This presentation aims to identify the barriers that transgender/gender diverse youth face in accessing gender-affirming care, describe how telehealth was implemented to increase convenience of follow-up and reduce hours missed from other activities compared to clinic visits while maintaining high patient satisfaction, and report on the factors impacting the future of telehealth post SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Guest:
Janet Y. Lee, MD, MPH, MAS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine
Divisions of Pediatric Endocrinology and Endocrinology & Metabolism
University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Lee is currently Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, in the Divisions of Pediatric Endocrinology and Endocrinology & Metabolism, where she completed her combined pediatric and adult endocrinology fellowships. She provides clinical care at UCSF Health and the San Francisco VA Medical Center, primarily in metabolic bone diseases and gender-affirming medical care, her research program focuses on the skeletal effects of gender-affirming medical therapy in early pubertal transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, and she additionally participates in QI initiatives to improve healthcare delivery to TGD individuals.
Co-hosted by the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) and the Program in Public Health (PPH) at Northwestern University.
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