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Session Type: Hot Topic Symposia

Taking the Next Steps in Transgender Care: Clinical Challenges and Research Gaps

Monday, May 3, 2021
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM US CT
CE: 2

On-Demand with Live Q&A
Course Number: 3520-SS-QA
Format Type: On-Demand with Live Q&A
Target Audience: Providers interested in the care of transgender youth and young adults including trainees, pediatricians, adolescent med, endocrinologists, gynecologists, and mental health providers

Session Description:

    Chair(s)

  • KG

    Katherine Greenberg, MD

    Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion
    Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology
    University of Rochester Medical Center
    Rochester, New York, United States

  • David Weber, MD, MSCE

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Endocrinology
    Pediatrics
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Learning Objectives:

  • (1) Discuss research gaps in diagnosing gender dysphoria in pre‐pubertal children and mental health needs for children and adolescents undergoing gender affirming therapy. (2) Review the implications of gender transition and gender affirming therapy on statural growth and final height (3) Understand the effects of gender affirming hormonal therapy on fertility (4) Become familiar with the potential long-term cardiometabolic consequences of gender affirming therapy initiated in adolescence.
This multi‐disciplinary session will focus on clinical and research gaps in caring for transgender youth undergoing gender affirming therapy. Specific topics will include mental health, statural growth, fertility, and cardiometabolic health. Presenters will summarize the current gaps in knowledge, provide practical,considerations for clinical care, and identify critical areas for future research.

Presentations:

  • 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM US CT
    Diagnostic and Mental Health Considerations for Transgender Youth Receiving Gender Affirming Medical Treatments

    Presenter: Jamie E. Mehringer, MD – University of Rochester Medical Center, Dept of Pediatrics, Div of Adolescent Medicine

  • 1:20 PM - 1:40 PM US CT
    Impact of Medical Transition on Growth in Youth with Gender Dysphoria

    Presenter: Stephanie Roberts, MD – Boston Children's Hospital

  • 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM US CT
    Fertility Considerations in Transgender Youth Receiving Gender Affirming Medical Treatments.

    Presenter: Diane Chen, PhD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  • 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM US CT
    Cardiovascular Risk Considerations in Transgender Youth Receiving Gender Affirming Medical Treatments

    Presenter: Nicole Mihalopoulos, MD, MPH – University of Utah

  • 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM US CT
    Break

    Presenter: Belinda Thomas

  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US CT
    Click for Live Q&A: Taking the Next Steps in Transgender Care: Clinical Challenges and Research Gaps

    Presenter: Belinda Thomas