Episode 2.5 Transgender Healthcare: Interview with Dr. Andrea Braden

06/15/21 • 43 min

The justASK Podcast Part of The HIVE Collective

In honor of #PrideMonth, this podcast interview features an in-depth discussion about expanding access and equality in healthcare for transgender patients. Listen as Dr. Andrea L. Braden, MD talks about her work in providing medical services to the transgender community and what she believes is most important to understand when caring for this population.

Guest Speaker Bio

Dr. Andrea Braden is an Ob/Gyn and board-certified lactation specialist who has dedicated her career to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the medical profession. She currently serves as a co-investigator with researchers from the Grady Trauma Project on a 2 NIH-funded studies that seek to understand the ties between trauma exposure and pregnancy outcomes in African-American patients who receive care at Grady Memorial Hospital. Furthermore, Dr. Braden is one of the founding physicians for Grady Memorial Hospital’s Gender Center, a multi-disciplinary clinic that addresses the specific health care needs of the trans population.

Dr. Braden also acts as a physician mentor and works to help change the way healthcare providers interact with their patients by centering them in care decisions. Her passion comes from first-hand experiences of how difficult it can be for people from underrepresented communities to access quality health care. Dedicated to addressing the problem head-on, she strives to empower individuals and healthcare providers through education, community building, and leadership.

Learn more about the Emory Transgender Clinic in Atlanta, GA.

LinkedIn @andreabradenmd
Also on the web: The Wholehearted Doctor
Facebook @wholehearteddoctor
Instagram @wholehearteddoctor

#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

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Guest Speaker Bio

Learn more about the Emory Transgender Clinic in Atlanta, GA.

LinkedIn @andreabradenmd
Also on the web: The Wholehearted Doctor
Facebook @wholehearteddoctor
Instagram @wholehearteddoctor

Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=EBS8AD46RVKRW)

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Episode 2.5: Breaking Down Birth Control & STIs, Interview with Emily McNeal, WHNP

It's time to talk about birth control and STIs.

There are so many misconceptions out there, but we've got the inside scoop from women's health expert, and founder of the Between Tuplips social media community, Emily McNeal, WHNP.

Condoms, pills, IUDs, spermicides, diaphragms, lubrication, dental dams, initiating conversations with partners, getting tested, and slapping the stigma off of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). She's dishing out the latest information that women need to know—and answering the questions that some are too afraid to ask.

Guest Speaker Bio

Emily McNeal, WHNP, is a board-certified nurse practitioner with a specialty in women's health. She obtained her BSN from Belmont University, MS from Georgetown University. In addition to her work as a WHNP, Emily is the curator of Between Tulips (@betweentulips). This fun, educational-only social media community provides its members the scoop on everything they want to know about women's intimate care.

Emily also serves as a Medical Advisor to The Organic Project (TOP), a women's wellness brand that offers 100% organic, eco-loving tampons and menstrual pads.

Instagram @betweentulips
LinkedIn Emily McNeal

Also on the web: The Organic Project (TOP)
Facebook @TOPorganicproject
Instagram @toporganicproject

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Episode 2.7 : Provoked Vesibulodynia: Interview with Dr. Jill Krapf

What is provoked vesibulodynia?
What treatments are available for this condition?
Is it possible to heal and enjoy normal activities without pain or discomfort, including sexual gratification?

The answer is YES and board-certified OB/GYN and vulvar pain specialist Dr. Jill Krapf is here to tell us how!
Listen as she gives us the inside scoop for all four general categories of vulvar pain (hormone related, inflammatory, muscular, and neurogenic) and offers valuable information about treatment, managing symptoms, and how to reframe your thinking so you can heal!
Jill M. Krapf MD MEd FACOG IF Dr. Jill Krapf is a board-certified Obstetrician Gynecologist specializing in female sexual pain disorders at The Center for Vulvovaginal Disorders in Washington, D.C. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The George Washington University. Dr. Krapf is active in research and has published chapters and peer-reviewed articles on vulvodynia and vulvar lichen sclerosus. She is Associate Editor for the medical journal Sexual Medicine, as well as for the textbook Female Sexual Pain Disorders, 2nd Edition. She is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), serving on the Education Committee and the Social Media Committee.
For more from Dr. Krapf, please follow her online at @jillkrapfmd
Treatment & Information
The Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders - Locations in WashingtonDC and NYC
Additional Reading
When Sex Hurts: A Woman's Guide to Banishing Sexual Pain by Andrew Goldstein, Caroline F. Pukall, and Irwin Goldstein
Mentioned in the Podcast
Vulvovaginal Pathway - can be found at www.vulvodynia.com
#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.