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The Center for Transgender Health

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CTH staff

The administrative headquarters for the Center for Transgender Health’s is at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Along with medical director Devin O’Brien Coon and clinical program director Paula M. Neira, the staff includes coordinator Melissa Noyes, patient service coordinator Tanya Knight, nurse Ro Bowman, social worker Rachel Hettleman, physician assistant Lauren Eisenbeis and senior financial clearance specialist Malika Blackmon. Effective November 1, 2021 Dr. O’Brien-Coon will be stepping down as Chief Medical Director. Learn more. 

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Featured Article Nurse, lawyer, and Navy veteran leads Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

Paula Neira

Since opening in 2017, the Center for Transgender Health has about 50 clinicians involved in comprehensive transgender health care and has interacted with over 2,800 patients. They offer gender affirmation surgery and nonsurgical services across such fields as dermatology, fertility, and voice therapy. 

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Center Staff

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Paula M. Neira, J.D., M.S.N.

Clinical Program Director, John Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
 
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Devin O'Brien-Coon, M.D., M.S.E.

Chief Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
 
 

  • Malika Blackmon

    Senior Financial Clearance Specialist, Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

    Malika Blackmon

  • Ro Bowman

    CTH Specialty Nurse

    Ro Bowman

  • Lauren Eisenbeis

    Physician Assistant, Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

    Lauren Eisenbeis

  • Rachel Hettleman, LMSW

    Social Worker

    Rachel Hettleman

  • Tanya Knight

    Patient Service Coordinator

    Tanya Knight

  • Melissa Noyes

    Clinical Program Coordinator, Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

    Melissa Noyes

Anesthesia

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Kara G. Segna, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)
 

Dermatology

 

 

Endocrinology

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Shabina Roohi Ahmed, M.D.

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Downtown Bethesda
 
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Adrian Sandra Dobs, M.D., M.H.S.

Director, Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network
Director, Johns Hopkins - SYSU (China) Collaboration
Director - Johns Hopkins Center to Reduce Cancer Disparities
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Oncology
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
 

Laryngology/Voice Services

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Lee Michael Akst, M.D.

Director of the Johns Hopkins Voice Center
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
 
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Simon Roderick Alfred Best, M.D.

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
 
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Ashley Corrinne Davis, M.S.

Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
 
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Kristine M. Pietsch, M.A.

Speech Language Pathologist
Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
 

Mental Health

Kate Thomas, Ph.D.

Mental Health Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

Kate Thomas

Gynecology and Obstetrics

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Stephen James Martin, M.D.

Instructor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Canton Crossing
 

Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

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Errol Lamont Fields, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
 
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Renata Sanders, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.M.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
 
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Matthew H Taylor, M.D.

 

  • Kathy Tomaszewski, RN

    Adolescent Nurse Coordinator
    Harriet Lane Clinic, Johns Hopkins Children's Center

    Kathy Tomaszewski

  • Tisha James, LGSW

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Plastic Surgery/Gender Affirmation Surgery

Photo of Dr. Oluseyi Aliu, M.D.

Oluseyi Aliu, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
 
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Devin O'Brien-Coon, M.D., M.S.E.

Chief Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
 
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Richard James Redett, III, M.D.

Director, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Director, Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Director, Cleft Lip and Palate Center
Director, Genitourinary Transplant Program
Co-Director, Brachial Plexus Clinic, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Associate Director, Pediatric Burn Program
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor of Pediatrics
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)
 

Primary Care

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Zackary Dov Berger, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Editor, Johns Hopkins Physician Education and Assessment Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
 
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Helene Frances Hedian, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station
 

  • Jill Crank, C.R.N.P.

    Primary location: JHCP Remington
    Jill Crank

  • Raina Crawford, C.R.N.P.

    Primary location: JHCP Odenton
    Raina Crawford

  • Julie El-Taher, C.R.N.P.

    Primary location: JHCP Frederick
    Julie El-Taher

Urology

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Arthur Louis Burnett, M.D.

Director, Basic Science Laboratory in Neuro-Urology
Patrick C. Walsh Professor of Urology
Director, Sexual Medicine Fellowship Program
Professor of Urology
Professor of Oncology
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
 
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Heather Noelle Di Carlo, M.D.

Director, Pediatric Urology Research
Assistant Professor of Urology
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)
 
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