Crystal Beal, MD
Is this your author page?
Make it work for you. Your KevinMD author page is one of the highest-ranking results for your name. An enhanced author page turns this page into a premium profile with your photo, biography, affiliations, publications, and links, publishes your accepted articles in 1 to 3 days, includes a listing in Experts by KevinMD, and comes with a guaranteed interview on The Podcast by KevinMD. See an example · See the enhanced author page → Cancel anytime.
Latest articles
Physician voices

I never imagined that providing standard, evidence-based medical care, and explaining that care clearly to patients, could put me at risk of federal prosecution. Yet that is the position I find myself in today. I am a board-certified family medicine…
I never imagined that providing standard, evidence-based medical care, and explaining that care clearly to patients, could put me at risk of federal prosecution.
Yet that is the position I find myself in today.
I am a board-certified family medicine physician and the founder of a small queer- and trans-owned clinic providing gender affirming care. Our clinic is now at the center of a Department of Justice appeal after we …
Read more…
Physician free speech rights under fire: the DOJ vs. patient education
Physician voices

As a queer, nonbinary, poly, and kinky person, medicine has been a challenging field to fit into, both as a patient and a physician. While a first-year med student, I was misdiagnosed and inaccurately treated for an STI due to…
As a queer, nonbinary, poly, and kinky person, medicine has been a challenging field to fit into, both as a patient and a physician.
While a first-year med student, I was misdiagnosed and inaccurately treated for an STI due to my physician’s biased and discriminatory views. A week after my painful injection, I had to go back and ask why I wasn’t getting better. He then – in his office, not …
Read more…
A doctor for LGBTQ+ health needs
Real physician voices, twice a week
Free, and one click to unsubscribe.