Joshua D Safer, MD

Joshua D. Safer, MD, FACP, FACE is the Executive Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS) and Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 

Dr. Safer was the inaugural president of the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH), is a current member of the board for the World Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and serves on the Global Education Initiative committee for WPATH. Dr. Safer is a co-author of the Endocrine Society guidelines for the medical care of transgender people, the WPATH guidelines for the medical care of transgender people and the gender affirming hormone treatment sections in UpToDate.

Dr. Safer earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin. He completed his internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and his endocrinology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Safer has authored or co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications including the most recent reviews of transgender medicine in both the New England Journal and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In the News:

• Dr. Safer shares his thoughts on transient surgery and how him and his team are trying to share the new knowledge they obtain.
• Dr. Safer joins Katie Couric to discuss the biggest barriers that transgender face to obtain medical care.
• The Daily News shares the story of a transgender woman’s journey of beating breast cancer, with Dr. Safer weighing in on the carcinogenic dangers that implants bring.
• Dr. Safer weighs in on the court case that highlights misconceptions surrounding pediatric transgender care.
• Dr. Safer shares his opinion on the matter of sex-change operations yielding long-term mental health benefits for Transgender people.
• Dr. Safer discusses the barriers that transgender adults face when seekinggender-confirmation surgery, specifically overweight and obesity issues.
• Dr. Safer stresses the necessity of education in order to provide long-lasting meaningful change in the care for transgender individuals, with Medical Xpress and MedPage Today.
• Dr. Safer provides his experience with trans youth and the assistance of gender-affirming hormones.
• Dr. Safer shares his thoughts on how exceptional and knowledgeable transgender care access is tied to less suicidality.
• Hear Dr. Safer’s opinion on whether suppressing puberty is the right course when a child questions their gender.
• Dr. Safer comments on the study showing transgender men yielding eggs, babies, even after testosterone.
• Dr. Safer weighs in on and debunks the seven myths about trans health care.
• Dr. Safer discusses the controversial pubertal blocker legislation that may bring unintended consequences for children.
• Dr. Safer comments on the fact that many trans youth avoid revealing gender identity to doctors.
• Dr. Safer spoke to the New York Post about the re-opening of elective surgeries at the Center for Transgender Medicine.
• Dr. Safer weighs in on the Trump administration’s new ruling that would roll back antidiscrimination protections for transgender individuals set forth under the Affordable Care Act.
• Dr. Safer discusses the benefit of having supportive parents whenit comes to transgender healthcare.
• Dr. Safer comments on the necessity of respectful treatment when it comes to transgender patients.