On Thursday, Feb. 10 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm, Joshua D. Safer, MD, FACP, FACE, the Executive Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS) and Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, gave a virtual talk to review the reasons for the shift in the model of delivery for gender-affirming care for trans people and then will review some of the hormone strategies along with the status of interest in various gender-affirming surgeries.
This event, organized by the Office of Student Life – LGBTQ Resource Center/Pluralism & Diversity, in partnership with the Department of Nursing, Department of Social Work, Department of Physical Therapy, and the Gender Resource Group, also featured a question-and-answer segment at the end of the program.
The event was made possible through the generous support of LaGuardia Community College/CUNY and the New York City Council through the offices of Daniel Dromm (District 25) and Speaker Corey Johnson.
By: Jeremiah Jurkiewicz
