Nick Gorton is a gay, transgender EM doc in CA. He’s one of a few people who have practiced both as a male and a female physician. Which he loves to talk about. At length. To anyone who will listen. In addition to his EM practice, he volunteers weekly as a primary care provider focusing on transgender patients at Lyon-Martin Health Services. He the lead clinician for TransLine, the National Clinical Consultation Line in San Francisco. He has worked as a medical consultant for way too many lawyers, but at least at progressive organizations like SRLP, TLC, ACLU, Lambda Legal, NCLR.
Out of One Box and Into Another: Lack of Fit and Sex Bias in Medicine
Implicit bias in medicine hinders women’s success, punishes them for having characteristics that are rewarded in men, and lauds men for being barely halfway decent human beings. All. The. Damn. Time. It’s pervasive and if you don’t think it’s that…