01/08/2025
2025 OAPA Pharmacology Conference - Presentation #11
Saturday, March 29, 2025, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT)
Presented by Dr. Henry Ng, MD, MPH, Center for LGBTQ+ Care and the Transgender Surgery & Medicine Program, Cleveland Clinic
Learning Objectives:
- Use inclusive and respectful language when working with gender non-conforming (GNC), non-binary (NB), and transgender (TG) patients
- Utilize evidence-based best care practices and guidelines for caring for GNC, NB, and TG patients
- List common medications used in GAHT, their effects, and side effects
- Describe elements of delivering patient-centered transgender health services in the primary care setting
Speaker Biography:
Henry Ng, MD, MPH is the Director of the Center for LGBTQ+ Care and the Transgender Surgery & Medicine Program at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Ng is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Ng graduated with a BS in Biochemistry and a MD degree from Michigan State University. In 2012, they completed a Masters in Public Health degree at Case Western Reserve University with an emphasis on Health Promotion/Disease Prevention for LGBTQ+ populations. Dr. Ng’s clinical and academic work focuses on delivering culturally and clinically competent care to medically vulnerable populations. Dr. Ng has been an active leader in LGBTQ+ health care since 2007 and co-founder of the first LGBTQ+ health service in the state of Ohio, the Pride Clinic, at MetroHealth Medical Center. Dr. Ng is a former board member and past president of GLMA. Dr. Ng continues to advocate for LGBTQ+ health through teaching LGBTQ+ health and public/population health to local and international audiences. They have served as the Assistant Dean for Admissions at CWRU School of Medicine working on diversity and inclusion initiatives and have served as an associate editor for the journal, LGBT Health. They are a senior associate editor for the journal, Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health, and serve as an at large member of the American Medical Association's Advisory Committee for LGBTQ+ Issues.
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