7th Floor Diamond Health Care Centre
The Gender Surgery Program offers both feminizing and masculinizing procedures consistent with the guidelines established by the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH).
N/A
Referral needed from primary care provider ; Client needs to have two completed readiness assessments from Trans Care BC approved accessors
Relevant to surgery type
Relevant to surgery type
Services ONLY available for residents of British Columbia (and Yukon Territory by arrangement)
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority website
1. Get referral to the Gender Surgery Program of B.C. at VGH
2. Meet with the surgeons for a consultation
3. Prepare for surgery
4. Have surgery and recover 5. Discharge to primary care provider
Virtual consults are standard prior to the necessary in-person pre-surgical appointments
M.D., FRCSC
Print, fill out, and fax to 604-875-5075 Lower Surgery Referral Form: http://www.vch.ca/Documents/Lower-Surgery-Referral-Form.pdf
Provincial Health Insurance (Medical Services Plan of BC)
Client’s primary care provider puts in a referral to the clinic
Dr. Krista Genoway