Bio

Dr. Benji Laniakea serves as the chief of the Stanford LGBTQ+ Adult Clinical Program, which offers comprehensive and tailored healthcare for the LGBTQ+ patient population for patients of all ages, sexualities, and gender identities. They also serve as the theme lead for the Sex, Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Function curriculum at the Stanford School of Medicine for which they received the Arthur L. Bloomfield Award, and have the honor of advising the American Medical Association on LGBTQ+ Health.

Clinical Focus

  • LGBT Health
  • Transgender Health
  • Family Medicine

Academic Appointments

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine, Family Medicine (2016)
  • Medical Education: University of Buffalo School of Medicine (2013) NY
  • Residency: UCSF Fresno Family Medicine Residency Program CA
  • MD, SUNY University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Contact

  • Academic
    laniakea@stanford.edu
    Department: Med/Primary Care and Population Health Position: Clinical Associate Professor

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 5411
  • Other Names:
    Benji Laniakea

Research Interests

  • Gender Issues

2025-26 Courses

All Publications

  • A Venue-Based Approach to Asymptomatic Mpox Screening and Doxy-PEP Provision: From Outbreak to Outreach, San Francisco, California, 2023‒2024. American journal of public health Contag, C. A., Renfro, Z. T., Mukund, A. X., Quint, M., Amitin, S., Levy, V., Hammack, P. L., Pinsky, B. A., Laniakea, B. 2025: e1-e5

    Abstract

    The 2022 global outbreak of clade IIb mpox disproportionately impacted lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities and highlighted issues of stigma, access to health care, and health care‒associated trauma. Together with LGBTQ+ community partners, our research team implemented venue-based mpox virus and antibody testing. In response to feedback from our community partners, this effort evolved to include broader elements of sexual health services, including distribution of prescriptions for doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 18, 2025:e1-e5. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308309).

    View details for DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2025.308309

    View details for PubMedID 41411638

  • Collaborative Efforts Between Medical Faculty and Learners to Enhance the Institutional Climate for LGBTQ plus Trainees ACADEMIC MEDICINE Jia, J. L., Mukund, A. X., Laniakea, B. H. 2025; 100 (2): 120

    View details for DOI 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005904

    View details for Web of Science ID 001410755800025

    View details for PubMedID 39423007

  • Training student teachers to improve LGBTQ plus health education MEDICAL EDUCATION Moutwakil, A., Wary, N. K., Laniakea, B., Gisondi, M. A. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1111/medu.15330

    View details for Web of Science ID 001161028000001

    View details for PubMedID 38348609

  • Teaching transgender cultural competency with standardised patients MEDICAL EDUCATION Mukund, A. X., Jia, J. L., Nedelman, M., Rydel, T. A., Bajra, R., Srinivasan, M., Schillinger, E., Laniakea, B. H. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1111/medu.15325

    View details for Web of Science ID 001161460300001

    View details for PubMedID 38348701

  • A case of a trans-masculine patient receiving testosterone with a history of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. The breast journal Eckhert, E. n., Laniakea, B. n., Kurian, A. W. 2020

    View details for DOI 10.1111/tbj.13829

    View details for PubMedID 32255524

  • Depression in the LGBT Patient: A Standardized Patient Encounter Huang, B., et al MedEd Portal. 2014