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Topic: Transgender & Gender Expansive Youth-Patient Care Management

Speaker: Cathy Lynn Joyce, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics
Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge | Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn

Moderators: 
- Dr. Diana Bottari, MEDtalks Activity Director & Lead Physician Opioid Mitigation Strategies
- Don Martinez, MMS, PA-C, APC Professional Development Program Manager – Advocate Medical Group; Physician Assistant-Pediatrics, Olympia Fields; Co-Chair, APC Advisory Council

Learning Objectives: At the completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Describe and apply transgender and gender expansive youth terminology.
• Know how to appropriately address transgender and gender expansive patients and correctly document in their medical records
• Design a welcoming environment for the transgender and gender expansive youth patient population.
• Understand the initial evaluation of an adolescent and gender expansive youth population and how it can be applied to the general patient population
• Describe feminizing and masculinizing hormone therapy protocols

Target Audience: Primary Care Physicians, Pediatricians, Geriatricians, Hospitalists, Advance Care Practitioners, and other interested professionals.

Format: Lecture and Q&A

Accreditation Statement: Advocate Aurora Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement: Advocate Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.