Meet the experts

Alex S. Keuroghlian, MD, MPH (he/they) is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and co-Director of the HMS Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Initiative, which leads longitudinal medical curriculum development and faculty development in sexual and gender minority health at HMS. He directs the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute, an HRSA-funded cooperative agreement to improve care for LGBTQIA+ people across the US, as well as the HRSA-funded Evidence-Informed Interventions Coordinating Center for Technical Assistance, focused on care for sexual and gender minority people living with HIV. He established the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Psychiatry Gender Identity Program and is clerkship director for the fourth-year elective in sexual and gender minority health at HMS.

Elena graduated from Thomas Jefferson University in 2001 with her MSPT and then completed a transitional DPT program through Jefferson in 2006. She then went on to achieve specialty certifications in neurology through the APTA, multiple sclerosis through the MS consortium and is a Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist.

Her passions include sharing knowledge and non-stop personal/professional growth

Elena has over twenty years of clinical practice, clinical leadership, clinical staff education, and neurological program development experience.

In addition to the clinical expertise, education, and advanced certifications, at Penn Medicine at Home, she is actively developing the neurological rehabilitation program. Highlights include: Therapy Professional Developmental Specialist, development of the clinical pathway for multiple sclerosis, and Chair for the neurological special interest group.

Anna Smith earned a Master of Audiology at Rush University in Chicago, IL, and a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. Anna has 6 years of experience working in the field of Audiology, primarily working in Intra-Operative Monitoring. She currently is a Continuing Education Manager at Continued and has spent the last 15 years working in the field of education with allied health professionals. She earned an additional certificate in 2022 to explore her passion for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work.