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Errol Fields

Errol Fields, MD, PhD, MPH

Gender Affirming Care

Adolescent Medicine

Accepting New Patients

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Errol Fields

Professional Titles

  • Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
  • Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Clinical Services, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Background

Dr. Errol L. Fields is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Health, Behavior and Society.

A physician-researcher, Dr. Fields is a pediatrician and adolescent medicine subspecialist. He provides primary care and subspecialty consultative care to adolescents and young adults including gender-affirming care, inclusive sexual and reproductive health care, and treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections

His research focuses on using mixed methodologies to understand and reduce HIV disparities among adolescent and young adult Black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) as well as the evaluation of community-engaged practices for reducing stigma and medical distrust as key barriers to HIV prevention, treatment and research. Dr. Fields is also committed to the provision of evidence-based, culturally competent care of sexual and gender minority youth and is involved in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education in this area. 

Dr. Fields began his training in research and public health while completing a master of public health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He continued his education and training in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Johns Hopkins, where he earned his medical doctorate and his doctorate in philosophy from the School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health respectively. He completed pediatric residency training at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center and his subspecialty fellowship training in adolescent medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Centers and Institutes

Research Interests

HIV, Sexually transmitted infections, Adolescents, Young adults, African American men, Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Research Summary

Dr. Fields’s research uses mixed methodologies to understand and reduce HIV disparities among adolescent and young adult African American gay and bisexual men, as well as other men who have sex with men (MSM).

Locations

  1. Rubenstein Child Health Building
    • 200 North Wolfe Street, Building 1, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Adolescent Medicine, 2014

    Boston Children's Hospital

    Residency, Pediatrics, 2012

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Graduate School, PhD, 2009

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 2009

    Columbia University in the City of New York

    Graduate School, MPH, 2002

    Board Certifications

    Adolescent Medicine

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2023

    Pediatrics

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2023

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