National Chair | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia 

National Vice-Chair | LGBTQ+ Ad-Hoc Committee, American Society of Anesthesiologists

Director of LGBTQ+ Health | Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity, Stanford Dept of Anesthesiology 

Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology

Division of Global Health Equity

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine

Stanford University School of Medicine

As a cisgender gay man, Dr. Reece-Nguyen understands the importance of LGBTQIA+ advocacy work and the ever-increasing need for improved LGBTQIA+ medical education, focusing specifically on the value of gender-affirming perioperative care. In his role as the Medical Director of the Gender Recognition and Affirmative Care through Education (GRACE) Team at Stanford Children’s Hospital and as the LGBTQ+ Health Leader for Stanford Anesthesiology Office of Diversity, Inclusivity, and Health Equity (ODIHE), Dr. Reece-Nguyen’s work promotes perioperative gender-affirming care education, quality improvement, and research efforts aimed at improving the healthcare experience for all transgender and gender-diverse adolescents. His clinical focus is ensuring all transgender and gender-diverse patients have an affirming and positive experience throughout their perioperative hospital stay. As the newly-appointed National Vice-Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists' first-ever Ad Hoc LGBTQ+ Committee, he is also active in increasing LGBTQ+ diversity, networking, and mentorship within anesthesiology along with improving the capacity of all anesthesiologists to provide optimal care to the LGBTQ+ community.