Carl G Streed MD MPH FACP FAHA
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-7399carl.streed@bmc.org
cjstreed@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Centers
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Biography
Dr. Carl Streed, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of General Internal Medicine at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and the Research Director for the GenderCare Center at Boston Medical Center. As the Research Director for the GenderCare Center at BMC he collaborates with researchers, clinicians, and communities to assess and address the health and well-being of transgender and gender diverse communities.
To achieve equity in healthcare access, outcomes, and community well-being, Dr. Streed actively incorporates principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility into his work as a clinician-investigator. As such, his personal and professional pursuit for a more equitable and inclusive society is focused on elevating voices often ignored and redistributing power. His clinical, training, advocacy, and research initiatives regarding the health and well-being of marginalized persons, particularly sexual and gender minority populations (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer [LGBTQ] persons), have been used to influence and inform institutional, state, and federal policy as well as clinical care, academic research, and scholarship.
Nationally, Dr. Streed has chaired the American Medical Association Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues, served on the board of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, was on the Faculty Advisory Board of the Medical Student Pride Alliance, and served as the President of the US Professional Association for Transgender Health 2023-2025.
Dr. Streed’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of sexual and gender minority persons and communities have earned him several awards, notably from the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University Alumni Associations, the American Medical Association Foundation (twice), the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, as well as recognition from the Obama White House.
Education
Medicine, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
Chemistry/Biological Sciences, BS, University of Chicago
Publications
Greenstone H, Sepper E, Streed CG. The Dangerous Conflation of Ethics and Discrimination: A Call to Reject the Expansion of Conscientious Refusal in Health Care. Am J Public Health. 2026 Oct 01; e1-e4. PMID: 42821821.
Published on 9/21/2026Sherriff N, Mirandola M, Zeeman L, Amaddeo F, Zumwalt AC, Coleman SM, Cesare N, Streed C, Huber J, Pratt-Chapman M, Nowaskie DZ, Bidell MP. Development and Validation of the Professional Readiness in Diversity and Equity Scale: Protocol for a Scale Validation Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Sep 21; 15:e95456. PMID: 42765944.
Published on 9/8/2026Turino Miranda K, Delage SI, Chokly K, Gort V, Greaney JL, Streed CG, Moreira-Bouchard JD, Usselman CW. Gender minority stress, testosterone, and blood pressure responses to stress in transgender and nonbinary adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2026 Oct 01; 331(4):H1267-H1276. PMID: 42709012.
Published on 9/2/2026Everitt IK, Duncan MS, Heier KR, Beach LB, Jasuja GK, Wolfe HL, Hughes LD, Goulet JL, Mukherjee M, Streed CG. Heart Failure Phenotypes and Trajectory by Gender Identity in a National Veteran Cohort. JACC Adv. 2026 Sep 02; 103198. PMID: 42720656.
Published on 9/1/2026Everitt IK, Harrington CM, Mukherjee M, Streed CG. Inclusive cardiovascular care for sexual and gender minority populations. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2026 Sep; 23(9):609-611. PMID: 42362739.
Published on 8/31/2026Sistovaris R, Lim T, Restar AJ, Navarra M, Reisner S, Streed CG. Transgender Health and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Future Directions for Research. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Aug 31. PMID: 42675248.
Published on 8/15/2026Streed CG. The Broader Dangers of Abandoning SGM Health Research. N Engl J Med. 2026 Aug 20; 395(8):734-736. PMID: 42612160.
Published on 8/3/2026Streed CG, Baker KE. The Uncertain Future of Research in Transgender Health. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Aug 03; 9(8):e2629216. PMID: 42606868.
Published on 8/3/2026Deb B, Toscano O, Streed C. State Policy Environment and Geographic Practice Preference Among Sexual and Gender Minority Medical Students. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Aug 03; 9(8):e2627092. PMID: 42545697.
Published on 7/29/2026Zayhowski K, Blumen K, Mittendorf KF, Pratt R, Berro T, Streed C, MacFarlane IM. Healthcare professional perspectives on hereditary breast cancer risk assessment prior to gender-affirming mastectomy. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2026 Jul 29; 218(2). PMID: 42527724.
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