Healing with Pride

In this episode of Crossing the Chasm, Dr. Johnson is joined by Dr. Brett Cooper. Dr. Cooper is currently an assistant professor of Pediatrics and an adolescent medicine physician at UT Southwestern and Children's Health Dallas and is an expert in young men's health and LGBTQ+ health. After sharing his personal journey, Dr. Cooper and Dr. Johnson discuss the importance of representation in medicine and LGBTQ+ patient care. Dr. Cooper also shares some advice on how to be an effective advocate and ally. Additional Resources LGBTQIA+ Patient Care by Samantha C. Shapiro: https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/32286/lgbtqia/lgbtqia-patient-care/ Incorporating LGBT Health in an Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum Through the Construct of Social Determinants of Health by M Brett Cooper, Mariam Chacko and Jennifer Christner: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342423/