Professor Ramnath Subramaniam
Consultant Pediatric Urologist, Nuffield Health
About this event
- Date and time Fri 30 Sep 2022 from 9:00am to 4:00pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Sexuality and Sexual Health Section
Join us for an event to improve your understanding of the sexual health needs of patients with differences of sex development (DSDs or intersex conditions), particularly as they begin the process of considering genital surgery.
Participants will learn the specificity and significance of the vocabulary used to describe DSDs and be empowered with the knowledge needed to effectively counsel patients and their families as they consider the potential risks/benefits of genital surgery. And finally, they will be assisted in grappling with the ethical and medicolegal challenges inherent in the surgical modification of the genitalia in younger patients.
Objectives of the event include:
- To learn historical and updated terminology used to discuss variance of sex, gender, and genitalia
- To describe the history of surgical care provided to patients with differences of sex development (DSDs), its technical progress and limitations
- To understand the medicolegal and bioethical challenges that accompany the surgical treatment of children and adolescent minors with DSDs
This webinar is available for on-demand viewing. The webinar recording will be available for registered delegates up to 60 days after the live webinar broadcast via Zoom. The link will be sent 3 days after the webinar takes place.
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Key speakers
Dr Frances Grimstad
Lead Gynecologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor Surya Monro
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
Agenda
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Session 1 – Surgical care
Welcome and introduction
Dr Barbara Chubak, Associate Professor of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Differences in sex development, intersex and variations in sex characteristics – terminology and its discontents
Professor Peter Hegarty, Professor of Psychology, Open University
State of the art in diagnosis of differences in sex development
Professor Nils Krone, Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, University of Sheffield
Indications for surgical treatment of differences in sex development
Professor Ramnath Subramaniam, Consultant Pediatric Urologist, Nuffield Health
Comfort break
Psychological support: An essential adjuvant
Dr Julie Alderson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, University of Bristol
Technical progress in genitoplasty
Dr Richard Yu, Lead Urologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Management of complications of surgical treatment
Dr Frances Grimstad, Lead Gynecologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Question and answer session
Comfort break
Session 2 – Controversies in care
Introduction
Interdisciplinary approaches to intersex (the intersex – new interdisciplinary approaches project)
Professor Surya Monro, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
Bioethical perspectives on surgical decision making
Dr Kate Goldie Townsend, Associate Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter
Legal perspectives on surgical decision making
Dr Mitchell Travis, Associate Professor of Law and Social Justice, University of Leeds and Dr Fae Garland, Senior Lecturer of Law, University of Manchester
Comfort break
Patient perspectives and community engagement
Mr Anick Soni, Co-Founder and Trustee, Interconnected UK, Ms Katherine Williams, Adult Support Coordinator, The CAH Support Group, Mr Sean Saifa Wall, Co-Founder, Intersex Justice Project and Dr Joanne Williams, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Question and answer session
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Location
Online
Registration for this webinar will close 1 hour prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 1 hour before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
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