Neurologist
Z Paige L'Erario (previously known as Mackenzie Paige Lerario) is an American neurologist and writer who researches neurological and mental health outcomes in the transgender and gender diverse community. Faer writing on neurology, mental health, and LGBTQ+ healthcare has appeared in "Scientific American", "Neurology" Blogs, "Psychiatric Times", and "Social Work Today".
Career.
L’Erario’s early career involved clinical research in stroke epidemiology and prehospital stroke care. Fae served as the Director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Mobile Stroke Unit Program. L’Erario published various peer-reviewed articles on stroke care and was published in the "New England Journal of Medicine" for faer work on BEnefits of Stroke Treatment Delivered Using a Mobile Stroke Unit (BEST-MSU).
L’Erario publicly identified as transgender in 2019. Faer later career has involved social activism work in Westchester, NY under the name Greenburgh Pride, which fae co-founded in 2021 while a graduate student at Fordham University. In 2021, L’Erario co-founded the Gender Equity Working Group of the American Academy of Neurology’s LGBTQI Section. As of 2023, Fae is the Section’s elected Vice-Chair. Fae also serves on the editorial board of the scientific journal "Neurology: Clinical Practice".
Gender Identity Discrimination Lawsuit.
Since 2020, L’Erario has been involved in litigation within the Southern District of New York alleging job bias and retaliation. A motion to dismiss by NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and Weill Cornell Medicine was denied by Judge John G Koeltl in 2022. The court has denied L'Erario's request for a preliminary injunction and reinstatement while the case proceeds.