Trainings and Education

Kate Bishop, MSSA (she/her), Education Coordinator at the Center for LGBTQ Health Equity of Chase Brexton, is a seasoned professional development trainer with expertise in working with LGBTQ populations, sexual and reproductive health care, adolescent development, intimate partner violence, and sexual trauma. 

She is certified as a trainer through GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) as well as SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Before joining the Chase Brexton team, she developed the capacity building program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s STAR TRACK Adolescent HIV program, providing cultural responsiveness trainings for agencies that serve sexual minority youth of color. Ms. Bishop holds a Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies from Hiram College and a Masters in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University.

Deborah Dunn, PAC, MBA (she/her) is a family practice physician assistant and the Trans Health Coordinator of the Center for LGBTQ Health Equity of Chase Brexton Health Care. 

In addition to graduating from Howard University’s physician assistant program in 1983, she holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. In her position at Chase Brexton, she provides leadership and coordination of care for transgender-identified patients, establishes best practices for medical transgender care, trains other medical providers, provides consultation to external organizations on transgender-related issues including employee transition, engages in advocacy at the state level, and identifies research and funding opportunities related to transgender care. She recently served on a national team of expert transgender medical professionals to write guidelines for treating and prescribing medications for adults and adolescents who were transitioning. She also was part of the team that wrote Gender: JOY (Journeys of Youth), a multidisciplinary program written for trans/gender diverse youth, adolescents, and families, which now supports more than 4000 patients. 

She has presented at numerous national conferences, engaged in strategic planning with several nonprofit organizations, and volunteered throughout the local community. She has completed the courses towards certification for WPATH and was awarded the Physician Assistant of the year 2018 from MAPA (Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants).

James Griffin (he/him) is a licensed psychologist who has provided therapy to adolescents and adults through the Center for LGBTQ Health Equity of Chase Brexton since July 2019. 

After earning his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Health Psychology from Fordham University, he completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Psychology at the Medical College of Georgia with emphases in LGBTQ Health and HIV. Dr. Griffin honed his expertise in the ethics of surgical readiness assessments by completing the WPATH Global Education Initiatives Foundations Course (in 2016), in addition to his academic studies and rich clinical training experiences working with transgender and gender expansive individuals and their families. 

• WPATH Certifications – Completed GEI Foundations Course
• Publications – Peer-reviewed articles on transgender health published in: Transgender Health, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Psychology & Sexuality 
• Lectures, Workshops, Presentations 
  • Ethics CE presentation in Gender Affirming Assessment
  • Clinical workshops in providing affirming transgender care delivered to providers, residents/fellows, and students at the Medical College of Georgia
  • Courses and guest lectures in gender and sexuality at Medical College of Georgia & Fordham University
  • National Research Conference Presentations: National LGBTQ Health Conference, Southeastern Psychological Association, American Psychosomatic Society, American College of Physicians.

Sam McClure serves as the Executive Director of the Center for LGBTQ Health Equity and is a member of the Senior Executive Leadership team at Chase Brexton Health Care. She is a passionate champion of health equity. 

In her previous role as Senior Vice President of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), McClure led affiliate relations, external affairs, public policy and advocacy, and supplier diversity teams, as well as serving on the organization’s executive leadership team.  

McClure is a nationally recognized keynote speaker, commentator, panelist, and a subject matter expert on LGBTQ economic development and health equity. An award-winning and transformative strategist, she created the LGBT Business Builder initiative (a collaboration between the NGLCC and the US Small Business Administration) and built local collaboration models in thirteen (13) cities. This program ultimately won a “Bright Idea Award” from Harvard University. In June of 2019, McClure was named one of 48 Legacy Leaders by BEQ Magazine in recognition of her impact in Non-Profit and Community Development. She was included in the Maryland Daily Record’s 2021 Health care “Power 30” list. 

McClure has a wealth of experience and expertise in the areas of: Team Leadership and Training, Resource and Revenue Development, Program Planning and Development, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Supplier Diversity, Public Policy, Advanced Business Negotiation Skills, Organizational Development, and Entrepreneurship. 

Elyse Pine is a board certified pediatric endocrinologist and Trans Youth Lead Physician at Chase Brexton Health Care in Maryland.

She earned her BA in English and Natural Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland OH, and her MD at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her pediatrics residency training at the Mount Sinai Hospital in NY and moved to the Baltimore area for fellowship training in pediatric endocrinology at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Pine began working with gender variant children and adolescents while serving as an assistant professor at University of Maryland Medical Center. Transgender care has been the most interesting, exciting and rewarding part of her clinical practice.