Hahnemann University Hospital is launching a  physician education program focused on treating transgender patients.

Hahnemann’s Transgender Fellowship Training Program is the first of its kind in the area and only the second such program in the U.S. The nation’s first transgender surgery and psychiatric medical fellowships were announced at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine in New York City this past summer.

Hahnemann’s fellowship, a one-year program, will provide training in gender affirmation surgeries, as well as pre- and post-operative care.

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