Applying the Reproductive Justice Framework to Adolescent Medicine Practice
Friday, August 30, 2024 – (10-11 a.m. PT); (Noon-1 p.m. CT); (1-2 p.m. ET)
Speaker: Vidya Krishnan, MD
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About the Speaker: Vidhya Krishnan, MD is a board-certified OB/Gyn now completing fellowship in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. After growing up in California, Florida, and India, she obtained her medical degree from the University of South Florida and completed OB/Gyn training at The Ohio State. Driven by a passion to help empower young people, advocate for their choices, and create safe spaces, Dr. Krishnan is now completing a fellowship in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Her clinical practice style centers around patient education and shared decision making. She has specific clinical interest in addressing conditions that alter quality of life, including bleeding disorders and heavy menstrual bleeding, endometriosis, contraception, congenital anomalies and issues surrounding reproductive and menstrual justice. Outside of work, Dr. Krishnan enjoys music, the arts, and traveling with her husband.

Topic & Speaker TBA
January 31, 2025 – (10-11 a.m. PT); (Noon-1 p.m. CT); (1-2 p.m. ET)

PrEP Delivery for Adolescents and Young Adults: Overcoming Barriers to Prevention
May 30, 2025 – (10-11 a.m. PT); (Noon-1 p.m. CT); (1-2 p.m. ET)
Speaker: Errol Fields, MD, PhD, MPH 
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Session Objectives:

• Describe HIV epidemiology, risk for HIV acquisition and PrEP indications for adolescents and young adults.
• Discuss access barriers for PrEP and other sexual health services for adolescents and young adults.
• Illustrate strategies for removing barriers and increasing AYA PrEP engagement.

About the Speaker: Dr. Errol Fields is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine. He is a physician scientist and a board-certified pediatrician and adolescent medicine subspecialist. His clinical work focuses on primary and subspecialty care for adolescents and young adults including gender-affirming care, inclusive sexual and reproductive health care, and treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. He is the Director of Pediatric and Adolescent Services for The Center for Transgender & Gender Expansive Health at Johns Hopkins and the co-founder and director of the Emerge Gender Clinic for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults. In his research he uses mixed methodologies and community engaged research, and principles of social and spatial epidemiology to understand and eliminate HIV/STI disparities affecting AYA Black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM). Dr. Fields is Program Director for the Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Training program and supports adolescent medicine fellows training in health disparities research for vulnerable and marginalized adolescents and young adults. He is also committed to the provision of evidence-based, culturally competent care of sexual and gender diverse youth and is involved in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education in this area.