Stephen Rosenthal is an Amercian pediatrician who specializes in care for trans and gender diverse youth. Rosenthal is co-founder and medical director of the multidisciplinary UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center (CAGC).
Background
According to a profile at USCF Benioff Children’s Hospitals:
Rosenthal earned his medical degree from the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, where he also completed a residency in pediatrics. He completed a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at UCSF.
An active member of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, Rosenthal has served as its president and on multiple committees. He also serves on the board of directors for the Endocrine Society. When that international organization created a task force to revise guidelines on care of transgender patients, he served as the Pediatric Endocrine Society’s official representative and as a co-author.
References
Pine, Dan (July 29, 2016). Q&A: Head of a gender clinic for youth. J https://jweekly.com/2016/07/29/talking-with-head-of-a-gender-clinic-for-youth/
Kost, Ryan (June 18, 2017). Research on transgender children still in its infancy. San Francisco Chronicle https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2017/transgender-child/research/
Readon, Sara (March 29, 2016). Largest ever study of transgender teenagers set to kick off. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/531560a
Selected publications
Rosenthal, Stephen [Foreword]. in Ehrensaft, Diane; Jurkiewicz, Michelle. Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World. ISBN: 9798893030723
Media
Nawaz, Amna; Loffman, Matt (February 24, 2022). Claiming abuse, Texas tries to prevent gender-affirming care for trans children. PBS News https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/claiming-abuse-texas-tries-to-prevent-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-children
Resources
University of California, San Francisco (ucsf.edu)
- Stephen Rosenthal, MD
- profiles.ucsf.edu/stephen.rosenthal
USCF Benioff Children’s Hospitals (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)
- Stephen M. Rosenthal MD
- https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/providers/stephen-m-rosenthal
Endocrine Society (endocrine.org)
- Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD
- https://www.endocrine.org/our-community/profiles/rosenthal-stephen