Transgender Research and Medicine SIG

Live Event Date: August 10, 2022, 1-2 PM EDT

The Transgender Research and Medicine SIG held a webinar on cancer screening in gender minorities. The recording is now available. Attendees will receive an overview of preventative care disparities in gender diverse populations and an update on screening guideline recommendations. Breast, cervical, anal, and prostate cancers will be highlighted in this session. 

Speakers: 

• Michelle Cordoba Kissee, MD. Endocrinologist, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at Renaissance
• Ole-Petter Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Learning objectives: 

• Recognize disparities in cancer prevalence and screening rates in transgender and gender diverse populations.
• Summarize available data on prevalence of key cancers in transgender and gender-diverse people.
• Choose appropriate cancer screening strategies based on organs at risk and hormonal milieu.

View the recording. 

Gender-Affirming Therapy and Bone Health 

The Transgender Research and Medicine SIG held a webinar on Gender-Affirming Therapy and Bone Health on November 9, 2021, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT. 

Speakers:

• Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine , Staff Physician, Atlanta VA Medical Center
• Radhika Narla , MD, Assistant Professor Medicine, Fellowship Program VA Site Coordinator, University of Washington

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Hormones and Breast Health 

Transgender Research and Medicine SIG held a webinar on hormones and breast health on October 25, 2021 

Speaker: Tamar Reisman, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Learning Objectives:

• Describe hormonal influence on breast development. 
• Review breast cancer screening techniques and recommendations.
• Encourage discussion about the extent to which our current understanding of the above in cisgender individuals may or may not apply to the transgender persons. 

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SOGI Collection for Medical Purposes 

Speakers: Madeline Deutsch, MD, MPH, University of California San Francisco Health; Chris Grasso, MPH, Fenway Health Join the Transgender Research and Medicine Special Interest Group for a webinar on SOGI collection for medical purposes.

Learning Objectives: 

• Participants will be able to describe methods to actively engage and educate staff on the importance of collecting SOI data and how to do so, and its impact on health disparities
• Participants will be able to describe the impact SOGI data collection will have on key stakeholders (patients, staff, and management)
• Participants will be able to describe how the customization to an EHR can improve communication, data and quality management activities including the collection and reporting of patient-level information, clinical outcomes and better care coordination.

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Transgender Research and Medicine Special Interest Group Networking Event at ENDO 2021

Date: March 23,2021
Co-Chairs: Sean Iwamoto, MD,Caroline Davidge-Pitts, MBBCH

Join the Transgender Research and Medicine Special Interest Group for exciting small group discussions about this exciting and evolving field. Attendees of this session are invited to network and share their insights with colleagues interested in transgender research and medicine. The event will feature small group discussions based on interest and expertise- clinicians, educators, pediatricians, researchers, and those with public policy interests are all encouraged to attend.

The Transgender Research and Medicine Special Interest Group held a webinar on issues around transgender health and aging. This webinar has been designated for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Faculty:

Amy Diesburg-Stanwood, DNP, FNP-BC
Minneapolis VA Medical Center

Sean Iwamoto, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, UCHealth Integrated Transgender Program

Micol Rothman, MD (Moderator) 
University of Colorado School of Medicine and UCHealth Integrated Transgender Program

Karyne Vinales, MD 
Phoenix VA Medical Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine

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Tune into this webinar to learn more about the principles, risks and benefits of gender affirming hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and understand the informed consent and risk reduction models. By the end of this webinar, participants will be prepared to appropriately initiate and monitor gender affirming hormone replacement therapy in uncomplicated patients.

Faculty:

Speakers: Siham Accacha, MD
NYU Langone Health System

Michelle Cordoba Kissee, MD
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at Renaissance

Isha Mittal, MPH, Medical Student
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Ashton Santo, MSW Candidate
Silberman School of Social Work

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Tune into this webinar to explore the role of 5 alpha reductase inhibitors in gender diverse (trans and non-binary) individuals.

Faculty:

Moderator: Micol Rothman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Co-Founder UC Health Integrated Transgender Program

Speaker: Michael S. Irwig, MD
Attending Physician
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center