We provide BFLM medical care through lactation consultants and breastfeeding and lactation medicine providers in New York State, both in person and virtually. We operate a research program, offer education in local collaboratives and online, and engage with grant funded projects to promote equitable access to lactation care.
URMC Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine hopes to partner with USBC to have a voice in guiding the policy priorities on a national level based on local experience and feedback from the New York state communities we are serving. Increasing access via Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Telemedicine has allowed a unique opportunity to have broader patient access and it would be wonderful to help establish national support for this model. We also bring humility and open ears - hoping to learn more about coalition building, building for diversity and equity, and incorporating patient voices into our work.