Join us for the first in a series looking at the latest in transgender health care. A dynamic panel of doctors and experts in the field of trans and nonbinary medical and health care will explain the latest developments in the field.
This first program in the series will address the future of trans health care, current advancements in care and accessibility, and best practices in serving trans and nonbinary community members today and in the future. This launch event will also include a reception following the program.
Future programs will cover a wide range of issues facing trans health care, including the ongoing attacks on trans children and families, policy advancements, mental health and wellness, and more.
This launch event will also include a special rooftop reception following the program, featuring DJ NICO and local drag superstars Mary Vice, King MeatFlap and Kypper Snacks—plus fabulous local drinks and appetizers.
About the Speakers
Doctor Alexis Petra, M.D. is the founder and CEO of TransClinique. Petra was a practicing emergency medicine physician for over ten years prior to founding TransClinique. In 2019, she was named one of Phoenix magazine’s Top Doctors in the Valley. Dr. Petra is board-certified in emergency medicine and licensed in more than 30 states. Alexis founded TransClinique in April 2020 to give back to and create a safe space for members of the community to receive care. She provides hormone replacement therapy (HRT), letters of referral, and trans life coaching across the country through telemedicine. As a trans woman herself, Alexis understands the unique needs that members of this community have and knows firsthand both the hardships and rewards of the journey. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
Dr. Ellie Zara Ley, M.D., is a plastic surgeon at the Gender Confirmation Center. She is an accomplished board-certified plastic surgeon who had more than 15 years of specialized training in plastic, craniofacial and micro surgery before learning the art of gender confirmation surgery. She worked at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY and in the general surgery program at the University of Arizona. Fellowship training followed: pediatric craniofacial plastic surgery at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City; hand and microsurgery at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles; and plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Dr. Christi Butler, M.D., is an assistant professor and urologic surgeon at the University of California San Francisco. She received her undergraduate training at Harvard University, where she concentrated in human evolutionary biology. She graduated from the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University in 2014 and subsequently completed her residency in urologic surgery at the UCSF. In 2019 she received a certificate in Patient Advocacy from the University of California Los Angeles, before going on to complete a fellowship in gender-affirming surgery and urologic reconstruction at Oregon Health and Science University under Drs. Daniel Dugi and Geolani Dy in 2020.
Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, M.D., is a surgeon and the director of MoZaic Care, Inc. She specializes in minimally invasive urogynecology, genitourinary surgery, pelvic reconstructive surgery and gender confirmation surgery. She has been a practicing surgeon in California since 1999. She received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley, as well as a Masters in Physiology and medical degree from Chicago Medical School. After 10 years of training in Chicago and at Johns Hopkins, she created the original Comprehensive Pelvic Medicine & Continence Center at California Pacific Medical Center. She has since developed the Comprehensive Pelvic Center at Pacific Gynecology & Obstetrics Medical Group office and then became director of the Urogynecology Center of San Francisco. In 2013, she was in the vanguard of first board-certified specialists in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy recognized her in 2017 as a founding surgeon at The California Pacific Medical Center Minimally Invasive Gynecology Center of Excellence due to her laparoscopic and robotic laparoscopic volume and outcomes.
NOTES
The Commonwealth Club thanks Gilead Sciences, Inc. for its generous support of The Michelle Meow Show.
We are proud to partner with TransClinique on this special event series. TransClinique is the first national trans-owned and operated gender-affirming tele-health clinic. Lean more at [ Ссылка ]
APRIL 8, 2022
Michelle Meow
Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KBCW TV and Podcast; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors—Co-Host
John Zipperer
Producer and Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable; Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club
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