Clinical Track

Mini-Symposia

MS04 - Critical Conversations: Eating Disorders and Weight Concerns in Trans Communities

Presenter(s)

• 

  Sand Chang, Ph.D.

  Clinical Practice Consultant, Licensed Psychologist
  Kaiser Permanente and Independent Practice

  Nothing to disclose

Co-Presenter(s)

• JH

  Jen Hastings, MD

  Assistant Clinical Professor
  UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine
  UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine

  Nothing to disclose
• JG

  Jess Guerriero, MSW, MA

  Intake and Referral Specialist
  Oregon Health & Science University

  Nothing to disclose
• ND

  Narayana Darst, BA

  Candidate, Master of Science in Nutrition, Healthspan, and Longevity
  University of Southern California

  Nothing to disclose
• DI

  Dre Irizarry, MD

  Research Fellow
  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center
  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

  Nothing to disclose
• MR

  Marcella Raimondo, PhD, MPH

  Clinical Psychologist
  Kaiser Permanente

  Nothing to disclose

Panel discussion with audience participation

 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss challenges in assessment and treatment of eating disorders in trans communities, including the roles of sexism, transphobia, and fatphobia.
• Describe current hypotheses regarding the relationship between gender dysphoria and eating disorders in trans communities.
• Describe current challenges in evaluating surgical readiness and health risk in relation to body size, weight, and BMI.

1. Discuss challenges in assessment and treatment of eating disorders in trans communities, including the roles of sexism, transphobia, and fatphobia.
2. Describe current hypotheses regarding the relationship between gender dysphoria and eating disorders in trans communities.
3. Describe current challenges in evaluating surgical readiness and health risk in relation to body size, weight, and BMI.