Dr. Christina Milano oral history

Dr. Christina Milano is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine, a practitioner at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)'s Richmond, OR clinic, creator and medical director of the Richmond Engagement and Community Health team, and co-founder of the OHSU Transgender Health Program. She specializes in family planning and reproductive healthcare, the care of transgender patients (including hormone therapy), and the post-hospital care for complex medical patients. Dr. Milano is interviewed by her fellow co-founder of the OHSU Transgender Health Program, Dr. Daniel Dugi. Together they discuss her early career and entry into transgender healthcare. This interview also includes discussions of the environment of care towards gender diverse patients at OHSU in her early career as compared to the time of the interview, as well as broader changes and difficulties in policy, equity and general attitude for transgender healthcare over time. The interview covers the formation and development of the Transgender Health Program at OHSU and important figures within the program, as well as topics such as advocacy for transgender patients with Medicaid or Medicare. Related interview: Dr. Milano also interviewed Dr. Dugi on the same day. Users are suggested to review both interviews for the fullest account of the information conveyed.

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Identifier: 44558d57m
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Historical Collections & Archives, Oregon Health & Science University
Creator(s): Oregon Health & Science University
Contributor(s): Dugi, Daniel
Date Created: Nov. 28, 2018
Genre: Oral Histories
Places: Oregon > Multnomah County > Portland
Topic(s): Education
Hormone therapy (Gender)
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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