Transgender physical health
In this second episode, Dr Rona Carroll discusses the medical and surgical initiation and maintenance of gender affirming hormone treatment and surgical intervention in the transgender- transitioning patient.
Topics:
- 01:00 Gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT).
- 03:25 Considerations need to be made prior to GAHT.
- 05:23 Discussing feminising hormonal therapy.
- 13:02 Masculinising hormones.
- 18:30 Gender affirming surgery.
Take-home messages
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Resources
- Transgender health Goodfellow Unit podcast (2018)
- Be There website Youth Sector Rainbow Collective
- GPs' Guides for Maintenance Hormones PATHA
- Guidelines for gender affirming healthcare for gender diverse and transgender children, young people and adults in Aotearoa New Zealand University of Waikato research commons
Presenter
Dr Rona Carroll
General Practitioner
Dr Rona Carroll is a specialist GP working in a student health service and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice at the University of Otago, Wellington. She has a special interest in transgender healthcare and is a member of the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) education committee. Rona provides gender-affirming hormone therapy to trans and non-binary patients and is interested in educating medical students and health practitioners in this area.