Who We Are
The AMA Foundation’s LGBTQ+ Health Program supports institutions across the United States, impacting thousands of future doctors and leaders in the field by developing learning tools that enable all medical professionals to understand and proactively support LGBTQ+ patients across the country. Our vision is to ensure all LGBTQ+ patients are treated with the highest standard of care, empathy and dignity while having access to the best possible outcomes.
What began as a national fellowship program, supporting four world-class teaching institutions dedicated to building intersectional curriculum to train LGBTQ+ Health Specialists, quickly evolved. The AMA Foundation currently brings together a consortium of leaders focused on not only the next generation of medical professionals, but on creating milestones and standards of care to transform the health of the LGBTQ+ community.
Consortium Members
The National LGBTQ+ Health Program convenes the LGBTQ+ Fellowship Workgroup Consortium which is comprised of both AMAF-funded and unfunded academic institutions that train LGBTQ+ fellows.
These sites include:
University of Wisconsin- Madison LGBTQ+ Health Fellowship (AMA Foundation currently funded site)
The focus of this innovative fellowship is to integrate primary care and public health to optimize the health of LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive individuals and to advance LGBTQ+ health equity.
Mount Sinai LGBTQ+ Medicine Fellowship (AMA Foundation pilot site)
As one of the few fellowship programs in the country focused on the care of LGBTQ+ patients, the LGBTQ+ Medicine Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a 12-month fellowship. It takes a holistic approach that encompasses medical, non-medical and surgical training.
Harvard Medical School-Fenway Health LGBTQIA+ Health Fellowship Program (AMA Foundation currently funded site)
The LGBTQIA+ Health Fellowship Program equips primary care residency graduates with the skills needed to serve as influential physician leaders in the field of LGBTQIA+ health.
UCLA LGBTQ+ Healthcare Fellowship
As the first LGBTQ+ Healthcare Fellowship Program in the world, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has trained the next generation of LGBTQ+ specialists and physician leaders since 2019. Its mission is to equip primary care physicians with the skills to be sensitive, comfortable, clinically competent and culturally humble in delivering compassionate health care to sexual and gender minority patient populations. UCLA fellows have yearlong longitudinal clinical rotations in various UCLA and affiliate clinical sites, with some flexibility in tailoring the experiences to the learning environment and the fellow’s career goals.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center LGBTQ+ Healthcare Fellowship Program (AMA Foundation currently funded site)
The objective of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s LGBTQ+ Healthcare Fellowship is to train future primary care physicians and individuals who may choose to focus their practice on LGBTQ+ health to be sensitive, comfortable, clinically knowledgeable and culturally competent in delivering health care to sexual and gender minority patient populations. Clinical excellence is the primary training objective.
The Sawyer Pardo Fellowship for LGBTQ+ Health at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
The Sawyer Pardo Fellowship for LGBTQ+ Health at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine equips fellows for leadership roles, emphasizing health equity and justice for LGBTQ+ patients across all life stages. This unique program integrates primary care clinical work with comprehensive training in community-based participatory research, curriculum design and education, and advanced advocacy skills. This one-year program prepares fellows for impactful careers in academic, clinical and community settings.