New Jefferson Health practice geared toward LGBTQ+ patients opens in Haddonfield
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
Jefferson Health Haddonfield Primary & Specialty Care, a LGBTQ+ Affirming Practice, is opening Monday, Jan. 4, at 80 Tanner St. in Haddonfield.jeffersonhealth.org
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Jefferson Health Haddonfield Primary & Specialty Care, a new “LGBTQ+ Affirming Practice“ at 80 Tanner St. in Haddonfield, will begin seeing patients on Monday, Jan. 4.
Accessible by car and public transportation, the practice will provide a “safe space for LGBTQ+ patients to seek inclusive, multidisciplinary care.”
While focused on caring for LGBTQ patients, the practice will be open to all adult members of the community needing medical care, offering services in infectious diseases care, HIV, behavioral health and primary care.
Jefferson Health opening first LGBTQ-focused practice in South Jersey
In March, Jefferson Health – New Jersey announced it was planning to open a new, first-in-South Jersey medical practice with a focus on lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer people. The healthcare giant hoped to open the practice in June, just in time for Pride Month.
But like just about everything else, those plans were delayed by the arrival of COVID-19.
Originally planned for Collingswood, the practice will now open in Haddonfield on Jan. 4. COVID derailed the timeline, for sure, admitted Amanda Kimmel, vice president of ambulatory operations for Jefferson Health – New Jersey. The pandemic disrupted planning and development for the practice as Jefferson, like nearly all health care providers, had to shift its focus and resources on fighting the disease that s wrought so much havoc, claiming at least 16,706 lives in New Jersey and 14,718 in Pennsylvania, the two states where Jefferson operat