University of New England

Harvard physician Harvey Makadon to speak on LGBT healthcare April 29th 

BIDDEFORD, Maine - Harvey Makadon, clinical professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will discuss "The Healthcare Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Patients" at the University of New England in Biddeford from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in The Multi-Purpose Rooms of the Campus Center in Biddeford.

A free lunch catered by Blue Elephant catering (Saco) will be available. This event is open to members of the UNE community and their guests.

Dr. Makadon
Dr. Makadon is also director of education and training at The Fenway Institute, Fenway Community Health in Boston and vice president for Global Programs at Harvard Medical International (HMI), the international division of Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he has had a primary care practice in Healthcare Associates. He was previously vice president, Medical Affairs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, Massachusetts.  

Dr. Makadon is the lead editor on a book on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health that has just been published by the American College of Physicians. He also wrote an article, “Improving Health Care for the Lesbian and Gay Communities” that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine on March 2, 2006, has written the section of Up to Date on Primary Care of Gay Men, and in November 2006 published an article on “Optimizing the Care of Men who have Sex with Men” with Kenneth Mayer and Rob Garofalo in JAMA. He is currently working with colleagues at Fenway and around the country to develop a curriculum on LGBT health for clinicians at all levels. 

Sponsors
The lecture is sponsored by  the Family Practice Club, Physicians for Social Responsibility; American Geriatrics Society/UNECOM Student Chapter, National Osteopathic Women Physicians Association, Student Osteopathic Medical Association, Integrative Medicine Club, and Student Government Association. lecture is sponsored by American Medical Student Association and co-sponsored by the following University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine organizations: the Family Practice Club, Physicians for Social Responsibility; American Geriatrics Society/UNECOM Student Chapter, National Osteopathic Women Physicians Association, Student Osteopathic Medical Association, Integrative Medicine Club, and Student Government Association.

(Press release posted April 24, 2008)