Join Us in Lisbon for the WPATH 28th Scientific SymposiumEarly Bird Registration Now Open - Book Your Room Today! WPATH is looking forward to seeing you at the WPATH 28th Scientific Symposium, being held at the Epic Sana Lisboa Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, September 25-30, 2024.  Early Bird Registration is NOW OPEN for both live and virtual attendees! Please scroll down for more information, to register, and to book your room today at the Epic Sana Lisboa Hotel.   JOIN US LIVE IN LISBON  ...Continue Reading

Please Join Us for WPATH Journal Club - Episode 1 of 2024* WPATH'S Journal Club - Episode 1 will be held on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 4:00PM – 5:30PM Eastern Time (GMT-5), featuring Charlotte Elder, MBBS, Dehlia Moussaoui, MD and moderated by, Ken Pang, PhD  Article of Discussion: Pelvic pain in transmasculine adolescents receiving testosterone therapy, Dehlia Moussaoui, Charlotte V. Elder, Michele A. O’Connell, Ashleigh Mclean, Sonia R. Grover & Ken C. Pang (24 Nov 2022). Re ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH colleagues, Keeping with our goal of sending monthly updates from our USPATH Board and my own thoughts on the state of gender-affirming care, research, and issues affecting transgender people and communities in the US, thank you for taking a moment to read this newsletter as we close 2023. Since last I wrote, I had the opportunity to join the WPATH Board for their quarterly meeting. The esteemed WPATH President, Dr. Marci Bowers, commended the breadth and depth of research and initiatives presented at the US ...Continue Reading

Registration is Now Open for WPATH GEI February-March Online Courses & Workshops! Dear WPATH Community: WPATH is excited to announce that registration is now open for our February-March offerings of the following WPATH GEI Courses: *NEW! GEI Intersectionality & Diversity Workshop* (Live Session: February 2, 2024; 10:00am – 2:00pm EST) *GEI Online Foundations Course *(Live Sessions February 16, 2024 – February 29, 2024) *GEI Online Advanced Mental Health Course* (Live Session: March 1, 2024; 10:25a ...Continue Reading

November 29, 2023Dear WPATH Member:On the heels of a record-breaking USPATH symposium in Denver and a challenging year in transgender health, we hope this email finds you well. WPATH thanks you for your membership and support in 2023.With our robust member initiatives and benefits continuing in 2024, including the upcoming WPATH 28th Scientific Symposium to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from September 25-30, 2024, *we do not want you to miss out on your member discounts, so renew now*.By renewing now, before December 31, ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH colleagues, For my first USPATH President Newsletter I want to start with thanking you all. Thank you for joining us in Colorado for our 2023 Scientific Symposium. Thank you for being present in sessions, virtual rooms, and for each other during our first in-person symposium since 2019. I sincerely want to thank everyone for their support and feedback leading up to, during, and since the Symposium. I and the USPATH Board greatly appreciate your trust in sharing opportunities to improve how USPATH functi ...Continue Reading

 USPATH Congratulates New Board Members On behalf of the USPATH Board of Directors, we want to thank all the outstanding candidates for putting their names forward to run for the USPATH Board of Directors and for their willingness to serve USPATH.  Please join us in congratulating the following new board members that have been elected to the USPATH Board. [*]USPATH President-Elect:  Jo Olson-Kennedy, MD [*]USPATH Board Member-at-Large: Uri Belkind, MD, MS, FAAP, AAHIVS [*]USP ...Continue Reading

Dear Surgical Members and Colleagues:It was brought to our attention at the USPATH conference that our WPATH 28th Scientific Symposium that has been scheduled for September 25 – 30, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal, is occurring at the same time as the ASPS’s plastic surgery The Meeting in San Diego.We did run a conflict check before we signed, and this meeting did not appear. We have discussed adjusting our dates; however, it is not possible given that we have already launched our save the date and attendees have already begun ...Continue Reading

In line with WPATH's mission to promote evidence-based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health, we are highly committed to ensuring global dissemination of the Standards of Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 (SOC8). We are translating the SOC8 into as many languages as possible in order to reach as wide a global audience as possible. As of now, there are translations of SOC8 available on the WPATH website for Norwegian, Korean, and Portuguese.Translations are cu ...Continue Reading

 Dear USPATH AttendeesThis is a final reminder that if you want to attend another or add a WPATH GEI pre-course at USPATH 2023, the final deadline to register is Sunday, October 29, 2023.As an already registered attendee, you will need to reach out to us at wpath@PROTECTED to adjust your current registration, so please do so by Sunday, October 29, 2023. We will send you an invoice on Monday, October 30 to pay for the course(s) and it will be added to your current registration items once paid.Click here to view ...Continue Reading