IDEA Committee Lecture: Perspectives on Trans-forming Surgical Care

Friday, September 16, 2022

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Location: JW Grand Ballroom 5-6

CE: 1

Reference 1: Care of Transgender Persons.
Safer JD, Tangpricha V.
N Engl J Med. 2019 Dec 19;381(25):2451-2460. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1903650.
PMID: 31851801
Reference 2: Injury in the transgender population: What the trauma surgeon needs to know.
Morrison SD, Kolnik SM, Massie JP, Crowe CS, Dugi D 3rd, Friedrich JB, Pham TN, Berli JU, O'Keefe GE, Bulger EM, Maier RV, Mandell SP.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Oct;85(4):799-809. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001859.
PMID: 30256770
Reference 3: "Sometimes You Feel Like the Freak Show": A Qualitative Assessment of Emergency Care Experiences Among Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Patients.
Samuels EA, Tape C, Garber N, Bowman S, Choo EK.
Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Feb;71(2):170-182.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.05.002. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
PMID: 28712604

Non-Member Speaker(s)

Michaela A. West, MD, PhD, FACS

Trauma Research Chair
North Memorial Health
University of Minnesota

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides Handouts

Disclosure(s):

Michaela A. West, MD, PhD, FACS: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

Identify how care of transgender patients may differ from usual care.
Develop a more empathic approach to interacting with patients and colleagues who differ from oneself.
Articulate an example of a medical workplace microaggression