Carter Scott, MD

Carter Scott is a general OB/GYN physician with a clinical focus on LGBTQ+ health and gender-affirming care. He studied public health at Tulane University in New Orleans, where he was heavily involved in sexual health promotion, sexual violence prevention, and peer health education. He also assisted with national HIV behavioral health research and counseling. It was at Tulane that they learned about the field of LGBTQ health. Carter then worked as a public health consultant in New Hampshire, where he specialized in clinical quality improvement and health systems emergency preparedness. He attended medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, where he continued research he began as an undergraduate in LGBTQ health, implicit bias, and medical curricular development. He also led a group facilitating health workshops for adolescents who are incarcerated. Carter is fulfilled by developing connections and strengthening their community, which they have done through LGBTQ organizing, mentoring pre-medical and medical students, and founding an organization to support medical students with partners and families. He is currently in residency at OHSU where he participates in the spectrum of OB/GYN care with a particular clinical and research focus on LGBTQ+ health and gender-affirming care.