Two studies from ENDO 2019 shed new light on gender dysphoria for patients undergoing gender-affirming surgery (GAS). A study of transgender women demonstrated the importance of hormone replacement after GAS while another study of transgender men showed that preserving ovarian reserve could allow for future reproduction. The road to gender affirmation just got smoother, thanks...
The Endocrine Society expressed major opposition to a rule proposed today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would jeopardize transgender individuals’ access to healthcare. The proposed regulation would weaken the previous administration’s definition of “sex discrimination” to remove protections for gender identity. Patients could be turned away or denied medical care...
Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD; Micol S. Rothman, MD; and Joshua D. Safer, MD, FACP, talk to Endocrine News about their ENDO 2019 Meet-The-Professor session on treating transgender patients and how they hope to further educate endocrinologists who are more likely than ever before to encounter these types of cases. ENDO 2019 is next month, and...
CEU Preview: Transgender Health – Endocrinologist as Local Expert
As the transgender community continues to grow, it’s becoming more and more likely that a practicing endocrinologist will encounter such a patient. A CEU session presented by Joshua Safer, MD, executive director of the Mount Sinai Health System for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York, will address the special needs of this growing patient...Endocrine Society Hosts Congressional Briefing on Transgender Health
On Monday July 30, the Endocrine Society hosted a congressional briefing entitled “Transgender Health: Meeting Patient Needs Through Research and Improved Access to Care.” The briefing was sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). The speakers at the briefing consisted of Endocrine Society member Joshua Safer, MD, executive director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender...Join the Endocrine Society in Washington D.C. for a Briefing on Transgender Health
Endocrine Society Issues New Gender-Affirmation Treatment Guideline
The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on the treatment for gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons to develop the physical characteristics of the affirmed gender. The CPG, entitled “Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published online and will appear in the November 2017 print issue of the Journal of...
