Gender Affirming Care

Letters for Gender-Affirming Medical Needs/Surgery

I offer appointments to complete letters for gender-affirming medical needs/surgery free of charge. I am also able to provide referrals to other providers in the Western Pennsylvania area who provide similar letter services, should I not have availability or should you need letters from multiple providers.  If you are interested in obtaining a letter for gender-affirming medical needs/surgery, please contact me at cecropiacounseling@protonmail.com.

LGBTQ+ Affirming Healthcare Providers 

Please note that this is an evolving list of providers. I cannot guarantee a positive experience with any particular medical provider listed on this page.

LGBTQ+ Affirming Primary Care

• Central Outreach Wellness Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, Phone: (412) 322-4151 (free STI testing)

• Allies For Health + Wellbeing, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, Phone: (412) 345-7456 (free STI testing)

• Metro Community Health Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15218, Phone: (412) 247-2310

• Molly A. Fisher, MD at AGH Internal Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, Phone: (412) 359-3751

• Steven R Wolfe, DO at Forbes Family Medicine

  • Monroeville, PA 15146, Phone: (412) 457-1100

  • Pittsburgh, PA 15212, Phone: (412) 359-3360

• Alexandra E.C. Mieczkowski, MD at UPMC General Internal Medicine

  • Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Phone: (412) 692-4888

  • Turtle Creek, PA 15145, Phone: (412) 823-3121

• Lindsay A. Nakaishi, MD, MPH at UPMC St. Margaret Bloomfield-Garfield Family Health Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, Phone: 412-361-7562

• Scott R. Brown, DO at UPMC Shadyside Family Health Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, Phone: 412-623-2287

• Jonathan W. Yadlosky, MD at UPMC Matilda H. Theiss Health Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Phone: 412-383-1550

• Andrea E. Carter, MD at UPMC General Internal Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Phone: 412-692-4888

LGBTQ+ Affirming OBGYNs

• Colleen M Krajewski, MD at West Penn OB/GYN Multispecialists, multiple locations around Pittsburgh, PA, Phone: (412) 359-3355

• Noe Copley-Woods, MD at University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Phone: (412)687-1300

• Sheila Ramgopal, MD at Allegheny Reproductive Health Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, Phone: (412) 661-8811

LGBTQ+ Affirming Doulas

• Tal Krichten at Moonstruck Apothecary, Email: tal.moonstruck@gmail.com

• Marlee & Megan Malone-Franklin at Riverbend Birth, Phone: (412) 206-6335, Email: marleeandmegan@riverbendbirth.com 

Gender Affirming Voice Therapists

• Maevon Gumble, MMT, MT-BC at Becoming Through Sound Music Therapy Services, Pittsburgh, PA , Phone: (412) 223-7067, Email: maevon@becomingthroughsound.com

• Elizabeth Joan Harris, MT-BC at Feel Imagine Generate, Pittsburgh, PA, Email: elizabethharrismusic@gmail.com 

• Brett Welch, CCC-SLP at Transformative Communications, Phone: (832) 449-8608

• Leah B. Helou, MA, PhD, CCC-SLP at Helou Laboratory for Vocal Systems, Anatomy, and Physiological Research, Pittsburgh, PA, Phone: (412) 383-6565, Email: lbh7@pitt.edu

• Jacqueline Gartner-Schmidt, PhD, CCC-SLP at Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, Phone: (412) 578-6338, Email: jlgartner-schmidt@carlow.edu 

• Amanda Truitt-Smith, EdD, CCC-SLP at Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, Phone: (412) 578-6297, Email: jtruitt-smith@carlow.edu 

Gender Affirming Surgeons

Top Surgery

• Vu T. Nguyen, MD at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Phone: (412) 648-8736

• Bryan J. Cicuto, DO at Plastic & Aesthetic Surgical, Lititz, PA 17543 Phone: (717) 625-3509

• Brodie Parent, MD at University of Pittsburgh Plastic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, Phone: (412) 367-8998

• Carolyn De La Cruz, MD at University of Pittsburgh Plastic Surgery,  Pittsburgh, PA 15232,  Phone: (412) 623-6397

Bottom Surgery

• Cecile Ferrando, MD, MPH at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, Phone: (216) 444-6601

• Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD at NYU Plastic Surgery Associates, New York, NY 10017, Phone: (646) 501-4449

• Oriana D. Cohen, MD at NYU Plastic Surgery Associates, New York, NY 10017, Phone: (646) 501-4480

• Jamie P. Levine, MD at NYU Plastic Surgery Associates, New York, NY 10017, Phone: (212) 263-8452

• Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD at NYU Plastic Surgery Associates, New York, NY 10017, Phone: (646) 501-4481

• Mt. Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY 10001, Phone: (212) 604-1730, Email: CTMSinfo@mountsinai.org 

• Devin O’Brien-Coon, MD, MS at Brigham and Women’s Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, Phone: (617) 732-5282

• John Hopkins Medicine Center for Transgender Health, Baltimore, MD 21231, Phone: (844) 546-5645, Email: JHUSA@jhmi.edu 

• Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, MD at Temple University Hospital Main Campus, Philadelphia, PA 19140, Phone: (800) 836-7536

• Curtis Crane, MD at Crane Center,  Austin, TX 78746, Phone: (512) 446-9486, Email: TXReception@CraneCTS.com 

• Loren Schechter, MD at Rush University Medical Group, Chicago, IL 60612, Phone: (313) 942-3640

Hysterectomy

• Erin Lyn Rhinehart, MD at UPMC Magee Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Phone: (412) 687-1300

Facial Feminization Surgery

• Jesse A. Goldstein, MD at The Center For Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, Phone: (412) 692-5323

• Brodie Parent, MD at University of Pittsburgh Plastic Surgery, 9102 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, Phone: (412) 367-8998

Orchiectomy

• Kathleen Y Hwang, MD at UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital (Urology), Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Phone: (412) 692-4100

Vocal Surgery

• Mark S. Weidenbecher, MD at Unity Health Network, Stow, Ohio 44224, Phone: (330) 923-0399

• Mark S. Courey, MD at Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice, New York NY, 10029, Phone: (212) 241-9425

• Clark A. Rosen, MD at UCSF Otolaryngology, San Francisco, CA 94115, Phone: (415) 885-7700, Email: clark.rosen@ucsf.edu

• Blake C. Simpson, MD at The Kirklin Clinic, Birmingham, AL 35233, Phone: (205) 801-7801, Option 3, Email: lvfranks@uabmc.edu