Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Gender-Affirming Care

Services and Appointments

The Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health offers comprehensive, evidence-based and affirming care for transgender youth and adults that is in line with the standards of care set by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). We offer services for children and adolescents, dermatology, facial gender surgery, fertility, gynecology and obstetrics, hormone treatment, hysterectomy, mental health, penile construction (phalloplasty/metoidioplasty), primary care, top surgery (mastectomy or augmentation), urology, vaginal construction (vaginoplasty), and voice therapy.

Our Services

The Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health embraces diversity, inclusion, and respect for autonomy by providing affirming care across the life span. Our health care professionals provide culturally competent, evidence-based care and advance the human condition through medical knowledge, research and education.

  • Our Team

    Our team is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care that’s in line with the standards of care set by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

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  • Transgender Medicine Elective

    This course is a 2- or 4-week immersive clinical experience for urban health residents who want to learn more about the care of transgender and gender diverse patients.

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  • Clinical Trials and Research Studies

    See clinical trials and research options for the Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health community.

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  • Complex Gender Microsurgery Fellowship

    This fellowship will seek to train the future leaders in complex reconstructive surgery, gender affirming surgery, and microsurgery, with an additional focus on a multi-disciplinary approach to surgical planning and management.

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Request An Appointment

All patients can schedule by phone. Once patients have scheduled an appointment, we recommend signing up for MyChart.

Schedule by phone

Call us at 844-546-5645

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Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health’s New Name

The center’s medical director, Dr. Fan Liang, shares the reasons behind the Center for Transgender Health changing its name to the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, as well as introduces the center’s new mission statement.

announcement EHP Expansions of Gender-Affirming Care Benefits and Supports

Beginning July 1, all Johns Hopkins health insurance plans (EHP) will be updated and aligned enterprisewide to cover an expanded range of gender-affirming care for all users of these plans.

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Resources

Center Leadership

Fan Liang, M.D.

Samuel P. Asper Award - Helene Hedian, M.D.

Dr. Helene Hedian received the Samuel P. Asper Award distributed by the American College of Physicians for excellence in medicine. The annual award is named for Dr. Asper, who enjoyed a distinguished career in both organized and academic medicine.

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Read blog posts from The Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health.

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The Johns Hopkins Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils

Have you or a loved one been a patient or caregiver at The Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health? If so, The Center welcomes you to join us as an advisor!

Apply to PFAC