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Referral List for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients Referral List For Transgender And Gender Non‐Conforming Patients Unless otherwise noted, referral sources are located in Philadelphia Adolescent HIV Medicine Gender Affirming Surgery Dorothy Mann Center for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Sherman Leis, DO, Bala Cynwyd……………….610‐667‐1888 at St. Christopher's Hospital Christine McGinn, DO, New Hope…………….215‐693‐1199 ……………..…………….…………………………………..215‐590‐6864 Kathy Rumer, MD, Ardmore…………………….855‐782‐5665 CHOP Adolescent Initiative………………800‐879‐2467 Housing Adult HIV/AIDS Medicine Achieving Independence Center………………215‐574‐9194 AIDS Hotline……………………………1.800.342.AIDS Bethesda Project …..………………………………..215‐574‐9194 Covenant House………………………………………215‐951‐5411 Cardiology Divine Light……………………….…………………….215‐867‐8885 Erin O'Malley‐Tysko, MD…………….……………484‐476‐1000 LGBTQ Home for Hope ………..………………….215‐867‐8885 Morris Home ………………………………………..…215‐729‐3045 Clinical Sexologist Office of Supportive Housing……………………215‐951‐5411 Michelle Angello, Ph.D., Wayne……………….610‐917‐8561 Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness Marla Cobin, Ph.D., LCSW………………………..610‐304‐9886 ………………………………………………………………..215‐232‐2300 Christian Jordal, Ph.D., LMFT…………....…….484‐429‐6079 Philly Fight………………….……………………………215‐985‐4448 Project H.O.M.E……………………………………….215‐232‐7272 Drug and Alcohol Therapy Creative Health Services, Pottstown………..484‐941‐0500 Legal/Advocacy Mazzoni Center………………………….......215‐563‐0663 x248 Chovanes Law, LLC……………………………..…..267‐235‐4570 Equality Pennsylvania………………………………215‐731‐1447 Dentistry Kristine Holt, Esq……………………………………..215‐545‐7789 Ken Cirka………………………………….……………..215‐568‐6222 Benjamin Jerner, Esq……………………….………215‐843‐6000 UPenn Dental Clinic……………………….………..215‐898‐8965 Juvenile Law Center…………………………………215‐625‐0551 Singer & Fedun, Bell Meade, NJ................908‐359‐7873 Dermatology Glen Crawford, MD………………………….………267‐519‐0154 LGBTQ+ ‐ Friendly Primary Care Katherine Margo, MD………………….…………..215‐662‐8777 Education/Community Organization Allison Myers, MD……….. …………………….…..215‐662‐8777 ACLU of Pennsylvania………………………………215‐592‐1513 Giang Nguyen, MD……………………….………….215‐746‐0803 BEBASHI Transition to Hope…………………….215‐769‐3561 Christine Meyer, MD, Exton………………….…610‐363‐0100 Bradbury‐Sullivan LGBT Community Center, Allentown… Allen Smith, CRNP, Bethlehem…….…………..610‐867‐5365 …………………………………………………….……..…..610‐432‐5449 Melanie Santiago, DO………………………………215‐487‐1887 Colours Organization……………………….…..….215‐832‐0100 LGBT Qmunity Center, Norristown….……….484‐919‐8268 Mental Health/Psychology/Therapy ‐ Philadelphia Main Line Youth Alliance, Wayne…………….610‐525‐7570 Rebecca Alvarez, LCSW…………………………….267‐592‐6808 Office of LGBT Affairs at City of Attic Youth…………………………………….…………215-545-4331 Philadelphia…………………………………………….215‐686‐2798 Sylvia Brown, LCSW…………………………….……484‐574‐6819 Planned Parenthood, Space to be Open Proud & Damon Constantinides, Ph.D., LCSW………..607‐592‐2173 Together, West Chester…………………………..267‐687‐6648 Alison Gerig, LCSW…………………………………..215‐567‐1111 Prysm Youth Center, Norristown……….......610‐357‐9948 An Integral Life…………………………………….….215‐735‐0404 William Way LGBT Community Center…….215‐732‐2220 Julia Gotlieb, LCSW………………………..………..424‐354‐4479 Women's Law Project………………………………215‐928‐9801 Allison Harris, LCSW……………………………..….213‐222‐6761 John F. Kennedy Behavioral Health Center…...………………. Fertility ……………………….………………..………..……………215‐568‐0860 Deanna Brasile, DO, West Chester……………610‐993‐8200 Mazzoni Center………………………………215‐563‐0658 x 320 Jacqueline Gutmann, MD…………………………215‐922‐1556 Open Door Counseling.………………..….215‐562‐0652 x248 Therapy Center of Philadelphia…………………………………….. ....………………..….…………………..…………………215‐567‐1111 Kyle Schultz, Psy.D……………………………….....267‐225‐5605 Support Group Threshold Wellness………………….………………267‐908‐3693 PFLAG Philadelphia……………………….…….…..215‐572‐1833 Jessie Timmons, LCSW……………………………..610‐256‐8885 PFLAG Media……………….…………………………..610‐368‐2021 Walnut Psychotherapy Center………………………………………. PFLAG Pottstown…………………….…………….…484‐363‐1924 ……………….…………………………………..……….. (215) 563‐7863 PFLAG West Chester………………………………..484‐354‐2448 Trans & Genderqueer Music Therapy Group………………… ………………………………………………………..215‐567‐1111 x812 Mental Health/Psychology/Therapy – Greater Renaissance Transgender Association, Wayne…………….. Philadelphia Region ………………………………………………………..………610‐636‐1990 Lake Therapy, Lititz…………..……………………..717‐575‐3757 Advanced Counseling & Testing, Lancaster……………………. Voice Therapy ………………………………………………………………..717‐208‐6599 Christie Block, New York, NY………………..….347‐677‐3619 Heather Kramer Almquist, Douglasville.....610‐385‐3155 Lisa Melvin………………………………………….…..215‐204‐4482 Michelle Angello, PhD, Wayne…………………484‐893‐0985 Penn Center for Voice at Pennsylvania Hospital……………. Kimberly Atwood, LPC, Doylestown,………..215‐767‐1224 ………………………………………………………………..800‐789‐7366 Sharon Berkowitz, LPD, Allentown.............610‐880‐2565 PENTA Voice Center………………………………..215) 762‐5540 Elizabeth A. Bouvel, LPC, Phoenixville........610‐917‐8894 Central Behavioral Health, Norristown…....610‐277‐4600 Cognizant Behavioral Health, Chadds Ford….................... ………………………………………………………………..610‐361‐9500 Delco Community College, Media…………….610‐355‐7152 Karen M. Foley, Dunmore………………………..570‐575‐2292 Marta Ludwig, MSW, Haverford……….……..607‐354‐4134 Maureen Osborne, Ph.D., Malvern……….….610‐647‐8730 Allison Pantone, Collegeville…………………….610‐850‐8009 Jodi S. Rosenfeld, PsyD, Phoenixville………..484‐639‐3936 Sanctuary Counseling, Collegeville…………..610‐850‐8009 Tiffany Spilove, LMFT, Bryn Mawr……………610‐314‐8402 Debra A. Weigl, MSW, Media…………………..610‐608‐4376 Music Therapy Inner Rhythms Therapy………………………….267‐362‐9391 Nephrology Dr. Michael Levin, DO……………………………..215‐744‐2266 Pelvic Health Susan Kellogg Spadt, CRNP, Rosemont…….610‐525‐0541 Kristine Whitmore, MD……………………………215‐863‐8100 PrEP Philadelphia Fight………………………..215‐545‐PREP (7737) Brandywine Valley Infectious Disease Associates, Coatesville, PA ………………………………………..610‐383‐9333 Montgomery County Health Department..610‐278‐5117 Psychiatrist Deborah Bernstein, MD………………..………...215‐790‐0313 Louis Littman, MD……………………………………215‐735‐4888 Jeffery Naser, MD, Berwyn………………………610‐647‐3959 Jody Whitehouse, MD……………………………..215‐829‐5594 .
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