I am MGH
My name is Takara Stanley and I'm a caregiver,
a teacher and a learner.
I am Jenna Caskie
and I am an advocate, kind and compassionate
My name is Robbie Goldstein
and I am director of the MGH Transgender Health Program. And I am MGH.
There is something unique about this place,
there's something incredibly special about Mass General
I think a lot of it goes back to the mission of Mass General
and where we started in 1811
with the phrase that "When in distress every man becomes our neighbor"
Now I like to say that we should maybe change that
to "when in distress every person becomes our neighbor"
so that it's not so gendered
but I do think that idea, that concept
is at the core of everything we do at this hospital
and we see that from the leadership and how they
make sure we are thinking more broadly about our community
we see that in terms of the patients that we are taking care of
and we see that in the workforce that we are trying to develop here at Mass General
I am a leader, I am an advocate, I am a clinician
I am Ariel Frey-Vogel. I am a physician, educator and mentor.
My name is Curt Cetrulo, I'm a plastic surgeon
and I help patients complete the surgical chapter of this amazing journey.
My evolution towards gender affirmation surgery
actually came from a trauma perspective.
We were working with developing protocols for
genitourinary reconstruction for wounded warriors
as well as cancer patients.
This lead us to developing the protocol for the first penile transplant
in the United States.
As we obtained these surgical skills and outcomes
that were very favorable for our patients, we decided
to apply this expertise to our gender affirmation population
I hope our patients feel affirmed, complete and at peace.
I hope our patients feel welcomed, loved and heard
My name is Dallas Ducar. I am a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner
And I am MGH
The rate of suicidality in the trans population
is somewhere up to 60%
which is a huge number. With support that goes back down to the national average.
With appropriate treatment, that goes back down to the national average
There's no other suicide prevention treatment we know of that is that effective
So what am I about? I'm about affirming, compassionate care.
I hope that all our patients here feel seen, affirmed, and authentic
Through my work, I hope that our patients feel supported, comfortable and understood.
My name is Mitch Kellaway. I work for Patient Access Services
and I am MGH.
As the training specialist for Patient Access Services
I am involved in training staff across the hospital
in registration and admission
and some financial service activities within Epic.
So when we added the ability to enter sexually orientation,
gender identity, sex assigned at birth, at the registrational level
it was previously just at the clinical level within Epic
there was definitely a training need there
For our department specifically, Patient Access Services,
I developed a training on definitions,
on the need to gather this type of information - why we do it,
some of the health disparities involved,
how to do it in Epic and then how to talk to patients
who may be asking you to add this identifying information in
their registration record.
So that was a really exciting change. Big win for the patients
to be able to have multiple access points to be able
to put that information into their record.
I am passionate, informed, evolving
I hope my patients feel heard, affirmed, and empowered.
I am Alex Keuroghlian, pronouns - he, him, his or they, them, theirs.
I'm the director of the MGH Psychiatry Gender Identity Program
In the fall of 2018, we were
really excited to start an MGH
Psychiatry Gender Identity program to develop tailored
mental health services for trans and gender diverse clients and patients
at the hospital
We're very excited to be revolutionizing medical education
by integrating trans care into the longitudinal
curriculum at Harvard Medical School to ensure
that all future graduates can provide outstanding,
gender-affirming care and emerge as leaders
in the trans health space regardless of which specialty they end up pursuing.
I am MGH
