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2018 Gender Odyssey

del 21 al 24 de June del 2018

Los Angeles, California

Medical Needs of Trans Youth: Cross Hormones

viernes, el 10 de agosto de 2018 a las 11:00–12:20 PDT
Rm 604
Workshop Description

Transgender teens and their families often struggle to find appropriate, thorough, and sensitive health care services. Up-to-date, informed medical care can greatly increase the positive effects of a teen’s physical gender transition and their overall mental well-being. This workshop focuses primarily on medical intervention for transgender adolescent youth and will cover the use of cross hormones in this population.

Conference Track

Family

Primary Contact

Workshop Presenters

Dan Metzger, MD
Presenter Bio

Dr. Dan Metzger is a pediatric endocrinologist at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, and a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of British Columbia. He and his colleagues in the BCCH Gender Clinic, working in partnership with community colleagues and provincial agencies, have been seeing and providing medical treatment for transgender and gender-questioning kids and youth since 1998. In 2018, he was honored with an American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement Award for his work with trans youth.

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