On this month’s episode of the Loyola Street Medicine Podcast join Dr. LJ Punch and Stritch Medical Student, Vinith Ilavarasan, discuss LGBTQI+ considerations for the unhoused community. Dr. Punch is a healer and surgeon based in St. Louis, Missouri and is currently the Medical Director for the harm reduction program, Power for STL. Touching on his personal experiences navigating medicine, Dr. Punch discusses how to best work with a population that is often marginalized and mistreated by the medical system. Listen to learn about the importance of trauma informed care, navigating gender affirming care in the current political climate, and how to provide safe and equitable care to the LGBTQI+ community.
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