OHSU-led study seeks to better support transgender patients before surgery

$7 million award brings together 6 U.S. hospitals to evaluate peer support programing for gender-affirming vaginoplasty prep

By Franny White July 20, 2023 Portland, Oregon

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Amy Penkin, M.S.W., LCSW (OHSU)

Portrait of Geolani Dy, M.D.

Oregon Health & Science University surgeon-scientist Geolani Dy, M.D., will lead a multi-center study to evaluate how peer support programs can help patients prepare for a gender-affirming surgery known as vaginoplasty. (Christine Torres Hicks/OHSU)