Urological Care for the Transgender Patient

Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA Dr. Dmitriy Nikolavsky earned his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 2005 after completing his Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry at University of Detroit Mercy in 2000. He completed his internship in General Surgery in 2007 and subsequently his residency in Urology in 2011, both at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. He went on to train at the University of Colorado as a fellow in genitourinary reconstruction in 2011. He then joined the faculty at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY with an appointment as Assistant Professor in Urology and Director of Reconstructive Urology in 2012. In March, 2017, he was promoted to Associate Professor in Urology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Stephen A. Blakely, MD Dr. Stephen A Blakely is an Urology Specialist in Syracuse, New York. He graduated with honors from University Of Maryland School Of Medicine in 2009. Having more than 9 years of diverse experiences, especially in UROLOGY, Dr. Stephen A Blakely affiliates with many hospitals including University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center, Oneida Healthcare, United Health Services Hospitals, Inc, Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc, and cooperates with other doctors and specialists in many medical groups including Upstate Urology, Inc., University Physicians Incorporated, United Health Services Hospitals Inc.

The Current State of Transgender Care.- Decision-Making Challenges For Patients and Surgeons Regarding Genital Gender Affirming Surgery.- Endocrinological Care for Patients Undergoing Gender Affirmation (including Risk of Thromboembolic Events).- Preoperative Preparation and Perioperative Considerations for Gender-affirming Genital Surgery.- Surgical Anatomy: Orchiectomy and Fertility Preservation Options.- Surgical Anatomy: Vaginoplasty.- Complications of Vaginoplasty.- Surgical Anatomy--Hysterectomy and Vaginectomy: Hysterectomy for the Transgender Man.- Surgical Anatomy: Metoidioplasty.- Surgical Anatomy: Phalloplasty.- Management of Urologic Complications Following Metoidioplasty and Phalloplasty.- Prosthetics (Erectile Implant, Testicular Implants).- General Urological and Endourological Considerations in the Care for Transgender Patients (Catheters, Scopes, Haematuria, UTI, Stones, Surgical Positioning).- Care of the Transgender Patient: Oncological Concerns.- Care of the Transgender Patient: Incontinence.- The Role of Physical Therapy in the Care of the Transgender Patient.- Regrets in Transgender Female: Reversal Phalloplasty.- Robotic Applications in Gender Confirming Genital Surgery.- Brief History of Gender Affirmation Medicine and Surgery.