"Mount Sinai Celebrates 50 Years Of Supporting LGBTQ And Other City Youth" - Nikki M. Mascali
The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center has long supported LGBTQ and other city youth and is celebrating a golden anniversary of its own this year. “We are New York City’s largest provider of high-quality, comprehensive, free health and wellness services for youth ages 10 through 24, ranging from primary care and mental health for all young people to special programs for transgender youth, teen parents and more,” said Angela Diaz, MD, professor of adolescent health, pediatrics and preventive medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center. More than 90 percent of MSAHC’s patients are people of color, and 70 percent do not have health insurance – including transgenders, who face large inequities in health care, especially those under 18, added Dr. Diaz. “Many of our transgender young people say the center saved their lives,” Dr. Diaz said. “We accept them as their true selves, provide a safe, gender-affirming space and help them and their families along their journey.”
- Angela Diaz, MD, Jean C. & James W. Crystal Professor, Adolescent Health, Professor, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center