OHSU 2023 accomplishments: The year in review
Dorian Scull - PA of the Year
OHSU PA Council Co-Chair Christina Jacobs, PA-C, left, with Dorian Scull, PA-C, a physician assistant in the Transgender Health Program and the SOM Department of Urology and, now, OHSU 2023 PA of the Year. (Courtesy)
Accolades: Awards, honors and appointments Nov. 20
OHSU Transgender Health Program
Joshua Riverdale (left) meets with surgeon Dr. Jens Berli in May 2018, for a post-surgery follow-up. Oregon Health & Science University’s Transgender Health Program launched in 2015 to ensure patients receive respectful and quality health care, regardless of their gender identity. Caring for more than 6,000 adult and youth transgender patients, OHSU has one of the largest and most comprehensive transgender health programs in the U.S. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
Gender Affirming Surgery
Daniel Dugi, M.D., FACS, co-founder of the Oregon Health & Science University's Transgender Health Program and its surgical medical director. Dugi is one of a handful of reconstructive urologists who primarily focus on gender-affirming genital procedures, such as vaginoplasties, for vaginal construction. (OHSU/Fritz Liedtke)
Transgender Health Program
Joshua Riverdale (left) meets with surgeon Dr. Jens Berli in May, 2018, for a post-surgery follow-up. OHSU offers a broad spectrum of medically necessary gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy, mental health care, surgery and more. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
Gender-afirming surgery
Daniel Dugi, M.D., FACS, co-founder of the Oregon Health & Science University's Transgender Health Program and its surgical medical director. Dugi is one of a handful of reconstructive urologists who primarily focus on gender-affirming genital procedures, such as vaginoplasties, for vaginal construction. (OHSU/Fritz Liedtke)
Geolani Dy, M.D.
Geolani Dy, M.D., has focused her research on studying outcomes of Gender-Affirming Genital Surgery for transgender- and non-binary-identifying individuals from the patient and community perspective. She poses here in the OHSU Urology clinic. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Jae Downing, Ph.D.
Jae Downing, Ph.D., is using methodologies that avoid erasing transgender and gender diverse people from research. That includes an inclusive approach to study design and conducting research in ways that reflect the needs and issues of sexual and gender minorities. (OHSU/Casey Williamson)
Jess Guerriero, M.S.W., M.A.
Jess Guerriero, M.S.W., M.A., an intake and referral specialist at OHSU Transgender Health Program, serves as a safe and welcoming point of contact for OHSU transgender patients. (OHSU/Fritz Liedtke)