1. Provide a venue for transgender and gender diverse people to have an opportunity to engage with the USPATH Board and conference attendees
2. Increase engagement between the community and USPATH leadership
3. Provide a forum for ALL to hear and learn from the communities they serve, in an allyship framework that will center the voices and needs of community members.

USPATH 2021 Plenary Highlight: Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy and Dr. Stephen M. Rosenthal

Johanna Olson-Kennedy, MD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at USC/Keck School of Medicine, and the Medical Director of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She has been gender affirming services for transgender youth and young adults including puberty suppression and gender affirming hormones for the past 15 years. In addition to a robust clinical practice, she spearheads a rigorous research endeavor aimed at understanding gender dysphoria from childhood through early adulthood.

Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at University of California San Francisco (UCSF), has served as Program Director for Pediatric Endocrinology and Director of the Pediatric Endocrine Clinics, and currently serves as co-founder and Medical Director of the multidisciplinary UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center (CAGC).  He is Principal Investigator (PI) (multiple PI format) for NIH/NICHD “The Impact of Early Medical Treatment in Transgender Youth” and co-Investigator on two additional NIH-funded studies focused on optimizing care of transgender/gender diverse youth.  He is also co-directing a collaboration between the UCSF CAGC and the San Francisco Department of Public Health to develop community outreach services for gender diverse youth.  Dr. Rosenthal has recently completed his terms as President of the Pediatric Endocrine Society and as Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of the Endocrine Society.  He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Join Us at the USPATH 2021 Scientific Symposium on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 2:40pm EST for their talk:

Advances and Challenges in the Care of Transgender/ Gender Diverse Youth