A5055694460- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Breast Implant and Reconstruction
- Community Health and Development
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Male Breast Health Studies
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Obesity and Health Practices
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2022-2023
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
2019-2023
New York University
2017-2022
NYU Langone Health
2021
University School
2019
Northeastern University
2019
Biostats (United States)
2018
Indiana University School of Medicine
2017
<h3>Importance</h3> Black and Hispanic populations have higher rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization mortality than White but lower in-hospital case-fatality rates. The extent to which neighborhood characteristics comorbidity explain these disparities is unclear. Outcomes in Asian American not been explored. <h3>Objective</h3> To compare COVID-19 outcomes based on race ethnicity assess the association any with characteristics. <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3>...
Purpose: To explore the experiences of transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) medical students physicians in United States. Methods: The authors conducted a 79-item online survey using Likert-type open-ended questions to assess TGNB-identified U.S. physicians. Variables included demographic data, disclosure TGNB status, exposure transphobia, descriptions educational professional experiences. Recruitment was snowball sampling through Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer groups,...
Masculinizing top surgery (bilateral mastectomy with chest wall reconstruction) is an important gender-affirming procedure sought by many transmasculine and nonbinary individuals. Current literature focused primarily on details of surgical technique complication rates, limited data available how affects subjective quality-of-life measures.An anonymous online survey was distributed to 81 the senior author's former top-surgery patients. The response rate 72 percent (58 respondents). Responses...
OPEN ACCESSJuly 31, 2020Interrupting Microaggressions in Health Care Settings: A Guide for Teaching Medical Students Rhonda Graves Acholonu, MD, Tiffany E. Cook, Robert O. Roswell, Richard Greene, MHPE MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division Hospital Medicine, Department Children's at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College Medicine E-mail Address: [email protected] , Cook Interim Director, Office Diversity Affairs, New York University I. Grossman School Associate Cardiology and Science...
Transgender people report high rates of discrimination and substandard care in many health settings. This is attributed to a lack provider training about, experience with, knowledge the needs transgender patients. To address this, we developed simulation for primary residents interact with patients learn their unique needs.We formative objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) case, which involved woman taking spironolactone estradiol, who presents hypertension hyperkalemia clinic....
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder among middle-aged adults. However, OSA recently described for which most primary care physicians do not have formal training. The objectives of this article are to evaluate what percentage patients referred by studies had OSA; characterize the clinical features these and compare them with our known population; determine whether asked key questions contained in work sheet make diagnosis OSA.A retrospective chart review at hospital-based...
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community experience marginalization, bias, discrimination, including in world academic medicine. People who are transgender nonbinary (TGNB) further marginalization compared with individuals queer. According to a recent survey, more than half medical students TGNB chose not disclose their gender identities during training due fears feeling lack support, concerns about future career options. Academic medicine has historically...
To describe the effect of transgender health-related objective structured clinical examination (THOSCE) case exposure on learner activation regarding gender-affirming care.A modified grounded theory approach was applied to identify educational value THOSCE cases. Focus groups with current and former primary care internal medicine residents who participated in cases were conducted 2018-2019. Transcripts analyzed coded until saturation themes.Eighteen (72%) eligible learners focus groups....
Earlier literature has reported on the utility of diagnostic codes and demographic information for identifying transgender patients. We aim to assess which method identifies most patients utilizing readily available tools from within electronic health record (EHR).A de-identified patient database a single EHR that allows searching any discrete data point in was used query International Statistical Classification Diseases Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) specific January 2011...
Access to gender-affirming surgery remains unattainable for many transgender patients, despite recent sociopolitical advances aimed at improving access this medically necessary standard of care.1,2 While men and gender nonbinary patients assigned female birth choose forgo genital reconstruction, or "bottom surgery," those who do face considerable barriers doing so. This study examines bottom (phalloplasty metoidioplasty) 104 had not (Table 1). Table 1. - Demographics (N = 104)* Parameter...
Gender-affirming surgery, which for many transgender men includes bilateral mastectomy, or "top surgery," is a medically necessary intervention those who seek it, and associated with higher overall subjective quality of life lower rates gender dysphoria, substance abuse, human immunodeficiency virus, suicide.1–3 Publically funded coverage both general transition-related healthcare patients has shown to be cost-effective, likely due decreased the aforementioned comorbidities.2 However,...
There are specific issues regarding sexual orientation (SO) collection and analysis among transgender nonbinary patients. A limitation to meaningful SO gender identity (GI) data is their consideration as a fixed trait or demographic point.A de-identified patient database from single electronic health record (EHR) that allows for searching any discrete point in the EHR was used query (sex assigned at birth current GI) individuals January 2011 March 2020 large urban tertiary care academic...
Little is known about how physician learners are assessed following educational interventions providing gender-affirming care to transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people. The inclusion of learner assessments with essential understand measure health professionals' knowledge skills. We seek describe the medical literature has approached assessment TGD health. A scoping review was done. guiding research question "What current learner-assessment practices in education pedagogy health?" total...