Dr. Alex S. Keuroghlian, (any pronoun), is Director of the Division of Education and Training at The Fenway Institute; Michele and Howard J Kessler Chair and Director, Division of Public and Community Psychiatry at MGH; Associate Chief, Public and Community Psychiatry, MGH Department of Psychiatry; and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at HMS.
Dr. Keuroghlian is director of the MGH Psychiatry Gender Identity Program, co-director of the HMS Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Initiative, director of the advanced HMS course in sexually and gender diverse health, course director for the HMS Advanced Integrated Science Course, ‘Sex- and Gender-Informed Medicine,’ and faculty co-advisor to the LGBTQIA+ & Allies at HMS (LAHMS) Student Group.
They are principal investigator of the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, a HRSA-funded cooperative agreement to improve health care for LGBTQIA+ people. Dr. Keuroghlian is concurrently principal investigator of the 2iS Coordinating Center for Technical Assistance, also funded by HRSA, to implement innovative intervention strategies nationally for people with HIV in four priority areas: substance use disorders, LGBTQIA+ youth, incarceration and telehealth. They were previously principal investigator of the HRSA-funded E2i Coordinator Center for Technical Assistance, which implemented evidence-informed, culturally tailored interventions nationally for people with HIV in four focus areas: transgender women, Black men who have sex with men, behavioral health integration into primary care, and identifying and addressing trauma.
At Fenway, Dr. Keuroghlian works as a clinical psychiatrist within the Behavioral Health Department and undertakes research at The Fenway Institute. They have authored over 100 research articles, review articles, and book chapters on topics that include gender-affirming hormone therapy and surgery, HIV medication adherence, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders among transgender adults, sexual orientation and gender identity data collection, caring for LGBTQIA+ immigrants, rural transgender health, and homelessness among LGBTQIA+ youth.
Dr. Keuroghlian edited the textbooks, Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care: The Fenway Guide, published by McGraw Hill, and Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care, published by the American Psychiatric Association.