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- Physicians who do not believe they can provide unbiased or appropriate care for LGBT patients are encouraged to refer them to other doctors. But primary care physicians should be able to care for this population, said Joe Freund, MD, a family physician in Des Moines, Iowa, who specializes in treating LGBT patients.
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Transgender journey: recovering from surgery Transgender journey: recovering from surgery. After sex reassignment surgery, Juliet Jacques recuperates at home with her parents. An infection delays her recovery, but eventually pain begins to give way to pleasure. 'Lying down hurts far less than sitting.' Photograph: Roy Mcmahon/Corbis.
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President Obama gave transgender Americans a notable mention in the SOTU. But lack of data is holding back policy that could help. President Obama gave transgender Americans a notable mention in the SOTU. But lack of data is holding back policy that could help. In May, Orange is the New Black transgender star Laverne Cox appeared on the cover of Time.
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How Do I Find a Trans-Friendly Doctor? The provider directory of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association is the most comprehensive resource for finding transgender-friendly doctors. Access it at GLMA.org by following the link to “find a provider.” These providers have indicated an interest in treating LGBT patients and expertise in the field. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health also has a useful online provider directory at WPATH.org. In addition, local physician recommen-dations are generally available from behavioral health counselors and therapists who treat transgender patients.
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- medical definition of transgender of relating to or being a person as a transsexual or a transvestite who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person s sex at birthf relating to or being a person as a transsexual or transvestite who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person s sex at birth trans gen der ism ˌi zəm noun
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Overview Dr. Thomas Kaye is a family medicine doctor in Fruitport, Michigan and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Mercy Health St. Mary's Campus. He received his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He is one of 14 doctors at Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center and one of 198 at Mercy Health St. Mary's Campus who specialize in Family Medicine.
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Types of health care providers 1 The term generalist often refers to medical doctors (MDs) and doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) who specialize in internal medicine, family practice, or pediatrics.  OB/GYNs are doctors who specialize in obstetrics and gynecology, including women's health care, wellness, and prenatal care. Many women use an OB/GYN as their primary care provider.
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Trans Health At Equitas Health, we believe our role is to help our trans and gender non-conforming clients live authentically. Too often, health care providers who serve the trans community act as obstacles rather than facilitators. That’s why we administer Hormone Replacement Therapy via an Informed Consent Model. This means that at our clinics, you do not need prior approval from a psychiatrist or therapist to start HRT.
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Sex reassignment surgery Another term for SRS includes sex reconstruction surgery, and more clinical terms, such as feminizing genitoplasty or penectomy, orchiectomy, and vaginoplasty, are used medically for trans women, with masculinizing genitoplasty, metoidioplasty or phalloplasty often similarly used for trans men.
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Gender Medicine: The Groundbreaking New Science of Gender- and Sex-Related Diagnosis and Treatment Hardcover â July 26, 2016 About the Author. Marek Glezerman, M.D. is Professor Emeritus Chairman of Gender Medicine, and chairman of the Ethics Committee at the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. In the past he has chaired three major departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Israel.
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Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald was an African-American jazz singer. Considered to be one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century, she also was known as Lady Ella. Fitzgerald received 13 Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Art, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Beginnings. Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 17, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia.
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'Pregnant Man' Gives Birth to Girl Thomas Beatie, the transgender man who made headlines as the so-called pregnant man, gave birth Sunday to a healthy baby girl, ABC News has learned. The birth, at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon, was natural, according to a source, who added that reports that Beatie had had a Caesarean section are false. She's really cute, really pretty,'' the source told ABC News Thursday afternoon.
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- Michael Abrahams, MD, FACOG, NCMP is a Menopause Specialist and Gynecologist in Brooklyn. He is a NAMS Certified Practitioner. Menopause Issues. Treatment for a variety of symptoms including insomnia, sore breasts, mood swings, anxiety, incontinence and more.
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- Many transgender people do not experience their gender as distressing or disabling, which implies that identifying as transgender does not constitute a mental disorder. For these individuals, the significant problem is finding affordable resources, such as counseling, hormone therapy, medical procedures and the social support necessary to freely express their gender identity and minimize discrimination.
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What It's Like To Choose Transgender Sex Reassignment Surgery What It's Like To Choose Transgender Sex Reassignment Surgery. It wasn't until Deborah Svoboda dated someone who is trans that she understood how little she understood about being transgender. I realized how very misunderstood they were, including by me, she says. And that comes from someone who identifies as queer and has lived and worked in diverse communities. So Svoboda decided to use her skills as a multimedia journalist to learn about one aspect of transition: sex reassignment surgery. Surgery is something that people tend to fixate on. The Did she or didn't she? aspect of it even came up in Vanity Fair's coverage of Caitlyn Jenner's transition.
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Becoming Transsexual: Getting The Facts On Sex Reassignment Surgery One of the premier sex reassignment surgery centers in Bangkok, Preecha Aesthetic Institute (PAI) indicates on its website that it has performed 4,259 plastic and reconstructive surgery operations for MF reassignment.he long-term implications of transsexual surgeries may be difficult to grasp on a global basis. One reason is it is nearly impossible to calculate the number of SRSes performed each year, since private facilities are not subject to reporting requirements.
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- Female Reproductive System Procedures. Obstetrician – literally “midwife” in Latin. A physician specializing in the diagnosis and management of pregnancy and delivering babies. Gynecologist – a physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system and surgery of this area. Most physicians currently specialize in combined practice of OB/GYN.
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- The first famous transgender athlete in the U.S. was a former Yale tennis captain and ophthalmologist named Richard Raskind, who underwent surgery in 1975 and became Renee Renée. richards
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The high cost of being transgender In Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery posts cost estimates for different procedures. Its price list mentions estimates of $140,450 to transition from male to female, and $124,400 to transition from female to male.
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32-year-old transgender person found dead in driveway CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -. A transgender woman was found dead on the Cleveland's east side over the weekend. Police said that a passer-by spotted the body Saturday in the driveway at 10802 Drexel Road. The victim was identified as 32-year-old Brandi Bledsoe. Family members said she was a transgender woman.
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Umesh Inampudi, M.D. Dr. Edwin Thorpe, MD treats patients in Memphis, Tennessee and specializes in obstetrics & gynecology. Dr. Thorpe is licensed to practice medicine at Tennessee. Dr. Thorpe has successfully passed a background check including a medical license verification (active) and screening for malpractice history (none found).
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- Intersex and Transgender. There are commonalities between transgender and intersex experience. However, most people with intersex conditions do not identify as transgender--or even as intersexual. The vast majority of people with intersex conditions identify as men or as women with unusual medical conditions.
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- Pentagon Lifts Transgender Military Service Ban. Today, in an historic moment in the movement toward transgender equality, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced the lifting of the ban on transgender service members in the United States Armed.
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- Story TOpics. Search Yellow Pages. Rep. Jackie Speier, California Democrat. A House member plans to introduce a bill this month that would allow transgender troops to serve openly in the military by repealing a ban that she says is outdated and doesn’t serve any military or medical need.
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- 102 World Professional Association for Transgender Health The Standards of Care 7TH VERSION PsychiatricMasculinizing therapy involving testosterone or other androgenic steroids may increase the risk of hypomanic, manic, or psychotic symptoms in patients with underlying psychiatric disorders that include such symptoms.
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Dr. Polly Kanganis Dr. Polly Kanganis, MD, is an Obstetrics/Gynecology specialist in Bronxville, New York. She attended and graduated from Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons in 1990, having over 28 years of diverse experience, especially in Obstetrics/Gynecology.