Specialties & Conditions Gender & Sex Development Program
Gender Identity & Sex Development
The Gender & Sex Development Program at Lurie Children’s has two arms. One provides comprehensive services for transgender, gender expansive and gender-non conforming youth while the other offers support for children and adolescents with sex development conditions.
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Services for Gender Development Program
The gender development arm of the program provides outpatient services supporting the physical, mental and social health of patients and their families as youth progress through gender identity development. Our multidisciplinary team includes adolescent and young adult medicine physicians, endocrinologists, psychologists, social workers, surgeons and nurses who all have an expertise in gender identity development.
Services for Sex Development Program
The sex development arm of our program cares for newborns and children with differences of sex development. Our collaborative team includes pediatric endocrinologists, urologists, surgeons, social worker, and nurses in addition to an ethicist and child psychologist experienced in DSD and gender issues to give our patients the most holistic care possible.
Appointments
To request an appointment with our Gender Development Program, please call 1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC). For any additional information, please contact our medical social worker, Janay Joyce, at 312.227.3779 or jjoyceward@luriechildrens.org
To request an appointment for our Sex Development Program, please contact Danielle Lee at 312.227.6203 or leeda@luriechildrens.org.
Gender & Sex Development Program News & Stories
Philanthropy
Your support is vital in helping us continue to make a difference in the lives of patients and families. The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine relies on philanthropic funding to enhance its programs, services and research for adolescents and young adults. To learn more, please e-mail the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation at foundation@luriechildrens.org or call 312.227.7500.