Pooja Jayaprakash, MD (she/her) is a Family Medicine physician originally from Utah. She first developed interest in LGBTQIA+ health at Wellesley College, where she received her BA In English Literature and completed research in Evolutionary Developmental Biology.

She received her medical degree from the University of South Florida and completed her residency at the University of Florida, where she served as Chief Resident, helped implement a DEI curriculum in didactics, and found a passion for gender-affirming care. She continued as an attending at the University of Florida for a year, providing care at multiple clinics during the escalation in the state’s anti-trans and gender diverse legislation.

At the University of Florida, she precepted resident and medical student clinics and worked individually with remediating residents to develop tailored learning plans and facilitate clinical growth. She then took on outpatient locum tenens positions for a year to expand her clinical experience and found a need for better-informed LGBTQIA+ primary care and advocacy from Florida to New Hampshire.

Since starting at the Harvard Medical School-Fenway Health LGBTQIA+ Fellowship Program, in addition to providing clinical HIV care and gender-affirming care, she has been working with Simclusive to develop a virtual objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) on the topic of trans and gender diverse sexual health and contraception. She and co-fellow Ischel Kelso, MD (she/her) have also collaborated with interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth to create an intersex patient self-advocacy tool.

Pooja looks forward to continuing work in LGBTQIA+ clinical care, medical education, and advocacy to improve access and outcomes for her community.