Donald Laub, who opened the first sex-reassignment clinic on the West Coast in 1968 and Judy Van Maasdam, a therapist who operates a gender dysphoria program in Palo Alto. It was during this period that he met two major influences on his choice of career: Dr. He became interested in gender reassignment surgery during his residency at Stanford Hospital. Satterwhite earned his medical degree at Stanford Medical School, served a residency in plastic/reconstructive surgery at Stanford Hospital and completed a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at Miami Children’s Hospital, before beginning gender reassignment work. “We believe our team has the heightened level of sensitivity necessary to care for men and women undergoing gender-reassignment surgery.” Patrick Bennett, chief of staff at Marin General, in a statement.
“Staff and physicians are embracing this opportunity to acquire new skills,” said Dr. A vaginoplasty involves the building of a vaginal canal for patients who are transitioning from male to female such operations require about three days of hospitalization. Satterwhite recently joined the staff of Marin General Hospital and performed his first vaginoplasty at Marin General in September, making Marin General the only major hospital in the North Bay to offer gender reassignment surgery. Satterwhite and his partner, who works as a preschool/kindergarten teacher in San Francisco, are raising a 2-year-old adopted son. Air Force so the family moved every couple of years. Satterwhite was born in the Philippines his mother is Filipino. I have a lot of sympathy for what my patients go through.” “I understand what it’s like to feel discriminated against. “It’s very natural and easy for me,” Satterwhite said.
Thomas Satterwhite of Mill Valley, a black gay man, being a plastic surgeon who specializes in gender reassignment surgery feels like the most natural thing in the world. Mill Valley doctor begins performing gender reassignment surgeries at Marin General Hospital – Marin Independent Journalįor Dr.