FTM / TRANS HEALTH

WHAT ABOUT FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUALS needing hysterectomy and oophorectomy? We welcome TransMen for their surgical care, and assure them that our office and Sequoia Hospital staffs are very happy to provide your care.

I have performed my hysterectomy surgery for FTM guys since 1996. Sometimes I have worked with Dr. Michael Brownstein (www.brownsteinmd.com) performing top surgery at Sequoia hospital, and find that he does excellent top surgery (see top left photo.)

I am still sad that ignorance won out when Senator Jesse Helms codified transgender discrimination into our nation's laws when he added his amendment to the (otherwise very good) Americans with Disabilities Act. The Act, as passed, prohibits any insurance, private or public, from having to cover my transgender brothers and sisters medical and surgical needs. I have negotiated costs with Sequoia Hospital, our team of pathologists, anesthesiologists and surgical assistants to charge very low costs for a surgical package for FTM's seeking bottom surgery. I am proud to report that I have helped over 100 TransGuys become more themselves, more aligned with who they really are.

While I do follow the World Professional Organization for Transgender Health (WPATH) www.wpath.org/publications_standards.cfm Standards of Care guidelines, most of the guys consulting me for surgery have already had top surgery and have been on T for a while, so there is usually no need for any documentation or letters, etc. Call our office and speak with Laurie Page to get current details.

Download and print Surgical Instructions and Recovery Information for TransGuys and bring these with you to the office and hospital.

PDFS FOR DOWNLOAD:
TLH for Transmen
Advocacy for women's health should include lesbians health
AMA mentoring article
Evidence why ACOG should endorse marriage equality for lesbian patients
Inclusion of lesbians in healthcare plans
Transmission of HPV by exclusive lesbian sex