Rise Up LGBTQ+ Healthcare Conference

GALLOPING HILL GOLF COURSE

KENILWORTH, NJ

KEYNOTE

Dr. Eric Lella

Chief Medical Officer for the Edie Windsor Healthcare Center

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS:

• Protecting our Seniors: A Guide to Avoiding Financial Abuse, Veronica Ross, Kearny Bank
• Taking a Whole-Person Approach to LGBTQ Health: Dr. Christopher Awwad, DO, Jennifer Vanegas, Finn Schubert, MPH Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
• Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in the Queer Community: Jahmila Smith Garden State Equality
• Minority Stress and Healthcare: Understanding and Implementing LGBTQ+ Affirming Services Vincenzo Nicosia, LCSW & Erica Higdon, LCSW, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
• The Representation of Grief, Loss, Resilience and Healing In LGBTQ+ Writing, Dr. Laura Winters Saint Elizabeth University
• STIs & Doxy PEP, HIV PrEP, MPOX, Dr. Eric Lella, DO: Edie Windsor Healthcare Center

ENDNOTE: Dave D’Amico, Chief Investigator: Middlesex County Department of Corrections