Some transgender and gender diverse people choose medical options as part of a gender transition. The following medical specialties can be involved in trans and gender diverse healthcare.
Related specialties
- Anesthesiology
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Infectious disease
- Neurology
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Reproductive medicine
- Surgery
- General surgery
- Craniofacial Surgery
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Plastic surgery
- Urology
Medical professionals who are trans
Trans and gender diverse physicians, surgeons, and healthcare professionals have been documented throughout recorded history. This list is incomplete and focuses on physicians and surgeons the past 150 years.
- Robert Allen (radiology) British, born 1914
- Rebecca Allison (cardiology) American, born 1946
- Janis Ashley (pediatrician) American, born 1951, retransitioned 1989
- Ben Barres (neurology) American, 1954–2017
- James Barry (surgeon) British, 1789–1865
- Sara Kristine Becker (primary care) American, born 1951
- Deborah Bershel (primary care) American, born 1953 deborahbershel.com
- Dana Beyer (primary care) American, born 1952
- Marci Bowers (gynecology, surgery) American, born 1958
- Camille Cabral (dermatologist) French-Brazilian, born 1944
- Richard Curtis (primary care) Polish-British, born 1967
- Eleno de Céspedes (1545-died after 1588)
- Madeline Brianna “Maddie” Deutsch (primary care) born September 1, 1972
- Ewan Forbes (primary care) British, 1912–1991
- Alan L. Hart (radiologist) American, 1890–1962
- Gloria Hemingway (primary care) American, 1931–2001
- Sheila Kirk (gynecology, surgery) American, born 1930
- Jamie Koufman (plastic surgeon) American, born 1947
- Anne Lawrence (anesthesiology) American, born 1950
- Ellie Zara Ley (plastic surgery), Mexican-American, born 1974
- Robertina Manganaro (primary care) Italian, born 1958
- Carys Massarella (emergency medicine) Canadian, born 1965
- Christine McGinn (plastic surgeon) American, born 1969
- Sarah Muirhead-Allwood (orthopedic surgeon) British, born 1947
- Alice Novic (psychiatrist) American, born 1963
- Madeleine Pelletier (psychiatrist) French, 1874–1939
- Eugene Perkins (primary care) American, 1869–1936
- Renée Richards (ophthalmology) American, born 1934
- Joy Shaffer (primary care) American, born 1955
- Georgina Somerset (dentist) [DSD] British, 1923–2013
- Mary Edwards Walker (surgeon) American, 1832–1919
Resources
A Gender Variance Who’s Who (zagria.blogspot.com)