Join for the fifth episode in the Association of Out Surgeons and Allies (AOSA) series for a comprehensive discussion of what the general surgeon needs to know prior to operating on a patient who has previously undergone gender affirming surgery.

Host: 
Dan Scheese, MD
Andrew Schlussel, DO, Colorectal and General Surgeon, Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

Guests:
Dr. Megan Lane (She/her)
megalane@med.umich.edu
Dr. Lane is a plastic surgery resident at the University of Michigan who is planning on going into Gender Affirming Surgery and general reconstruction. She completed a research fellowship in the National Clinician Scholars Program and focused primarily on patient-reported outcomes in gender affirming surgery.

Dr. Amy Suwanabol
pasuwan@med.umich.edu
Dr. Suwanabol is a colorectal surgeon at the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor VA. She assists the gender affirming surgeons at the University of Michigan in performing robotic-assisted vaginoplasty. Her research focuses on optimizing quality of life among surgical patients and their families, surgeon well-being, and cancer survivorship.

Dr. Monica Llado-Farrulla
lladorfar@ohsu.edu
Dr. Llado-Farrulla was born and raised in Puerto-Rico, completed general surgery residency followed by plastic surgery residency at Tulane and Penn, respectively. She pursued a year of training in advanced gender surgery and is now currently at OHSU. Her practice largely focuses on facial feminization, chest affirming surgeries, phalloplasty, autologous breast reconstruction, and limb salvage. 

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