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Experts Information |
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Kate O’Hanlan, M.D. |
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Gynecologic Oncology Associates, Portola Valley, CA
Former president, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association |
Contact at:
Office: (650) 851-6669
E-mail: ohanlan@aol.com |
| Language: English |
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Expertise:
- Gynecologic cancers, women’s health
- Health issues facing lesbians and gay men
- Health impact of discrimination
- Medical and scientific information and research about homosexuality
- Scientific and medical consensus about effects of civil marriage equality
Additional Information:
Former associate Director of Gynecologic Cancer Surgery at Stanford University, Dr. Kate O'Hanlan led the successful initiative to make Stanford the first university to offer an equal benefit package to all its employees. Her medical research and publishing focus has been on cancer prevention and surgical treatment of each of these cancers, as well as health issues facing lesbians and gay men.
Dr. O'Hanlan founded the Lesbian Health Fund, which has made seventeen research grants totaling over $475,000. She was president of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association in 1993 and wrote "Homophobia As a Health Hazard: Report of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association." Dr. O'Hanlan co-authored "Anti-Gay Discrimination in Medicine: Results of a National Survey of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Physicians." In 1994, she wrote the policy statement passed by the American Medical Women's Association endorsing legislation for adoption and custody, and the right to civil marriage for gay men and lesbians.
Dr. O'Hanlan presented "Recruitment and Retention of Lesbians in Health Research," at the national Institutes for Health, the President's Cancer Panel, and the Office of Research on Women's Health asking that prevention, research, and treatment outreach efforts be focused on the gay and lesbian community. She was co-principal investigator and co-author for an NIH Grant at Stanford University studying support and coping strategies of lesbians with breast cancer.
Dr. O'Hanlan published "Lesbian Health and Homophobia: Perspectives for the Treating Obstetrician/Gynecologist," and the first Chapters on lesbian health in Copeland's Gynecology textbook, in Behavioral Medicine, and in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) book “Underserved Women”. She has lectured at many universities and hospitals about the research evidence that discrimination causes health disparities, and increased morbidity for sexual minority individuals.
She also performs, lectures and teaches extensively on use of minimally invasive techniques for gynecologic surgeries and cancer surgeries.
Notable Publications: |
1. O'Hanlan KA, ed. Lesbian Health and Homophobia: Perspectives for the treating Obstetrician/Gynecologist. Los Angeles: Mosby Yearbook Publishers; 1995. Barberieri, ed. Current Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
2. O'Hanlan KA, Crum CP. Human papillomavirus-associated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia following lesbian sex. Obstet Gynecol. 1996;88(4 Pt 2):702-703.
3. O'Hanlan KA. Do we really mean preventive medicine for all? Am J Prev Med. 1996;12(5):411-414.
4. O'Hanlan KA, Robertson PA, Cabaj R, Schatz B, Nemrow P. A review of the medical consequences of homophobia with suggestions for resolution. Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. 1997;1(1):25-39.
5. O'Hanlan KA. Lesbian and gay health: Therapeutic perspectives. Medical Encounter. 1998;14(2):3-7.
6. Brogan DJ, Frank E, Elon L, Sivanesan SP, O'Hanlan KA. Harassment of lesbians as medical students and physicians. Jama. Oct 6 1999;282(13):1290, 1292.
7. O'Hanlan KA. Domestic partnership benefits at medical universities. Jama. 1999;282(13):1289, 1292.
8. Brogan D, Frank E, Elon L, O'Hanlan KA. Methodologic concerns in defining lesbian for health research. Epidemiology. 2001;12(1):109-113.
9. Fobair P, O'Hanlan KA, Koopman C, Classen C, Dimiceli S, Drooker N, et al. Comparison of lesbian and heterosexual women's response to newly diagnosed breast cancer. Psychooncology. 2001;10(1):40-51.
10. Fobair P, Koopman C, DiMiceli S, O'Hanlan KA, Butler LD, Classen C, et al. Psychosocial intervention for lesbians with primary breast cancer. Psychooncology. 2002;11(5):427-438.
11. Brogan DJ, O'Hanlan KA, Elon L, Frank E. Health and professional characteristics of lesbian and heterosexual women physicians. J Am Med Womens Assoc. Winter 2003;58(1):10-19.
12. O'Hanlan KA, Dibble SL, Hagan HJ, Davids R. Advocacy for women's health should include lesbian health. J Womens Health (Larchmt). Mar 2004;13(2):227-234.
13. O'Hanlan KA, Health policy considerations for our sexual minority patients. Obstet Gynecol 2006;107:709-14.
14. O'Hanlan KA, S. L. Dibble, et al. (2007). "Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Female-to-Male Transsexuals." Obstet Gynecol 110(5): 1096-101.
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