Monday 22nd, 4PM, Special Functions Room

This panel is a conversation between Pauline Park, Founder and Director of New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy and Dru Levasseur, Transgender Rights Attorney for LAMBDA Legal. The speakers will address the rights, policies, and issues of transgender healthcare. Topics include the debate over Gender Identity Disorder reform, anti-discrimination laws in New York City protecting transgender people, and partnering with hospitals and providers to create healthcare that is responsive to the specific needs of transgender populations.
Presenters:

• Pauline Park, PhD, Founder & Director, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA)
• M. Dru Levasseur, Transgender Rights Attorney, LAMBA Legal

Title: International Reproductive Health and Family Planning
Location: Classroom 1A
Description: Ms. Burger will discuss her experiences working for various NGOs and UN agencies as an International Reproductive Health Consultant. Her work often involved making trips to third world nations in Africa and South America to assess the local needs and conditions and to teach about reproductive health, safe sex and family planning. Ms. Burger will recount stories from these experiences abroad, highlighting her exposure to health care in developing nations. She will also share her expertise on the subject of involving men in reproductive health and family planning.

Presenter: Michele Burger, MA
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2010-03-26

Title: Everything You Won’t Learn About Abortion & Contraception in Medical School
Location: Lecture Hall 1B
Description: This is an informative and interactive two-part workshop focusing on abortion and contraception. One hour of the workshop will be spent with Dr. Gentile giving an overview of the different contraceptive methods available to women today. She will include a discussion of how each method works and address their individual advantages and disadvantages. By the end of the session, we hope to arm you with knowledge that will enable you to discuss contraceptive options with your patients in a meaningful way that leaves them feeling confident that you have a broad understanding of this complicated subject in reproductive health.

The other half of our time will be spent in a hands-on session with Dr. Der Simonian, who will take us through the process of a D&C pregnancy termination starting from when your patient walks into the room unsure of her options. Dr. Der Simonian will engage in a role-play exercise that will demonstrate appropriate options counseling techniques that will allow us to educate our patients, enabling them to make an informed decision about which type of abortion to pursue. Included in this session is a demonstration of a D&C on a papaya that seeks to demystify the procedure. Papayas and D&C kits will be provided for workshop attendees who would like to see for themselves what this procedure entails.

Presenters: Dr. Gwen Gentile, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUNY- Downstate; Medical Director of Family Planning Services, Kings County Hospital Center; Dr. Kohar Der Simonian, Family Physician and Reproductive Health Fellow

Start Time: 16:30
Date: 2010-03-25

Title: Being a Good Doctor for ALL of Your Patients: Specific Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients.
Location: Lecture Hall 1A
Description: The talk will cover homophobic discrimination in the medical field and how to provide equal care in terms of use of language, office environment, and the interview process. Dr. O’Hara will also address specific “dos and don’ts” and share referral resources.

Presenter: Maile O’Hara, Ph.D.
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2010-03-25

Title: The Healthcare Provider’s Approach to Sexual Assault
Location: Student Center Main Lounge
Description: This workshop will discuss the ways that medical professionals should interact with a patient who has been sexually assaulted. Including how to approach them, how to initiate conversation, what questions to ask, etc. The speaker will also discuss the work that her group does including performing rape kits and the pertinent legal issues.

Presenter: Nicole S. Johnson, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical Director, SAFE Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center

Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2010-03-24
End Time: 13:00

Title: Talking WITH Teens about Sex
Location: Alumni Auditorium
Description: This multimedia event will feature a live performance by THEO (Teens Helping Each Other – www.theoprogram.org), an adolescent peer education theater group at SUNY Downstate, a video conference and short film screening with Nikol Hasler, creator of the MidwestTeenSexShow.com, a website dedicated to the frank discussion of all things related to teen sexuality, and a discussion led by Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum, Program Director, Health and Education Alternatives for Teens (HEAT) Program (www.heatprogram.org).

Reception to follow.
Start Time: 26:30
Date: 2010-03-23