Dr. Eric Walton
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Giving someone a PNL prosthesis because they have erectile dysfunction is gender-affirming care.
But specifically, things for gender-diverse persons can definitely be done by a general urologist.
Urologists can do orchiectomies for trans women who are interested in that as either a starting point.
for their surgical care or even a final surgery for themselves.
They may not be interested in a vaginoplasty or a vulvoplasty going forward.
A lot of general urologists also offer testosterone therapy to their cisgendered patients, and that's certainly something that you can offer to transgender patients as well.
Yeah, sure.
So, well, to be honest, I didn't think I was going to be a surgeon, but then I fell in love with the OR and all the technical aspects of surgery.
And actually, my first exposure to urology was pediatric urology, and there's a lot of overlap there with reconstructive urology.
And as I was in medical school and residency, ultimately I found that what I most enjoyed about urology is improving people's quality of life and however that might be defined for a patient.
And I found that reconstructive urology was really the perfect fit to provide that care to patients.
With respect to like gender surgery specifically, that kind of brought together a...
interest of mine that was there before I even started urology, which was an interest in health disparities and access to care.
And when I was looking for opportunities as a resident to work in that space, I discovered gender-affirming surgery.
We didn't have any exposure to it in residency, but I thought it was a good opportunity
Marriage of the technically interesting work of surgery, improving quality of life for patients, and then working to expand access to care for underserved groups.
Yeah, absolutely.
So, we know that gender diverse individuals, whether they identify as transgender, non-binary, or another identity, we know that they're generally underinsured.
So, just getting access to care in general is a problem.
And then from a surgical perspective, there's still not that many providers throughout the country or even worldwide who are offering this care.
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