Oct 14, 2019
Kerin “KB” Berger (she/her) is a physician assistant (PA) practicing in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Quinnipiac University PA program in 2015 with a master’s in health sciences. She works full-time at the LA LGBT Center in the sexual health and education department. Additionally, she performs high resolution anoscopy for anal cancer prevention. Kerin is an adjunct professor at Charles Drew University (CDU) PA program where she implemented the LGBTQI and nonbinary curriculum. Kerin travels around the U.S. speaking to medical professionals, students, mental health clinicians, community members and advocates. She lives in West Hollywood with her wife, Jordan and her dog, Rilo. She loves to cycle, travel, and drink old fashions.
Episode Highlights
- KB explains what a Physician
Assistant (PA) is and how it’s different from a doctor or a
nurse.
- She shares how she got
interested in medicine by being interested in
science.
- KB talks about her podcast
“Queer Meducation” and her inspiration to start it to bridge the
medical and queer communities.
- She felt like her medical
education didn’t prepare her to work her best with the sexual
health of queer folks.
- Later on she was invited to come
give a presentation on queer health to medical professionals, and
this gave her insight to the level of ignorance and inspired her to
do more.
- She shares ideas about how queer
folks can find queer and friendly medical practitioners.
(GLMA)
- KB shares tells us what kinds of
health issues queer folks might be overlooking and encourages us to
pay a bit more attention to.
Web links
- Find more
at QueerMeducation.com
- iTunes, Instagram, Facebook & Twitter
- GLMA - Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equalilty
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