Medical Services

You can get primary care anywhere. At UVA, you can choose to see a healthcare provider with specific training and experience with trans, nonbinary, and intersex patients. Transgender primary care aims to serve you as a whole person.

We can help with your injuries, illnesses, vaccinations, and preventative healthcare. We do so while embracing and respecting you. This means we can provide gender health services specific to your journey and your gender identity.

You may have experienced barriers to self-care. We’re here to help.

How you sound and speak impacts your daily life. If you’re transgender, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming, you may want to adapt your communication style to match your gender identity. Transgender voice therapy can help you develop self-expression that feels authentic.

At UVA, you’ll find experienced, compassionate speech-language pathologists (SLPs). We specialize in gender-affirming voice and communication modification.

Everyone wants to feel authentic and comfortable in their own skin. For some people, that means having the physical look and feel of their gender identity. Transgender surgery includes several types of gender-affirmation procedures that can help you feel at ease in your body.

As a transgender woman wanting gender-confirmation surgery, you’ll want to find expert surgical care. At UVA, we have experience and skill in performing MTF surgery and a range of male-to-female procedures.

During your first visit, we’ll aim to address your fears, questions, and concerns. You’ll get the information you need to make the best choice for you. We’ll cover:

• Your options
• The pros and cons of each procedure
• What to expect during recovery

As a transgender male, your goal for female to male surgery (FTM) for gender-confirmation can involve top surgery, bottom surgery, or both. You may or may not want facial procedures. It’s up to you.

Female to Male Surgery at UVA

We’re here to offer consultations, second opinions, and information to help you choose and plan. Come to us with your questions and concerns. We’ll explain:

An autologous stem cell transplant uses healthy cells harvested from your own body.

This treatment damages and kills your diseased bone marrow. We then replace it with the stem cells we harvested from you. Your bone marrow recovers and produces new, healthy cells.

Autologous Advantages

When you are your own donor, you benefit from:

Everyone faces challenges. Sometimes, talking to a specialist in transgender psychology can help. If you identify as transgender, nonbinary, or any of a range of identities, you want to make sure that you find a safe space to go to.

Transgender Psychology

At UVA, we offer affirming, informed mental health services. We’re not here to treat your gender identity. Being trans or nonbinary is not the source of mental illness. Our psychologists are here to listen and support your needs as a whole and unique individual.

Being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin or Hodgkin lymphoma can be overwhelming. For expert, compassionate lymphoma treatment in Virginia, you can count on UVA Health. We have decades of experience in treating lymphoma and other cancers that grow in blood cells. 

We use our experience and the latest discoveries to provide breakthrough treatments, personalized for you.

Extreme fatigue, weight loss, fever, and sweats: Lymphoma can make you feel ill and tired every day. All types of lymphoma affect your lymph system. Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphomas create similar symptoms.

At UVA Health, you'll find expert diagnostics and the latest treatments for all types of lymphoma.

Finding transgender gynecology care you feel comfortable with can be a challenge. As a trans, nonbinary, intersex, or gender-nonconforming person, you might feel awkward, maybe even scared.

The waiting room might be filled with cisgender women. The care you receive can seem focused on the needs of cisgender women. You’re not always called the right name, let alone treated by professionals who understand trans and other gender-related healthcare.