
Assist. Professor of Community Medicine, UCSF-Fresno; Faculty- Fresno Family Practice Residency Program. Board-Certified in Family Practice; Fellow- AAFP. Member- WPATH/HBIGDA, IFGE; UCSF Centers of Excellence for TG Healthcare; Practicing Physician, Selma CA- Family Medicine with Obstetrics and Transgender Medicine. Presenter at national TG Conferences including IFGE, Esprit, Southern Comfort, N. Calif. Conf. on TG Health & Wellness and WPATH International Symposium, Oslo, Norway, June 2009. California's 2009 LGBT Delegate to the AAFP's National Congress of Special Constituencies and the 2009 UCSF's Chancellor's Award for LGBT Leadership.
'Wholistic' Healthcare for T's: Before, During
and After Transitioning
This presentation will concentrate on healthcare issues affecting T's beyond just cross-gender hormone treatment. It will deal with the psychological and emotional stressors encountered by T's, 'deleting' unhealthy pre-transition habits to reduce health risks during transition thereby cultivating a new lifestyle to go along with your new gender, and will cover the health maintenance problems important to T's after transitioning.
Cross-Gender Hormone Treatment for GID
This presentation discusses available treatments, expected results, and current practices in using hormone therapy as part of a treatment approach to GID.
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