Karen Aguilar Magallanes, Patient Navigator

GHSF Lead Patiient Navigator
San Francisco Department of Public Health, Gender Health SF

Karen Aguilar is the Lead Patient Navigator for Gender Health SF where she works with most of the program's monolingual Spanish-speaking patients, which is almost 40% of GHSF's total patients. She was part of the first Trans Health Study conducted in San Francisco in 2000 and has been a community health worker and leader in San Francisco since then. Karen’s outstanding commitment and advocacy with transsexual, transgender and gender non-binary communities was acknowledged in 2018 Heroes and Hearts award.

Presentation(s):

• MS01 - Gender Health in Public Health: Gender Health SF and the System of Care

  Saturday, April 13
  10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

• MS08 - Multiple Surgeries and Gender Dysphoria: A Clinical Conversation

  Sunday, April 14
  10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

• MS15 - Surgery and Mental Health and Substance Use: What Is the Evidence and What Have We Learned

  Sunday, April 14
  3:30 PM – 5:00 PM