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Ari R. Joffe vs. transgender people

Ari R. Joffe is a Canadian physician and anti-transgender activist. Joffe is has co-authored papers with people associated with anti-trans hate group Society for Evidence based Gender Medicine (SEGM), including Chan Kulatunga-Moruzi, “J. Cohn,” and Moti Gorin.

Background

Joffe specialized in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Calgary, Canada. Joffe got specialist training in pediatric critical care at the University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children.

Joffe is a clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics, and Adjunct Professor at the John Dossetor Health Ethics Center, at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.

Joffe has been a pediatric critical care medicine specialist practicing in Edmonton, Canada since 1995.

Selected anti-trans writing by Joffe

Kirby J (2025). A multi-lens ethics analysis of gender-affirming care for youth with implications for practice and policy. The American Journal of Bioethics 25 (6):57–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2025.2497983

Lewis, J. E., Patterson, A. R., Effirim, M. A., Patel, M. M., Lim, S. E., Cuello, V. A., Phan, M. H., & Lee, W.-C. (2025). Examining gender-specific mental health risks after gender-affirming surgery: a national database study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 22(4), 645–651. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf026

  • Kulatunga-Moruzi, C., Dinu, I., & Joffe, A. R. (2025). Letter to the Editor on “Examining gender-specific mental health risks after gender-affirming surgery: a national database study.” The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 22(9), 1712–1713. https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf160

Resources

University of Alberta (ualberta.ca)

  • Ari Joffe
  • ualberta.ca/en/john-dossetor-health-ethics-centre/about/people/adjunctmembers/ari-joffe.html

Canada Strong & Free Network (canadastrongandfree.network)

Critical Care Canada Forum (criticalcarecanada.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)