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Center for Transgender Health

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Services and Appointments

The Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender 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

 

Embracing diversity and inclusion, the Center for Transgender Health provides affirming, objective, person-centered care. We improve health and enhance wellness; educate interdisciplinary health care professionals to provide culturally competent, evidence-based care; inform the public on transgender and nonbinary health issues; and advance medical knowledge by conducting biomedical research.

  • 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.

    The team at the Center for Transgender Health.

  • 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 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.

 

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.

Visit EHP.org

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Center Leadership

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

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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A Blog from the Center for Transgender Health

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