WPATH 2018 Symposium Schedule Saturday, November 3, 2018 17:00 - 19:30 Pacifico A Opening Session Mayor of Buenos Aires - Horacio Rodriguez Larreta Deputy Mayor of Buenos Aires - Diego Santilli Argentinian Federal Minister of Health - Adolfo Rubinstein President’s Plenary 18:00 - TRANSGENDER GLOBAL HEALTH Gail Knudson 18:30 - OPPORTUNITY DENIED: EXAMINING EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE Sam Winter 19:00 - TRANS LEGAL HISTORY IN LATIN AMERICA Tamara Adrian Sunday, November 4, 2018 8:30 - 10:00 Atlantico B Mini-Symposia – Education 8:30 - TALKING SCIENCE WITH TRANSGENDER CLIENTS Laura Erickson-Schroth, MA, MD1; Jaimie Veale, PhD2; Rachel Levin, PhD3; E. Edmiston, PhD4 1Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; 2University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand; 3Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA; 4University of PittsburGh, PittsburGh, PA, USA Atlantico C Oral – Medicne Adult: Effects of Cross Sex Hormone Treatment 8:30 - MORTALITY IN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE RECEIVING HORMONE TREATMENT: RESULTS OF A NATIONWIDE COHORT STUDY Christel De Blok, MD; Chantal Wiepjes, MD; Annemieke Staphorsius, MS; Martin Den Heijer, MD, PhD VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands Oral – Medicne Adult: Effects of Cross Sex Hormone Treatment 8:45 - SUBJECTIVE COMPLAINTS DURING HORMONE TREATMENT OF TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS - RESULTS FROM THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF GENDER INCONGRUENCE - Dennis Van Dijk, MD1; Marieke Dekker, MD, PhD1; Kasper Overbeek, MD2; Maartje Klaver, MD1; Alessandra Fisher, MD, PhD3; Guy T'Sjoen4; Martin Den Heijer1 1VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2Department of EndocrinoloGy, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 3University of Florence, Florence, Italy; 4Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, BelGium Oral – Medicne Adult: Effects of Cross Sex Hormone Treatment 9:00 - FRACTURE RISK IS NOT INCREASED IN TRANS WOMEN AND TRANS MEN RECEIVING LONG-TERM GENDER AFFIRMING HORMONAL TREATMENT: A NATIONWIDE COHORT STUDY Chantal Wiepjes, MD; Christel De Blok, MD; Renate De Jongh, MD, PhD; Martin Den Heijer, MD, PhD VU University Meidcal Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1 WPATH 2018 Symposium Schedule Oral – Medicne Adult: Effects of Cross Sex Hormone Treatment 9:15 - CHANGE IN VISCERAL FAT AND ITS RELATION WITH CHANGE IN LIPIDS IN TRANS PERSONS DURING HORMONAL THERAPY: RESULTS FROM A MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE STUDY Maartje Klaver, MD1; Chantal Wiepjes, MD1; Christel De Blok, MD1; Nienke Nota, MD1; Justine Defreyne, MD2; Thomas Schneider, MD, PhD3; Alessandra Fisher, MD, PhD4; Guy T'Sjoen, MD, PhD2; Martin Den Heijer, MD, PhD1; Renée De Mutsert, PhD5 1VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2Ghent University, Ghent, BelGium; 3Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 4University of Florence, Florence, Italy; 5Leiden University and Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands Oral – Medicne Adult: Effects of Cross Sex Hormone Treatment 9:30 - PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF HEMATOCRIT IN GENDER AFFIRMING HORMONE TREATMENT: RESULTS FROM ENIGI Justine Defreyne, MD1; Bram Vantomme, MD1; Eva Van Caenegem, MD1; Katrien WierckX, MD1; Christel De Blok, MD2; Nienke Nota, MD2; Maartje Klaver, MD2; Dennis Van Dijk, MD2; Chantal Wiepjes, MD2; Martin Den Heijer, MD2; Guy T'Sjoen, MD1 1Ghent University, Ghent, BelGium; 2VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands Buen Ayre A Oral – Services for Children and Adolescents 8:30 - EXPERIENCES OF PARENTS/CAREGIVERS ACCOMPANYING GENDER DIVERSE AND TRANS CHILDREN AND YOUTH: RESULTS FROM THE STORIES OF GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE PROJECT Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, PhD1; Ghosh Shuvo, MD2; Stephen Feder, MPH, MDCM, CCFP3; Margaret Lawson, MD3; Jennifer Ducharme, PhD, C.Psy4; Cindy Holmes, PhD5; Julia Temple Newhook, PhD6; Frank Suerich-Gulick, PhD1; Valeria Kirichenko, BSW1 1University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Meraki Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 4Health Sciences Centre, WinnipeG, MB, Canada; 5University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; 6Memorial University, St.-John, NL, Canada Oral – Services for Children and Adolescents 8:45 - COMPLEX MEDICAL-DECISION MAKING FOR A TRANS-FEMININE YOUTH WITH A BRCA1 MUTATION Carolyn Wolf Gould, MD1; Riley Moira, PhD2; Carswell Jeremi, MD3 1AO Fox Hospital/The Bassett Healthcare Network, Oneonta, NY, USA; 2The Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY, USA; 3Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Oral – Services for Children and Adolescents 9:00 - CHARACTERISTICS AND HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA Ted Handler, MD, MBA; Carlo Hojilla, PhD, RN; Terri Hupfer, RN; Susanne Watson, PhD; Amy Vallerie; Lauren Hartman, MD; Eve Zaritsky, MD Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA Oral – Services for Children and Adolescents 9:15 - CROSSROADS BETWEEN THE MEDICALLY COMPLEX TRANSGENDER YOUTH AND GENDER AFFIRMING THERAPY Tandy Aye, MD1; Andrea Tabuenca Lewallen, PhD1; Paula Hillard, MD1; Amy Valentine, MSW2 1Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 2Stanford Children's Hospital, Stanford, CA, USA 2 WPATH 2018 Symposium Schedule Oral – Services for Children and Adolescents 9:30 - THE EXPERIENCES OF GENDER DIVERSE AND TRANS CHILDREN AND YOUTH ATTENDING SPECIALTY CLINICS: THE STORIES OF GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE PROJECT Annie Pullen Sansfacon, PhD1; Ghosh Shuvo, MD, FAAP, DABP2; Margaret Lawson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCP3; Stephen Feder, MPH, MDCM, CCFP3; Jennifer Ducharme, PhD, PsyD4; Cindy Holmes, PhD5; Julia Temple- Newhook, PhD6; Frank Suerich-Gulick, PhD1 1University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Meraki Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 4Health Science Centre, WinnipeG, MB, Canada; 5University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; 6Memorial University, St John, NL, Canada Buen Ayre B Mini-Symposia – Adolescent Medicine 8:30 - THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: EMERGING DEVELOPMENTS IN OPTIONS FOR MEDICAL TRANSITION FOR GENDER DIVERSE YOUTH Jeremi Carswell, MD1; Stephanie Roberts, MD1; Maja Marinkovic, MD2; Janet Lee, MD, MPH3; Stephen Rosenthal, MD3 1Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; 2University of California San DieGo, San DieGo, CA, USA; 3University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Buen Ayre C Mini-Symposia – Policy, Law & Ethics 8:30 - THE ARGENTINEAN EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC TRANSGENDER HEALTH AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENDER IDENTITY Ines Aristegui, PsyD1,2; Cecilia Calvar, MD3; Nadir Cardozo4; Lida Santa Cruz Lopez5; Claudia Frola, MD1,3; Virginia Zalazar, PsyD1; Maria Branca5; Omar Sued, PhD1 1Fundacion Huesped, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, ArGentina; 3Hospital Fernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 4ArGentinean Transvestite, TransGender and Transsexual Association, Buenos Aires, ArGentina; 5Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires Province, La Plata, ArGentina Pacara B Mini-Symposia – International Medical Delivery 8:30 - STRATEGIES TO EXPAND CARE FOR TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING PERSONS IN THE U.S. - THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER Madeline Deutsch, MD1; Zil Goldstein, MSN, I clicked MSN but I think it's actually NP2; Pam Klein, MSN3; Tamar Reisman, MD2; Joshua Safer, MD2 1University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; 3Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA 3 WPATH 2018 Symposium Schedule Pacifico A Plenary - Surgery Review in Latin America Moderators – Javier Belinky, Stan Monstrey 8:30 – FACIAL FEMINIZATION SURGERY IN ARGENTINA Marcelo Di Maggio 8:45 – GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY IN ARGENTINA Cesar Fidalgo 9:00 – GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY IN CHILE Guillermo MacMilan 9:15 - GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY IN BRAZIL Tiago Rosito 9:30 – Q & A Pacifico B Panel – WPATH/WAS/IPPF Collaboration: Trans Rights as Fundamental Sexual and Human Rights Moderator – Eli Coleman Panelists: Tamara Adrian, Jamison Green, Eszter Kismodi, Gail Knudson, YuHsin Huang Quebracho AB Mini-Symposia – International Medical Delivery 8:30 - TRANS AFFIRMATIVE HEALTH CARE ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN: A COMPARISON OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND USA Simon Pickstone-Taylor, MD1; Diane Ehrensaft, PhD2; Erica Anderson, PhD2; Elma De Vries, MD1; Chris Mclachlan, MA3 1University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; 2University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 3University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa 10:15 - 11:15 Atlantico A Oral – Voice and Communication 10:15 - VOICE- AND GESTURE-BASED PREDICTORS OF GENDER AND FEMININITY RATINGS Teresa Hardy, B.Sc., MSLP1; Carol Boliek, PhD1; Daniel Aalto, PhD1; Justin Lewicke, B.Sc., MBA2; Kristopher Wells, PhD1; Jana Rieger, PhD1 1University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada Oral – Voice and Communication 10:30 - TRANSGENDER WOMENS’ VOICES BEFORE AND AFTER FEMINIZING VOICE THERAPY BASED ON PATIENTS' SUBJECTIVE RATINGS AND RESULTS FROM AN AUDIO-PERCEPTUAL LISTENING TEST Maria Södersten, PhD1,2; Hanna Björnfot1; Anne Dahlberg1; Victoria Kelly2; Ulrika Nygren, PhD1,2 1Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Atlantico B Oral – Services in Different Parts of the World 10:15 - EXPLORING THE HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCES OF TRANS YOUNG PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA Penelope Strauss, MPH1; Sam Winter, PhD2; Angus Cook, PhD, MBChB, MBiostats, GradDipHlthEcon3; Vanessa Watson, PsyD4; Dani Wright Toussaint1; Ashleigh Lin, PhD1 1Telethon Kids Institute, Perth,