UCLA Health to launch fellowship focused on LGBTQ care

To help ensure that future primary care doctors are able to address the physical and mental health care needs of people who are LGBTQ, UCLA Health has created an immersive, one-year fellowship focused on LGBTQ-centered care.TheUCLA LGBTQ Fellowship, which starts on July 1, was conceived about a year ago by faculty in the internal medicine department at theDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to address LGBTQ-specific topics, which often are not adequately addressed in medical school and residency training.The training will help doctors provide the best counsel for disease prevention and screening, sexual and behavioral health, transgender care and hormone management, and gender affirming surgery.“We felt there were many primary care physicians who would be interested in devoting a year of training to gain these essential skillsets,” saidDr. George Yen, an assistant professor of internal medicine at medical school. “We're partnering with outstanding clinical sites, including the Los Angeles LGBT Center, to offer a comprehensive array of training. I see many patients who actively search for experienced and competent LGBTQ providers. So there is a demand for this on the patient level, too.”Dr. M. Chase Cates, 32, an internal medicine resident at Unity Health in Searcy, Arkansas, was chosen as the first LGBTQ fellow from among candidates nationwide. Throughout the fellowship, he will serve as a clinician, researcher and clinical instructor. Cates will work with patient...
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