WPATH USPATH Joint Statement on Resumption of Gender-Affirming Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic
WPATH / USPATH Joint Statement on Resumption of Gender-Affirming Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic
8 May 2020
WPATH recognizes the adverse effects of COVID-19 on the physical and mental health of individuals across the globe. Due to the stress placed on healthcare systems as well as the uncertainty associated with the pandemic, many people have had medically necessary procedures postponed. As the medical community resumes elective surgical procedures, WPATH reaffirms the medical necessity of gender-affirming surgery and its importance to patients’ overall health. WPATH understands the impact of delayed access to medically necessary care and encourages surgeons to work with their local public health officials so as to resume providing surgical care as soon as public health conditions allow.
WPATH Board of Directors | USPATH Board of Directors | Staff |
President Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD | President Erica Anderson, PhD | Executive Director Sue O’Sullivan; sue@PROTECTED |
President-Elect Walter Pierre Bouman, MD, PhD | President-Elect Madeline Deutsch, MD, MPH | Executive Director of Global Education & Development Donna Kelly; donna@PROTECTED |
Secretary Randi Ettner, PhD | Secretary/Treasurer Emilia Lombardi, PhD | Deputy Executive Director Blaine Vella; blaine@PROTECTED |
Treasurer Baudewijntje Kreukels, PhD Immediate Past-President Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tamara Adrian, JD Marci Bowers, MD Tone Maria Hansen, MSN Ren Massey, PhD Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH Loren Schechter, MD Jaimie Veale, PhD | Immediate Past-President Joshua Safer, MD, FACP BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dana (Thomas) Bevan, PhD John Capozuca, PhD Lisa Griffin, PhD Johanna Olson-Kennedy, MD, MS Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH Student Representative Nova Bradford, BA | Assistant Associate Director Jamie Hicks; jamie@PROTECTED Educational Program Coordinator Taylor O'Sullivan; taylor@PROTECTED Communications Director Jamison Green |
EPATH Representative Walter Pierre Bouman, MD, PhD USPATH Representative Erica Anderson, PhD GEI Representative (Ex-Officio) Lin Fraser, EdD Student Representative (Ex-Officio) Penelope Strauss, BA, MPH |
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