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Transgender Health Program

Joshua Riverdale (left) meets with surgeon Dr. Jens Berli in May, 2018, for a post-surgery follow-up. OHSU offers a broad spectrum of medically necessary gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy, mental health care, surgery and more. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Aedan Coffey, M.P.H. (OHSU)

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

Geolani Dy, M.D. (OHSU)

Blair Peters, M.D. (OHSU)

Blair Peters, M.D. (he/they),
assistant professor of surgery, division of plastic and reconstructive surgery at OHSU's School of Medicine. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Jess Guerriero, M.A., M.S.W.

Jess Guerriero, M.A., M.S.W., is a patient intake and referral specialist for the OHSU Transgender Health Program. (OHSU/Fritz Liedtke)

OHSU/ Fritz Liedtke

Hales Skelton

Hales Skelton, volunteer with the OHSU Transgender Health Program, leads a training at OHSU, April 11, 2019. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

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)