AJ Eckert, DO

Self-identified LGBTQ+ individual, serving LGBTQ+ patients.
Member of GLMA, Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality
Board Member of PFLAG Hartford-Community HealthCare Outreach
Speaker, True Colors Annual Conference; Trans Lives Annual Conference; various college and high school engagements

President, Touro University Gay Straight Alliance. (3/07-5/08).
Raised funds forAIDS Foundation in San Francisco, sponsored Mare Island Community Race, organized a World HIV/AIDS Panel and launched a monthly guest lecturer series.

AMSA/GLMA Leadership Conference Representative. Washington, D.C., (3/07).
Worked to improve the organization and influence national policy. Thanks to our efforts, Touro became incorporated as a chapter of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Alliance in 3/2007.

Educator, Teen Life Conference, Touro University-CA. (2/07-2/08).
Provided family planning education, LGBTQ education, and safe sex information for teenagers from local high schools.

Research Assistant, Health Care Access And Services For Underserved Rural Populations. (10/2011- 7/2014.)
Assessed healthcare needs of marginalized groups with a focus on the LGBT community in rural Maine, under the supervision of Dr. Nancy Zurbach, M.D.

Family Practice Physician, Urgent Care Physician, and LGBT Clinic Champion, Whittier Street Health Center, Roxbury, MA. (03/16- 08/16).
Provided outpatient primary care services to adult patients and urgent care services to patients of all ages. Initiated transgender hormone therapy services and built LGBT Clinic. Volunteered at Youth Pride and Boston Pride 2016.