Gender Affirming Surgery
QueerDoc provides referrals for gender affirming surgeries for our patients when desired. We believe that there is no one way to be trans and that surgery is not for everyone.
Gender Affirming Surgery
QueerDoc provides referrals for gender affirming surgeries for our patients when desired. We believe that there is no one way to be trans and that surgery is not for everyone.
Not all health insurance plans cover all types of gender affirming surgeries. Please check with your health insurance plan regarding coverage for procedures and specific surgeons. We know that navigating health insurance and coverage can feel overwhelming and be complicated: some insurance plans and non-profits have FREE gender care navigators available. Care navigators can help you move through the prior approval process for procedures and surgeries. One of QueerDoc’s favorite free care navigation resources is Trans Family Support Services.
QueerDoc also offers care navigation services on a sliding scale for our patients. Learn more at our care navigation page!
Resources
Surgery Scholarships:
- Jim Collins Foundation
- Community Kinship Life
- Point of Pride
- Rizi Timane
- GenderBands
- Stealth Bros Support Fund (for top surgery to flatten the chest)
- Black Transmen (for top surgery to flatten the chest)
Getting to Surgery:
After Surgery Recovery Care:
Surgeons
Surgeon Databases:
- QueerDoc’s Referral Database
- PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION!
- Content note: anatomical and medical terminology utilized.
- None of the surgeons listed here have been vetted. Inclusion in this database does not imply a recommendation by QueerDoc.
- We share this database (which was developed by our practice for our providers) freely as a general resource for our community. It may be outdated or missing information and it may include physicians who have caused harm within the community.
- TransHealthcare – surgeon directory (still using SRS terminology)
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons – surgeon directory
Self-education on surgeries:
- Dr. Mosser’s site, Gender Confirmation Center, contains great education resources and videos on top surgery and body contouring – what to expect, how to prepare, healing process, photos, etc.
- Dr. Wittenberg’s site, MoZaic Care, offers great preop/postop instructions and education videos for vaginoplasty and metoidioplasty
- Phallo.net has information on phalloplasty types and links to surgeons
QueerDoc's preparation for surgery handouts:
Bottom Surgeons:
- The Meltzer Clinic – Scottsdale, AZ
- Marci Bowers, MD – Burlingame, CA
- Crane Center – California and Texas
- OHSU Transgender Health Program (Dr. Dugi) – Portland, OR
- Stiller Aesthetics – Spokane, WA
- MoZaic Care – San Francisco, CA
- Align Surgical- San Francisco, CA
- University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center– Seattle,WA
- University of Wisconsin – Dr. Katherine Gast, Madison, WI
Top Surgeons:
Top surgeons are much more common and can often be found locally in your area via Google!
- We recommend checking out the Gender Confirmation Center website for useful educational info about top surgery. Their clinic is in San Francisco!
