Vanderbilt University Medical Center will no longer provide gender-affirming surgeries for adults.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is discontinuing surgeries for transgender adults after mounting pressures from ...

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is recommending that surgeons delay gender-affirming surgeries until patients turn 19, including chest, genital and facial surgeries.

The AMA’s comment came in response to a recent position statement from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that, while ...

A plastic surgeon who trained at NYU Langone Health apologized for remaining silent while witnessing children as young as 13 ...

Patients received surprise messages Friday saying health care system will no longer offer gender-affirming surgeries ...

American Society of Plastic Surgeons issues new statement recommending delay of youth gender surgeries until age 19, citing limited evidence.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has made the decision to halt gender-affirming plastic surgeries for adults, in an email ...

Dr. Ashley Alford advertises herself as the “highest-volume vaginoplasty surgeon in New England.” That means she performs ...

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The number of gender-affirming surgeries performed in the United States nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, a trend driven in part by changes in federal and state laws mandating coverage of the ...