Dr. Ira Pauly oral history

Ira Pauly, M.D. describes in this interview his life and career in psychiatry and how he came to specialize in treatment of the transgender community. Raised in Beverly Hills, California, he went to UCLA Medical School in the 1950s. Pauly interned in surgery, but decided to try a residency at Cornell Medical Center in New York. It was during a consultation rotation in 1961 that he met his first transgender person. He tells how little literature there was on the subject at the time. He notes how the terminology has evolved over time. He wrote a paper about it, which was published in 1965. In 1962 he came to University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS, now Oregon Health & Science University) where group therapy was practiced. He stayed there until 1978, when he became Chair at University of Nevada Medical School until 1995. He taught abroad and ran an adult mental health clinic in Reno. Dr. Pauly is also notable in trans circles for his series of videotaped interviews with activist Lou Sullivan. He speaks of colleagues and his work with the transgender community.

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Identifier: m039k527j
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Historical Collections & Archives, Oregon Health & Science University
Creator(s): Oregon Health & Science University
Contributor(s): Anderson, Maija
Date Created: Feb. 8, 2015
Genre: Oral Histories
Places: Oregon > Multnomah County > Portland
California > Los Angeles County > Los Angeles
New York > Tompkins County > City of Ithaca > Ithaca
Nevada > Washoe County > Reno
Topic(s): Medicalization
Psychiatry
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
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