LGBTQIA+

Advisory Committee

The LGBT Advisory Committee will identify key areas of importance, programmatic interventions, and resources that support LGBT issues.  The charge of the LGBT Advisory Committee is to:

  1. Make recommendations to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine about priorities related to LGBT students, staff, faculty, trainees, and fellows at HMS and HSDM;
  2. Identify concerns, resources, and programmatic needs across the HMS/HSDM LGBT community; and
  3. Collaborate with University and HMS-related, offices, programs, and groups that address the needs of the HMS/HSDM LGBT community.

Committee Members

FACULTY CHAIR

Kevin Liu, MD
Instructor in Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

STAFF CHAIR

Melissa Kenny
Internet Information Server Administrator, Harvard Medical School

COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT

Robin Kane
Manager, LGBTQIA+ Program, Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School

MEMBERS

Esther Brandon, MA
Manager of Learning Design & Technology Adoption, Harvard Medical School

Lachlan Driver, MD
Resident Physician, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Mass General Brigham

Daniel J. Egan, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mass General Brigham; Program Director, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency

Kaiz Esmail
Student, MS2, Harvard Medical School

Alexander Goldowsky, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Frances Grimstad, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Boston Children’s Hospital

Daphne A. Haas-Kogan, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Chief, Enterprise Radiation Oncology, Mass General Brigham

Ariel Heim
Program Coordinator, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Alden Landry, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School

Simone Leary
Chief Human Resources Officer, Harvard Medical School

Emma Lee
Student, MS1, Harvard Medical School

José Martinez
Title IX Resource Coordinator for Staff, Postdocs, and Students, Harvard Medical School

Jason Marvin, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mass General Hospital

Jonathan Matsui, PhD
Senior Program Director for Academic Affairs, Harvard Medical School

Deepali Ravel, PhD
Lecturer in Microbiology, Harvard Medical School

Joan Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School

Dakota Roundtree-Swain
Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Harvard Medical School

Andrew Shin
Student, MS3, Harvard Medical School Student

Jenny Seigel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Ex-Officio Committee Members

Brittany Charlton, ScD, Associate Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Director of LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Sabra Katz-Wise, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital

Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; LAHMS Faculty Advisor

Jennifer Potter, MD, Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Advisory Dean, Castle Society

Past Committee Members

Mark Award, MD, PhD

Rohan Barrett

Ida Bernstein

Iman Berrahou

Justin A. Chen, MD, MPH

Robert Coughlin

Cary Crall

John L Dalrymple, MD

Juan Jaime de Zengotita, MD

Abhinav Dhall, PHD

Shaun Dow

Joshua Charles Ellis, MD

Jacob Emge

Aliya Feroe, MD, MPH

Madeleine Farber Jennewein

Marshall Forstein, MD

Michael Fuchs

Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD

Yvonne Gomez-Carrion, MD

Maya Harary

Joan Ilacqua

EJ Jarvie

Kanika Kamal

Ingrid Katz, MD

Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD

Robert Li Kitts, MD

William Lensch, PhD

Lenny Lopez, MD, MDiv, MPH

Jonathan Matsui, PHD

Annelies Mesman, PHD

Melanie Molina, MD

Jessica Murphree, DMD

Pamela Needham

Megan Prock

Synclaire Oglesby

Susan Rapple

Christopher Daniel Andrade Rodrigues, PHD

Jordan Said, MD

Mark Schuster, MD, PhD

Alexandra Shields, PhD

Marisa Silveri, PhD

Viknesh Sivanathan, PhD

Catharine Smith

Carl G. Streed, Jr., MD

Ari Tabaac, PhD

Peggy Timothe, DDS

Lisa B. Weissmann, MD

More Information

dcp_lgbt@hms.harvard.edu