LGBTQ Services

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Darrell K. Terry, Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE, FHELA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey signs Pride Month Commitment Banner during Pride Month.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is dedicated to meeting the healthcare needs of our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, (LGBTQ) community. We offer a variety of health and educational services which promote LGBTQ health equity and access to care. To that end, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center along with RWJBarnabas Health have created several policies and programs addressing issues facing the LGBTQ community.

LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

Policies

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For more information or questions please contact:
Atiya Jaha-Rashidi, RN
Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Atiya.JahaRashidi@rwjbh.org
973.926.5044

Patient Stories

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    Gladis
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  • “I saw how they treated my wife at Newark Beth Israel — she was like a VIP.”

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  • “I learned in 2016 that I would eventually need a lung transplant,” says Dawn Burke, 60, of Keyport. She had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a disease that scars the lungs.

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