Ask the Experts About LGBT Health
| Baby for a lesbian couple |
Jul 6, 2010 |
| Billing codes for transgender patients |
Jul 6, 2010 |
| Pap smear for transgender women? |
Jun 25, 2010 |
| Penis Swelling |
Jun 25, 2010 |
| Shingles and chickenpox virus |
Jun 25, 2010 |
| What causes abscessed anal fissures? |
Jun 25, 2010 |
| HIV and hypertension |
Feb 16, 2010 |
| HPV |
Jan 29, 2010 |
| Safer sex between women |
Jan 27, 2010 |
| Organizing prescriptions, pills, and capsules. |
Jan 27, 2010 |
| Let's get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex, for A VARIETY of STDs. |
Jan 19, 2010 |
| Sex change |
Dec 16, 2009 |
| Anal Pap Smears and adolescent males |
Nov 24, 2009 |
| Coming Out |
Nov 16, 2009 |
| Mammography for Transgender Breast Cancer Screening |
Nov 13, 2009 |
| Lesbian insemination |
Nov 12, 2009 |
| Birth Control Question |
Nov 9, 2009 |
| Screening for STDs in gay and bisexual men |
Oct 20, 2009 |
| STDs and young, bisexual women |
Sep 28, 2009 |
| Breast Cancer |
Jul 18, 2009 |
| Pap Smear for Men? |
Jul 18, 2009 |
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 Harvey J. Makadon, MD is Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Education and Training at The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health in Boston. He is a member of the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is the lead editor of The Fenway Guide to LGBT Health, published by the American College of Physicians in 2007. He has long been involved in developing both educational and clinical programs to serve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender populations.  Patricia Raney, MD, is a staff physician at Fenway Health in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and is Board Certified in Family Medicine. Her clinical interests include women's health and wellness, primary care, preventive care and the health concerns of lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people. On a more personal note, she is an avid stone carver. |
