I)
Moderator: Serena Chang M.D., Psychiatry Residency,
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital (c)
Speakers:
Speakers:
Jennifer Glick M.P.H., Ph.D. Candidate, Tulane
University School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine (C)
Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins M.D., M.Sc., Assistant
Professor, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Board Member, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
(C)
Christopher Alonzo M.D., M.P.H. Candidate, University
of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio (C)
Daniel Calder, MPH, Program Coordinator, Penn
Medicine Program for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Health (c)
11:30AM-12:45PM
Carlos E Rodriguez Diaz , PhD, MPHE, MCHES
Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health at the
Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto
Rico; Founding Director of the Latin American Center
for Sexual Health Promotion (C)
This session will cover forming a queer student
This session will cover the intersectionality of LGBT
organization across disciplines, how to increase
identity, gender identity, and racial/ethnic minority
visibility and awareness of LGBT issues as an ally, and
identities, and how to be an advocate for diverse LGBT
increasing LGBT diversity at a medical school.
patients.
Group Exercise II
How To Establish Sustainable LGBT Curriculum At Your Institution
Moderator: TBA
Speakers:
Anthony Pho M.S.N., M.P.H., ANP-C, Weill Cornell Medical College (C)
Daniel Weiner M.D. Candidate, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (C)
Lisa Reeves M.D., Member, Einstein LGBT Steering Committee, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine (C)
This session will cover the challenges, successes, and lessons learned from establishing LGBT curricula at various
institutions. Participants will learn key steps to establishing a sustainable curriculum.
12:45PM-1:45PM
LUNCH
1:45PM-2:45PM
Workshop IIA
Developing and Implementing LGBT Standardized
Patient Educational Activities
Moderator: Jessica Aviles M.D. Candidate, Hofstra
University- North Shore LIJ School of Medicine (c)
Workshop IIB
Developing and Implementing
LGBT-Related Research Projects
Moderator: Markus Bidell Ph.D., LMHC, Associate
Professor of Counseling, Director, LGBT Social
Science & Public Policy Center at Roosevelt House
Public Policy Institute (c)
Speakers:
Alison Alpert B.A., M.F.A., M.D. Candidate, University of
Vermont College of Medicine (C)
Chelsea Fullerton M.Ed., Program Coordinator, Office
of Diversity Affairs, New York University School of
Medicine (C)
Allison Avery , MA, Director of Diversity and Inclusion,
NYU School of Medicine (C)
Dan Myers M.S.W., Co-Director, Introduction to Clinical
Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (C)
Speakers:
Sue Rankin Ph.D., Principal, Rankin & Associates,
Consulting, Associate Professor, Education, Penn State
University (Emeritus) (C)
Nelson Sánchez M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical
Medicine, Weill-Cornell Medical College (C)
This session will cover how to identify research needs
for the LGBT community, and the process of developing
a project.
This session will cover examples of standardized patient
activities that provide practical skills on caring for LGBT
patients. The trainees will work through an activity and
develop their own standardized patient case.
2:45PM-3:30PM
Networking
3:30PM-4:45PM
Group Exercise III
Role Models, Advisors, Champions, and Mentors: Building a Successful Team for Your Personal and
Professional Development
Moderator: J.P. Sánchez, M.D., M.P.H., Chair, Einstein LGBT Steering Committee, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine; Board Member, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (c)
Speakers:
Raymond Samuel, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Dean, School of Engineering & Technology, Hampton University (C)
Maria Soto-Greene M.D., Vice Dean, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Past-Chair, Group on Diversity and
Inclusion, Association of American Medical Colleges (I)
This session will cover best practices and lessons learned in mentoring students and faculty who are LGBTidentified and/or interested in LGBT-related scholarship.
4:45PM-5:15PM
(C) – Confirmed, (I) - Invited
CLOSING