Director of LGBT medicine hired for first time in Israel

• Published date: 23 September 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The job will help provide care for unique populaces such as geriatric LGBT, youth LGBT, those addicted amongst the LGBT community, research and more, according to Ynet.

The position will be filled by Dr. Roi Zucker, an expert in internal medicine and infectious diseases, who was sent on behalf of Ichilov to the world's first internship in this field at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

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"The subject of LGBT medicine is developing in Western countries who understand that the LGBT community has special medical needs that require different approaches," Zucker told Ynet.

Studies show that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations, in addition to having the same basic health needs as the general population, experience health disparities and barriers related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity or expression, according to the US' Gay and Lesbian Medical...