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Phalloplasty and Metoidioplasty: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
Workshop Description
A full time transgender surgeon will tell you everything you need to know before, during and after gender confirming FTM bottom surgery, highlighting preparation, choosing your perfect surgery type, potential complications and their treatment. This talk features graphic intra-operative photographs and may be disturbing to some. It is designed for patients, advocates, nonmedical professionals and medical professionals alike.
Conference Track
Professional
Topic
Medical
Workshop Outline/Powerpoint
Primary Contact
Richard Santucci, MD, FACS, Crane Surgical Services; Austin, TX
Workshop Presenters
Richard Santucci, MD, FACS
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Presenter Bio
Dr. Santucci spent 18 years as a full-time academic reconstructive urologist and now devotes his expertise full time to the challenges of transgender surgery. He is an author of more than 100 scientific articles and has served on the editorial boards of more than ta dozen journals. He is a senior surgeon at Brownstein-Crane Surgical Services (Austin), one of the worlds most busy and experienced gender confirmation surgery groups.
Michael Safir, M.D., Brownstein & Crane Surgical Services
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Presenter Bio
Michael H. Safir, M.D. is a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology with subspecialization in FPM and Reconstructive Surgery. He graduated from Northwestern University in the Honors Program in Medical Education where he received his Bachelors and Medical Degrees. Dr. Safir completed his urology residency at Northwestern University and was awarded the Dr. Susan Perlman Award as the senior resident, among all specialties at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital, “who best exemplified academic excellence, special leadership skills and compassion for patients.” He was selected to complete two separate year-long highly competitive fellowships in Male (UCSF) and Female (UCLA) Genito-urinary Reconstructive Surgery. His mentors were Dr. Jack McAninch and Dr. Shlomo Raz at these institutions. Dr. Safir has served as Section Chief of Reconstructive Urology at New York Medical College and as a Clinical Instructor in Urology at both UCLA and UCSF. He is one of a handful of urologists in the world with individual fellowship training and experience in both male and female genital reconstruction. Prior to relocating to San Francisco, Dr. Safir practiced urology in Los Angeles, where he served as President of the Los Angeles Urological Society. Dr. Safir completed an intensive fellowship with Brownstein & Crane and is performing all aspects of bottom surgery for the trans community.