Opportunities for Gender-Affirming Care Exposure Across Otolaryngology Programs
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Opportunities for otolaryngology residents to gain exposure and training in gender-affirming care (GAC) are not well-described. The authors examined the prevalence of US otolaryngology residency programs with GAC clinics, surgeons performing gender-affirming surgery (GAS), and faculty that published GAC research. METHODS: US otolaryngology residencies were identified with the AMA FREIDA, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®. Public program websites were used to identify facial plastic surgeons, laryngologists, and GAC clinics. Faculty were queried in PubMed for publications specific to GAC. Data were collected in January 2024. RESULTS: = .03). Nationally, 29.0% of programs (36/126), encompassing 652 residents (35.0% of all US trainees) had ≥ 1 otolaryngology faculty member with ≥ 1 GAC publication. DISCUSSION: Most otolaryngology residents in the United States train at institutions with a GAC clinic, but involvement of otolaryngology faculty is highly variable. A minority of residents have any department faculty who perform GAS or research in GAC. CONCLUSION: Opportunities exist to improve otolaryngology resident exposure to both clinical and scholarly GAC, particularly in the southern region of the United States.
Source: The Permanente Journal
DOI: 10.7812/tpp/24.197
Institution: Emory University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4409180000