Carl Streed Jr., MD, MPH, FACP, is an assistant professor at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and the research lead for the GenderCare Center at Boston Medical Center.

After attending medical school and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins he completed a fellowship in general internal medicine at Brigham & Women’s. Nationally, he has chaired the AMA Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues, served on the board of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, and currently serves as the president-elect of the US Professional Association for Transgender Health.

To achieve equity in health care access, health and community well-being, Dr. Streed actively incorporates the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility into his work as a clinician-investigator. As such, his personal and professional pursuit for a more equitable and inclusive society is focused on elevating voices often ignored and redistributing power.

His clinical, training, advocacy and research initiatives regarding the health and well-being of marginalized persons, particularly sexual and gender minority populations, have been used to influence and inform institutional, state and federal policy as well as clinical care, academic research and scholarship.

Dr. Streed’s efforts have earned him several awards, notably from the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University Alumni Associations, the AMA, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, as well as recognition from the White House during the Obama administration.