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Gender Health Program

About Our Gender-Affirming Care

The Gender Health Program at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is a multi-specialty comprehensive care center offering gender-affirming care to transgender and gender-diverse adults. Our Gender Health Program provides both medical and surgical services in a safe and affirming environment.

Our Gender Health Team

Lahey's Gender Health Program uses a multidisciplinary team approach to provide the most comprehensive care. Our team features experts from a wide range of specialties, including behavioral health, cardiovascular medicine, dermatology, endocrinology, family medicine, general internal medicine, medical weight loss, physical therapy, speech and language/otolaryngology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, gynecology, and urology.

Schedule a Consultation Today

In order to schedule an appointment with our providers to learn more about our services, call Caryn, Lahey Gender Health Patient Care Coordinator, at 978-538-4685.

Gender Health Programs & Services

The Gender Health Program provides multi-specialty medical services as well as surgical services. Learn more about our gender-affirming services below.

Gender-Affirming Medical Services

Dermatology

Our dermatologists offer medical, surgical, and cosmetic services to treat many different conditions that affect the skin, nails, and hair for gender-diverse adults.

Endocrinology

Our endocrinologists specialize in adult transgender hormone therapy and general endocrinology, including diabetes, thyroid and osteoporosis management.

Medical Weight Loss

Our board-certified specialists in obesity medicine offer comprehensive medical, nutritional, and lifestyle assessments and collaborative support for weight loss in adults.

Physical Therapy

Our physical therapists work with adults who have developed pelvic floor dysfunction. Through specialized, individual sessions patients are able to strengthen supporting muscles for the bladder, bowels and sexual organs.

Primary Care

Our team of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners work together to deliver comprehensive and compassion care to transgender and gender-diverse adults in our community.

Speech & Voice Therapy

Our multi-disciplinary team works closely to help adults achieve their voice and communication goals through behavioral, medical and surgical interventions.

Gender-Affirming Surgical Services

Facial Surgery

Our plastic and reconstructive surgeons offer a variety of facial plastics and reconstructive procedures for trans-masculine and trans-feminine adults.

Hysterectomy

Our gynecological team offers hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (vaginal or laparoscopic). Adults may also make appointments for abnormal uterine bleeding and screening for cervical cancer.

Sexual Health & Fertility

Our gynecology and urology team offer a variety of services, including:

  • Fertility preservation and contraceptive management for trans-masculine adults
  • Fertility preservation and orchiectomy for trans-feminine adults
Genital Surgery

Our multi-disciplinary team of fellowship-trained plastic and reconstructive urological surgeons offers consultations to adults for:

  • Primary gender-affirming genital surgery, including orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, metoidioplasty and phalloplasty
  • Revision surgeries for adults with previous genital surgery
  • Prosthetic surgery, including penile and testicular implants
Top Surgery

Our plastic and reconstructive surgery team are currently seeing consultations for feminizing and masculinizing top surgery in adults.

Make an Appointment

To speak with a member of our Gender Health Program team, please give us a call.