Transgender Care
Overview
Transgender is a medical term for people whose sense of their own gender does not match the gender that they were assigned at birth. Transgender care may include gender-affirming hormone therapy, pubertal blockade, mental health care, surgical services, vocal therapy, fertility services, and social services.
UR Medicine is one of the leaders in transgender care in the Rochester region.
UR Medicine's Approach
UR Medicine's health professionals take a multidisciplinary approach to supporting transgender patients, including adolescents and adults. Your team of transgender care experts may include:
- Mental health therapists
- Surgeons
- Speech specialists
- Pediatric and adult endocrinologists
- Gynecologists
- Physical therapists
Our healthcare professionals listen to and honor the needs and perspectives of patients and their families. We offer ongoing education and training to ensure that our services are inclusive and our staff are culturally sensitive to the needs of our transgender patients.
Services
The following transgender care is offered at these divisions and departments across the medical center:
Otolaryngology (ENT)
- Gender-affirming communication treatment
- Vocal therapy
- Gender-affirming facial surgery
- Tracheal shaving
Adolescent Medicine at Golisano Children’s Hospital (caring for youth and young adults through age 26)
- Mental health and wellness services
- Gender-affirming hormone therapy
- Pubertal blockade (medications that stop or pause puberty)
- Social work services
Plastic Surgery
- Gender-affirming top surgery (surgical removal or enhancement of the breasts)
Urology
- Orchiectomy (surgical removal of the testes)
Gynecology
- Hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus)
- Oophorectomy (surgical removal of the ovaries)
Adult and Reproductive Endocrinology
- Gender-affirming hormone therapy for people over 18 years of age
- Fertility services
Mental Health and Wellness
- Mental health care and assessment
What Sets Us Apart?
Our nationally recognized providers offer the most advanced treatments as well as compassionate clinical care. At UR Medicine, we believe in fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion among our faculty and staff, students and trainees, as well as our patients and their families.
Because we are an academic medical center, many of our providers are also involved in research, contributing to a broader understanding of the role of transgender care in physical and mental health.
Our healthcare providers regularly travel to meet and learn from world experts in transgender care. We follow treatment guidelines set forth by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and the Endocrine Society.
Locations
View All LocationsWe serve you in the Rochester metropolitan area and surrounding region.
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Lattimore Medical Center
125 Lattimore Road, West Entrance, Suite 150
Rochester, NY 14620
7995 Call Parkway, Suite 100
Batavia, NY 14020
64 Elizabeth Blackwell Street, Suite A
Geneva, NY 14456
Ambulatory Care Center at Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Avenue, 3rd Floor
Rochester, NY 14642
60 Greece Center Drive, Suite 2
Rochester, NY 14612
Clinton Woods
2365 South Clinton Avenue, Suite 200
Rochester, NY 14618
Lattimore Medical Center
125 Lattimore Road, East Entrance, Suite 100
Rochester, NY 14620
Wilmot Cancer Institute
601 Elmwood Avenue, Suite G
Rochester, NY 14642
Highland Professional Office Building
990 South Avenue, Suite 207
Rochester, NY 14620
Ambulatory Care Center at Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Avenue, 3rd Floor
Rochester, NY 14620
Clinton Crossings, Building H
2400 South Clinton Avenue, Suite 135
Rochester, NY 14620