Carl G. Streed Jr., MD, explains how exciting it is to find ways to improve care and population health.   

The post-residency training opportunity would give physicians valuable expertise to improve care for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients.

LGBT-friendly, nondiscriminatory policies land backing from the AMA House of Delegates.

The intersection of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity and class can determine patients’ health and well-being, experts say.

Delegates back policies to improve care for transgender patients and ensure broader insurance coverage of fertility treatments.

Too many physicians face hurtful assumptions about “what a doctor looks like.” What is needed to forge a new conversation on diversity in medicine?

Physicians can help transgender patients overcome biases, discrimination and misunderstanding in the health care system.

The AMA’s input has helped shape rulings on everything from alcoholism and transgender rights to medical privacy and the Affordable Care Act.

Transgender students’ health, safety and well-being is jeopardized when they’re forced to use bathrooms that don’t match gender identity, physicians say.

As a retired physician, AMA member Desiray C. Bailey, MD, helps shape policy and education, and improve access and competent health care for LGBTQ patients.