Oct 25, 2024  |  12:00pm - 1:00pm

Culture & Inclusion Faculty Development Sessions 2024-25: Practical Considerations for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients

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Culture & Inclusion

Dept of Medicine, Culture & Inclusion: Faculty Development Sessions 2024-25

Practical Considerations for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients

Date: Oct 25th @ 12pm

Location: Zoom

After Today’s discussion, the attendee will have gained knowledge about:

  • Common definitions and descriptions around gender variance and the lived experience of trans and gender diverse (TGD) people
  • The current and threatened challenges to existing and thriving as a TGD person
  • How being TGD Impacts the Management of GI Disease
  • How having GI Disease can impact the provision of gender affirming care
  • What every clinician can do to support their TGD patients

Facilitator Bios:

Tehmina Ahmad BSc MD FRCPC MScCH (she/her); Staff Endocrinologist, Clinician Teacher, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Laura Targownik MD, MSHS, FRCPC (she/her); Associate Professor of Medicine; Departmental Division Director (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), University of Toronto; Past Chair, Diversity and Equity, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology; Staff Gastroenterologist, Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)

Please click here to register for this event. A Zoom link and calendar invite will be sent to registrants.