When looking for a surgeon, choose someone that you trust and can connect with. Be careful with your choice, learn as much as you can about them, and be sure to contact your peer group for referrals. This list is provided for information only to give you a starting point, primarily in the US. There may be many more that are not on this list and I encourage you to do your research and not make any rush decisions. Be open minded to going out of the country such as Mexico, Canada and Thailand. Above all, these are life changing surgeries, so choose carefully and wisely. And if I may, please approach our surgeons with gratitude, they often stick their necks way out to help us.
Finally and above all, remember that surgery is only an option, and you need not have any at all! There can be serious downsides to surgery so please research things carefully!
Types of MTF surgeries include
- Buttocks Implants & Body Contouring
- Facial Feminization
- Gender Reassignment
- Orchiectomy
- Voice
Types of FTM surgeries include
- Body Contouring
- Facial Masculinization
- Hysterectomy
- Chest Reconstruction
- Genital Reconstruction
MTF Facial Feminization Surgeons
- Ivan Aguilar and Carlos Mendez (Guadalajara, Tijuana, Mazatlan & Mexicali, Mexico)
- Gary Alter (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Joel Beck (San Francisco, CA)
- Eric Bensimon (Montreal, Canada)
- Cameron Bowman (Vancouver, Canada – Canadian Citizen Only)
- Carlos Céspedes Irrazábal (Barcelona, Spain – Use Google Translate to View)
- Brownstein & Crane (San Francisco & Austin)
- Lazero Cardenas (Guadalajara, Mexico)
- Jordan Deschamps-Braly (San Francisco, CA)
- Marcelo Di Maggio (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Josef Hadeed (Miami & Beverly Hills)
- Sherman Leis (Philadelphia, PA)
- Toby Mayer (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Toby Meltzer & Ellie Ley (Scottsdale, AZ)
- Tuan Nguyen (Lake Oswego, OR)
- Stephen Pincus (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Peter Raphael (Plano, TX)
- Kathy Rumer (Ardmore, PA)
- Sarah Saxon (Austin, TX)
- Alexander Sinclair (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Jeffrey Spiegel (Boston, MA)
- Angela Sturm (Houston, TX)
- R. Scott Yarish (Houston, TX)
- Mark Zukowski (Chicago, IL)
MTF Gender Reassignment Surgeons
- Ivan Aguilar and Carlos Mendez (Guadalajara, Tijuana, Mazatlan & Mexicali, Mexico)
- Gary Alter (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Maud Belanger (Montreal, Canada)
- Marci Bowers (Burlingame, CA)
- Pierre Brassard (Canada)
- Brownstein & Crane (San Francisco & Austin)
- Josef Hadeed (Orchiectomy, Miami & Beverly Hills)
- Stanton Honig (New Haven, CT)
- Sherman Leis (Philadelphia, PA)
- Christine Mcginn (New Hope, PA)
- Toby Meltzer & Ellie Ley (Scottsdale, AZ)
- Tuan Nguyen (Lake Oswego, OR)
- Peter Raphael (Plano, TX)
- Harold Reed (Miami,FL)
- Kathy Rumer (Ardmore, PA)
- Nabeel Sayed (Orchiectomy only)
- Loren Schecter (Morton Grove, IL)
- Alexander Sinclair (Beverly Hills, CA)
- John Taylor (Middletown, NJ)
FTM Facial Masculinization
- Gary Alter (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Josef Hadeed (Miami & Beverly Hills)
- Sherman Leis (Philadelphia, PA)
FTM Chest Reconstruction
- Ivan Aguilar and Carlos Mendez (Guadalajara, Tijuana, Mazatlan & Mexicali, Mexico)
- Richard Bartlett (Brookline, MA)
- Michael Bermant
- Cameron Bowman (Vancouver, Canada – Canadian Citizen Only)
- Brownstein & Crane (San Francisco & Austin)
- David Buchanan
- Beverly Fisher
- Daniel Greenwald
- Melissa Johnson
- Clifford King
- Gary Lawton
- Sherman Leis (Philadelphia, PA)
- Alan Dulin, Scott Harris, Peter Raphael (Plano, TX)
- Daniel Medalie
- Toby Meltzer
- Yvon Menard
- Scott Mosser (SanFrancisco, CA)
- Charles Garramone
- Harold Reed
- Dr. Rukmini Rednam (Houston)
- Kathy Rumer
- Russel Sassani
- Alexander Sinclair (Beverly Hills, CA)
- John Taylor (Middletown, NJ)
- Stanley Taub
- Scott Yarish
FTM Genital Reconstruction
- Ivan Aguilar and Carlos Mendez (Jalisco, Mexico)
- Gary Alter
- Marci Bowers
- Cameron Bowman
- Pierre Brassard
- Brownstein & Crane (San Francisco & Austin)
- Daniel Greenwald
- Sherman Leis (Philadelphia, PA)
- Christine Mcginn (New Hope, PA)
- Daniel Medalie
- Toby Meltzer
- Alan Dulin, Scott Harris, Peter Raphael (Plano, TX)
- Harold Reed
- Kathy Rumer
Hysterectomy & OB/Gyn
- Robert Darrow
- Dr. Amie Napier M.D.
- Frank Oliver (No longer taking new clients)
- Women’s Health Associates of Richardson
Hair Transplant – Male and Female
Insurance Carriers to Choose
Transgender Surgery Scholarships To Consider
Surgeon Listings
No Longer Active
- Stanley Biber, rest in peace
- Donald Laub,retired
- Douglas Ousterhout, retired
- Eugene Schrang, retired
- Yvon Menard, retired
- Ted Huang, rest in peace
Note to Surgeons: If you are an openly transgender-affirming surgeon and would like your resource listed here, please feel free to contact me.
