2013 National Trans Health Summit

Register today for the 2013 National Transgender Health Summit May 17th – 18th in Oakland, California!

The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health invite health care providers, health and human service professionals, mental health professionals, health administrators, researchers, students and advocates to attend the 2013 National Transgender Health Summit. Programming includes plenary sessions by world-renowned experts in the field of transgender health care, training tracks for medical and mental health care providers interested in building their skills for working with transgender patients and clients, a research track for the dissemination of cutting edge developments in the field of transgender health, and a transgender health policy institute.

Early bird registration ends April 25, 2013. Register today!

Full program information is available online at http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/summit

CME and CEU course credit available.

The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health combines the unique strengths and resources of a nationally renowned training and capacity-building institution, the Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC), and an internationally recognized leader in HIV prevention research, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), both of which are housed at the University of California, San Francisco. The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health strives to increase access to comprehensive, effective, and affirming health care services for trans and gender-variant communities.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders. As an international multidisciplinary professional Association the mission of WPATH is to promote evidence based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy and respect in transgender health.