Half of transgender patients leave home state for surgery, study finds

Traveling patients pay more; limited local access to gender-affirming surgeons a likely reason

By Franny White July 06, 2022 Portland, Oregon

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Jae Downing, Ph.D., is using methodologies that avoid erasing transgender and gender diverse people from research. That includes an inclusive approach to study design and conducting research in ways that reflect the needs and issues of sexual and gender minorities. (OHSU/Casey Williamson)

Geolani Dy, M.D., at OHSU Urology

Geolani Dy, M.D., has focused her research on studying outcomes of Gender-Affirming Genital Surgery for transgender- and non-binary-identifying individuals from the patient and community perspective. She poses here in the OHSU Urology clinic on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Gender-affirming surgery

Daniel Dugi, M.D., FACS, co-founder of the Oregon Health & Science University's Transgender Health Program and its surgical medical director. Dugi is one of a handful of reconstructive urologists who primarily focus on gender-affirming genital procedures, such as vaginoplasties, for vaginal construction. (OHSU/Fritz Liedtke)

OHSU/Fritz Liedtke