Gender-Affirming Transgender Medicine at UConn Health
UConn Health’s transgender medicine team is devoted to providing compassionate, safe, and gender-affirming care to our diverse patients. This includes, but is not limited to, transgender, nonbinary, gender-fluid, or questioning. Our range of services is comprehensive, evidence-based, trauma-informed, and sensitive to your personal needs.
In our dedicated transgender medicine office, we partner with primary care and subspecialty providers to deliver a broad, full spectrum of care.
We conduct a thorough assessment of each patient to:
- Establish a diagnosis of gender incongruence
- Determine if gender affirming hormone therapy is appropriate
- Guide medication management
Please note that we only see adult patients (individuals over the age of 18).
We offer gender-affirming services and additional therapies, including:
Primary Care Services
Our primary care providers, Rebecca Andrews, MD, Angela D. Hart, DO, Marilyn A. Katz, MD, David Ozimek, MD, and Ivan Stanford, MD, offer LGBTQIA+-specific care in a safe and welcoming environment.
Hormone Therapy
Our specialists, Brendan R. Dillon, MD, Pooja Luthra, MD, FACE, and Britta L. Shute, FNP-BC, offer a comprehensive hormone therapy program.
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Surgery
Our specialists, Denis Lafreniere, MD, and Hillary A. Newsome, MD, offer a range of services, including voice modification surgery, nose-correction surgery (rhinoplasty), reduction of the neck cartilage (thyroid chondroplasty), and eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty).
Ophthalmology
Our specialist, Madina Falcone, MD, MS, offers a range of services, including eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)
General Urological Care
Our specialists, Brooke A. Harnisch, MD, and Stanton Honig, MD, offer a range of services, including:
- Routine urologic care
- Testosterone replacement
- First stage gender-affirming surgery MtF (bilateral orchiectomies)
- Revision surgery for MtF – urinary and external labial issues
- Fertility preservation counseling and services MtF (sperm cryopreservation)
- Long-acting testosterone pellets by referral
Gynecology
Our specialists, Ramzi Alkass, MD, Shannon L. DeGroff, MD, Danielle E. Luciano, MD, Christopher M. Morosky, MD, David H. Park, DO, and Sarah Pelletier, FNP-BC, offer a range of services, including:
- General gynecological care
- Oophorectomy
- Hysterectomy, menstrual suppression, pregnancy prevention, and prenatal care
Pelvic Physical Therapy
Our specialist, Cathy Trahiotis, PT, MA, offers a range of services to improve stability and movement of the pelvic area
Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery
Our specialist, Jillian L. Fortier, MD, offers a range of services, including breast augmentation, mastectomy/male breast reduction, facial fat grafting, and facial fillers
Voice Therapy
Our voice specialists, Patricia B. Doyle, MA, CCC-SLP, and Janet E. Rovalino, MS, CCC-SLP, offer a range of services, including verbal and non-verbal communication strategies and characteristics to help you achieve your desired gender presentation
Why Choose UConn Health for Transgender Medicine?
We Provide Compassionate & Inclusive Care
We believe everyone should have an equal right to healthcare, and members of the transgender and gender-nonconforming community are no exception.
We Offer Expert Primary Care
Our primary care leaders offer specific LGBTQIA+ and transgender medicine services. Backed by an academic medical center, they will connect you with other UConn Health specialties as needed.
We Specialize in Gender Affirming Surgery & Additional Therapies
We help you achieve your true gender identity with a variety of gender-affirming services and therapies. We offer more than just hormone replacement. We also provide surgery, voice therapy, and other therapies.
We Have an Excellent Voice & Speech Clinic
Here at UConn Health, we have cutting-edge voice evaluation tools and speech therapy techniques to help you manage any vocal cord condition.