LGBTQ+ Community Healthcare Resources
LGBTQ+ Healthcare Services
ÈÕ±¾avÉ«ÇéƬ welcomes and affirms you. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality care to our LGBTQ+ patients to help you achieve physical and emotional well-being.
As a lesbian, gay, transgender, non-binary, queer, intersex or asexual patient, it’s likely that you have faced barriers to receiving healthcare in the past. These barriers to care and treatment — as well as other experiences of social discrimination — have real health consequences. Our providers and researchers are not only deeply aware of these realities, but are also energetically committed to providing the highest quality care to you to promote your long-term health.
LGBTQ+ Care at ÈÕ±¾avÉ«ÇéƬ
Our physicians, including a number of whom openly identify as LGBTQIA+ themselves, are passionate about serving our LGBTQIA+ communities throughout New York City.ÌýÌý
Preventative care:
- Primary care (family medicine)
- Prostate health
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Psychiatry (mental health)
- Integrative health
- Cardiology (heart) care
- Colonoscopy services
Specialty care:
- Youth Anxiety Center
- Hormone therapy
- Voice therapy
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Gender-affirming surgery
- Hepatitis and liver care
- Gynecological cancer care
- Prostate and testicular cancer care
- Infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS
Wellness Qlinic
The ÈÕ±¾avÉ«ÇéƬ Wellness Qlinic is the first student-run clinic in New York City to offer free mental health care for those who identify as LGBTQ+, regardless of insurance status.
At the Wellness Qlinic, we pledge to provide compassionate, transparent, and patient-centered care to those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ).Ìý
The Wellness Qlinic is open Wednesdays from 6 – 9 p.m. For clinical resources and mental health services,
Follow us on and to stay up to date on our latest LGBTQ+ community news and mental health initiatives.
LGBTQIA+ Trauma Treatment Program
The ÈÕ±¾avÉ«ÇéƬÌýÌýis an outpatient psychotherapy treatment program that focuses on the healing of trauma in the LGBTQIA+ population. The program addresses the issue of lack of access to quality, and provides trauma focused mental health care for the LGBTQIA+ community.Ìý Faculty and staff are trained in evidence based treatments and have decades of experience working with the NYC LGBTQIA community.
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
ÈÕ±¾avÉ«ÇéƬ has an organizational mission to offer a supportive institutional climate for the LGBTQ+ community which extends across all pillars of our institution including faculty, staff, students and patients at ÈÕ±¾avÉ«ÇéƬ and its affiliates.
To reinforce our commitment to this mission, we established a cross-departmental committee to lead initiatives that encompass professional development, community outreach, clinical education, LGBTQ health-related research, the implementation of the best clinical practices for LGBTQIA+ patients. Our advocacy stretches beyond the institution itself.
To get involved or read more about our community events, visit the .
Culture and Expectation of Inclusion with Partner Programs at NewYork-Presbyterian
helps us to provide a host of services and programs dedicated to providing the world-class healthcare that is rooted inÌýan unbiased culture of inclusion and acceptance. From treatment to preventative care and in-patient services, the LGBTQIA+ Task Force at NYP (led by Juan Mejia, MPH, VP of Operations at ÈÕ±¾avÉ«ÇéƬ/NYP) works to create an inclusive, openÌývisitorsÌý±è´Ç±ô¾±³¦²âÌýand healthcare environment, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity for our staff and patients.Ìý
In 2018,ÌýÌýand we are proud to be partnered with an organization that is equally dedicated to meeting the specific healthcare needs of LGBTQIA+ individuals.ÌýÌýabout LGBTQIA+ and world-class hospital care with our partners at NYP.Ìý