Education is Power

our mission statement

"To provide state of the art medical information to mental health and licensed allied professionals, nursing and medical students including support staff that addresses  culturally sensitive care and treatment for the transgender and gender non-conforming community"

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We began our journey over 10 years ago as it became more and more evident that the scarcity of health professionals trained in transgender medical and behavioral health was of minimal availability to those in our transgender communities.

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We asked ourselves what would it take and how could we work together to reduce barriers to care when we did not have enough competent providers to provide assistance? 

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In order to address those needs our first step was to prepare our provider community and front line staff with culturally sensitive information and education to eliminate assumptions, improve communication and create a more affirming environment.  Using this as our focus we began to create state of the art learning sessions designed to meet the health care needs of transgender people.

Today through workshops and conferences we have stayed committed to providing not only competent but proficient education to our medical, mental health professionals, students, allied health providers, and our front line staff in the field of transgender heath care through interactive opportunities.

Medical Treatment

Healthcare Costs

Better Patient Care

Realities of Transgender Medical Care

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20%

50%

19%

33%

of transgender

people postpone medical coverage when they are sick or injured out of fear.

report they are the ones who have to teach their provider about healthcare issues.

of transgender people have been refused care by doctors or hospitals.

delay any form of preventative healthcare treatment because of discrimination.

Leadership Team

Our experts are the finest

Jodi Reichman, Founder /CEO- South Florida Transgender Medical Consortium

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Board of Directors

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Thomas Pietrogallo, MSW/LCSWMBA-President

Transgender Medical Consortium

CEO-Poverello Center

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Jim Lopresti-Ph.d.LMHC-Vice President

South Florida Transgender Medical Consortium

Senior Clinical Supervisor

Sunserve Social Services

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Dr.Sheryl Zayas-D.O.-Sect./Tres

South Florida Transgender Medical Consortium

Medical director

Care Resource

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Dr.Bethel Steindel-Spargo-Executive Board Member

South Florida Transgender Medical Consortium

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

Memorial Health Care

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Advisory Committee and Board Members

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Dr Asa Radix -WPATH

Callen Lorde Community Health Center

NYC/NY

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Dr Uri Belkind-Dept of  Adolescents/Pediatrics

Callen Lorde/NYU School of Medicine

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Tatiana Williams-Advisory Board Member 

CEO/Founder-Transinclusive

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Mitch Bloom- Advisory Board Member

Wells Fargo, Wilton Manors

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Regina Gerbier-Advisory Board Member 

Florida Department of Health, Broward County

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Jessmarie Gonzalez-Advisory Board Member

Behavioral Community Health specialist

Care Resource

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Testimonials

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Dr. Scott, MD

Excellent content, loved the panel, great program Great workshop overall!

Overall, I think this is one of the best workshops I've atended. I think the small group discussions were useful.

Jackie, Ph.D.

Training was very helpful, and I genuinely learned a lot. The case studies were outstanding.

Andrea, LPN

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SFTMC is a recognized non profit organization under code IRC  section 501 (c) (3).  Tax deductible Contributions qualify under IRC section 170, 2055, 2106 or 2522