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Lincoln Hospital spotlights Pride Center offering integrated gender‑affirming and primary care
Summary
Dr. Aki Fisher of Lincoln Hospital described the hospital's Pride Center as an integrated clinic providing primary care, cancer screening, chronic‑disease programs, hormone therapy and surgical referrals, and highlighted systemwide access routes including NYC Care and in‑hospital financial counseling.
Lincoln Hospital’s Pride Center provides integrated gender‑affirming care alongside primary‑care services and chronic‑disease management, Dr. Aki Fisher, chief of ambulatory care and deputy chief medical officer, told BronxNet’s Inside Lincoln Hospital.
“ I see myself more as a conductor of the orchestra Yeah,” Fisher said, describing his role coordinating clinical teams across the hospital’s ambulatory practices. He said Lincoln operates 63 practices and that the Pride Center was created so lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer patients would “be comfortable engaging in health care” while receiving care tailored to their lived experience.
Why it matters: The Pride Center is intended to reduce barriers to care by combining routine preventive services—annual visits, cancer screening and chronic‑disease control—with gender‑affirming services such as…
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