Joshua D Safer - Endocrine, Diabetes and Bone Diseases (Endocrinology) | Mount Sinai - New York
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Joshua D Safer, MD

Endocrine, Diabetes and Bone Diseases (Endocrinology)

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About Me

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.

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Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
Hospital Affiliations
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel
  • Mount Sinai Morningside
  • Mount Sinai Brooklyn
  • Mount Sinai Queens
  • The Mount Sinai Hospital
  • New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
  • Mount Sinai West

Clinical Focus

  • Gender Affirming Care
  • Transgender Medicine

Education

MD, uwiogn
Fellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Locations

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Publications

Publications:152
Selected Publications

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Industry Relationships

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Safer during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Board Service

  • WPATH/USPATH

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • World Athletics and other non-profit sports associations
  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other non-profit legal associations sharing projects

Editorial Services

  • UpToDate

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.