The Center for Gender Surgery offers gender affirmation surgery services to eligible adolescents and young adults. Learn more from Boston Children's Hospital.
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Gender dysphoria occurs when there is a conflict between the gender you were assigned at birth and the gender with which you identity. This can create significant distress, and you may feel uncomfortable in your body. The Center for Gender Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital offers gender affirmation surgery services to eligible adolescents and young adults who are ready to take this step in their
journey. It is the first center of its kind in the U.S. in a major pediatric hospital setting.
As the first pediatric center in the country dedicated to the surgical care of transgender patients, we take an interdisciplinary approach from the start to ensure exceptional patient care. Our skilled team includes specialists in plastic surgery, urology, endocrinology, nursing, gender management, and social work, who collaborate to provide a full suite of surgical options for transgender teens and young adults. Our experienced
anesthesia team works to provide culturally sensitive care to the gender-diverse community. By partnering with the hospital's nationally recognized
Gender Management Service (GeMS), which provides a range of medical options for transgender youth, we help young people with gender identity concerns transfer seamlessly to surgical care if and when they are ready.
The center currently offers
vaginoplasty,
metoidioplasty,
phalloplasty,
chest reconstruction,
breast augmentation,
facial harmonization and other gender affirmation surgeries to eligible patients."