Symposium of Top Health Concerns for Members of the LGBT Community

The Alliance presented a Symposium of Health Concerns for members of the LGBT community on Friday, October 28, 2011. The presentations were invaluable, and we are extremely grateful to those health care professionals who took time out of their busy days to share their insights. The names of the speakers, as well as copies of their presentations are listed below.

Dr. James L. Raper, President of the Alliance and Director of UAB's 1917 HIV/AIDS Outpatient Clinic, organized and emceed the event.

Speaker	Topic
Nicholas Van Wagoner, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Nursing	Five top health concerns for Gay men
Christina Muzny, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine	Five top health concerns for Lesbian women
Amy H. Warriner, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine	Five top health concerns for Transgender persons
Teena M. McGuinness, PhD, CRNP Professor of Nursing	Mental Health Issues for LGBT persons
E. Turner Overton, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine	An Ounce of Prevention: Vaccines of interest to LGBT persons

Selection of topics for this presentation was made based on availability of both time and presenters. The organizers realize there are many other important health care issues that are of concern to the LGBT community.

Immediately following this program, MedPride at UAB and The Office of Student Success Programs at the UAB School of Medicine presented the program: "LGBT Patient-centered care." The speaker was Ms. Shane Snowdon, Director, LGBT Resource Center, University of California, San Francisco.