Gender-Affirming Care

Primary care is essential for everyone to meet their health goals and stay up to date with routine health maintenance. We offer holistic, gender-affirming primary care, including hormone therapy and referrals to specialists — everything you need to achieve your gender health goals.

Primary Care Providers

• Jill S. Blumenthal, MD
• Julie Çelebi, MD
• Tari L. Gilbert, MSN, FNP-BC
• Matthew MacFarlane, MD, MA, AAHIVS
• Marlene Millen, MD
• Eric G. Mendez, MD
• Amy Sitapati, MD
• Gabriel Wagner, MD

We believe in treating the whole patient, which includes mental as well as physical health. We provide comprehensive mental health care and emotional support along the way, including therapy, medication management, and letters of readiness for surgery.

Psychiatrists

• David J. Grelotti, MD
• Kevo Rivera, MD  
• Andres Ricardo Schneeberger, MD
• Jessica L. Thackaberry, MD

Our dermatologists provide laser treatment for unwanted hair on the face and body, in addition to treating an array of skin conditions such as acne and hair loss.

Dermatologists

• Arisa Ortiz, MD, FAAD (not currently accepting Medi-Cal insurance)
• Swati Kannan, MD, FACMS, FAAD

Specialized therapy and vocal cord surgery can help you communicate in a way that is more aligned with your gender identity.

For Tracheal Shaves and Vocal Cord Feminization:

• Andrew Vahabzadeh-Hagh, MD
• Philip Weissbrod, MD

For Vocal Coaching:

• Andi Docktor, MA, CCC-SLP
• Ben Schiedermayer, MS, CCC-SLP

Gender-affirming hormone therapy can help align your body with your gender identity. Our providers are guided by your goals to help select the best hormone regimen that can work for you.

Endocrinologist

• Ravi M. Iyengar, MD

We can help you learn about your options to preserve fertility if that is a goal for you. This includes egg preservation as well as sperm banking.

For Egg Preservation:

• H. Irene Su, MD, MSCE, Reproductive Endocrinologist

For Sperm Banking:

• T. Mike Hsieh, MD
• Darshan Patel, MD

Removal of the uterus, cervix, ovaries and vagina can often be done with minimally invasive techniques. We can also meet your needs for overall reproductive health.

Gynecologist

• Jorge Alvarado, MD, FACOG

Obstetrician

• Gina R. Frugoni, MD

Plastic surgery can help you alter your face and body to align with your gender. This includes body contouring, facial reconstructive surgery, and chest or “top” surgery to remove breast tissue or enhance breast appearance. 

 (For more on genital or “bottom” surgery, see Reconstructive Urology below.)

For Body Contouring:

• Priya Lewis, MD
• Ahmed S. Sulliman, MD
• Anne M. Wallace, MD

For Facial Feminization and Masculinization:

• Amanda A. Gosman, MD
• Jay Xue, MD

For Breast Augmentation and Mastectomies (Top Surgeries):

• Amanda A. Gosman, MD
• Priya Lewis, MD
• Ahmed S. Sulliman, MD
• Anne M. Wallace, MD
• Jay Xue, MD

For Vaginoplasty and Phalloplasty (Bottom Surgeries):

• Priya Lewis, MD

Our gender-affirming pelvic or “bottom” surgery services include vaginoplasty (penile inversion, peritoneal and intestinal), vulvoplasty (zero or shallow depth), metoidioplasty, robot-assisted hysterectomy with vaginectomy, and nonbinary options.

Reconstructive Urologist

• Jennifer T. Anger, MD, FPMRS, MPH

Our urologists perform orchiectomies (removal of the testes) and can manage urologic complications that might occur with gender-affirming surgery.

They also address sexual health and various testosterone formulations.

Urologists

• Jennifer T. Anger, MD, FPMRS, MPH
• Christopher Ceriale, MSPAS, MPH, PA-C
• Darshan Patel, MD
• Jason Woo, MD