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Jan 11, 2024 James Kostek, DO Named New Medical Director of Babs Siperstein PROUD Center LGBTQIA

James Kostek, DO, a family practitioner with RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, has been appointed as the medical director for the Babs Siperstein PROUD Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health facility. ...

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Sep 27, 2023 Babs Siperstein PROUD Center Hosts Symposium to Foster Greater Awareness and Develop Collaborative Solutions LGBTQIA

The Honorable Jeannine Frisby LaRue addresses a crowd of over 220 guests at Embracing the LGBTQ+ Community: A Symposium of Inclusion and Understanding, an event put on by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, supported through a generous grant ...

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Aug 17, 2023 Jeannine LaRue Headlines LGBTQ+ Symposium Set for Sept. 14 LGBTQIA

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset’s Babs Siperstein PROUD Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, will hold a day-long symposium on “Embracing the LGBTQ+ Community: A Symposium of Inclusion and Understanding” on Thursday, Sept. 14 ...

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Jul 24, 2023 TD Bank Grant Helps Increase Access to HIV Screenings for LGBTQ+ Community LGBTQIA

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, recently awarded a $150,000 grant to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset’s Babs Siperstein PROUD Center, to conduct screenings for HIV and sexually transmitted infections for the LGBTQ+ adults. ...

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Jul 19, 2023 Perry Farhat, Esq. Recognized on Insider NJ's 2023 OUT 100 LGBTQ+ Power List LGBTQIA

Perry Farhat, Esq., Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset ; Administrative Director, Babs Siperstein PROUD Center ; and Director, PROUD Gender Center of New Jersey, all RWJBarnabas Health facilities, ...

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Jul 17, 2023 Award Honors Hospitals and Health Systems for Advancing Equity LGBTQIA

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Honored by American Hospital Association with the 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award (New Brunswick, NJ) — Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s (RWJUH) Health Equity Program has been honored by the ...

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Jun 27, 2023 Introducing REaL and SOGI at RWJBarnabas Health Facilities LGBTQIA

RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) is dedicated to our mission to deliver the highest quality health care and advance health equity. Effective immediately, all RWJBH facilities at point of registration or other points of care will request that patients respond to ...

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Jun 6, 2023 RWJBH DEI Leaders and Employees Join Jersey PRIDE Parade and Festival LGBTQIA

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leaders from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus and the Institute for Prevention and Recovery, and more ...

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Jun 6, 2023 The LGBTQ+ Community is Disproportionately Burdened by Cancer LGBTQIA

Cancer health disparities are differences in cancer burden experienced by racial and ethnic minorities and other medically underserved populations including individuals from sexual and gender minorities. Discrimination based on gender identity and/or ...

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