Waltham – March 13th –
Joshua D. Safer, M.D., Medical Director of the Center for Transgender Medicine
and Surgery at Boston Medical Center, has been honored by the Massachusetts
Medical Society as the 2017 recipient of the society’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Health Award, an honor recognizing an individual who has made
outstanding contributions to LGBT health.
He will receive the award at the Society’s LGBT Networking Event scheduled
for October 26.
In nominating him
for the award, his colleagues noted Dr. Safer’s work in “bridging the gap
between perception and scientific evidence of the biological basis of gender
identity and the safety of treatment and his leadership in creating a new
generation of physicians who are not afraid to treat transgender patients.”
Board certified in
internal medicine and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, Dr. Safer is
also an Associate Professor of Medicine and Molecular Medicine at Boston
University School of Medicine, a position he has held since 2006.
A Fellow of the
American College of Physicians, Dr. Safer is a widely respected national and
international lecturer and author on the subjects of endocrinology and
transgender health. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical & Translational
Endocrinology and a member of the editorial boards of Transgender Health, International
Journal of Transgenderism, and Endocrine
Practice.
He is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and
serves as a member of its Global Education Initiative Task Force, its Writing
Committee on Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and
Gender Nonconforming People, and Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee for its
2018 International Meeting.
Dr. Safer received
his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and his
medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.
Dr. Safer has been
previously honored with the Outstanding Service Award from the Association of
Programs Directors in Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Boston University
School of Medicine Outstanding Student Mentor Award, and the Abbott Thyroid
Research Advisory Council Award. He
resides in Chestnut Hill.
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