9th Annual South Florida Transgender Medical Conference
September 12/13th, 2019
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Embassy Suites by Hilton Fort Lauderdale 17th Street
1100 Southeast 17th Street,
Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33316
(over night? Code SFT for special rates),
We are exited to bring you quality information by experts in their respective fields of transgender care who share their expertise to assist in developing competency through knowledgeable inter actions. During the next two days it will be our goal to provide you with the kind of valuable information and professional networking that will greatly enhance your ability to provide quality service to our transgender,gender non-conforming and gender expansive individuals in our community.
Our Sponsors
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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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
Our Partners
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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