Our Expert Team

Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH
Co-Director

Amy K. Weimer, MD
Co-Director

Nupur Agrawal, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Program: Primary Care

Dr. Nupur Agrawal is a Clinical Instructor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at UCLA and practices primary care at the UCLA Medicine-Pediatrics Comprehensive Care Clinic in Santa Monica, California. She received her undergraduate degree in Economics with a minor in Biological Sciences from Cornell University, her Master of Public Health degree in Healthcare Management from Columbia University, and her MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She completed her combined residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Agrawal has had a lifelong passion advocating for human rights and, as a result, joined the UCLA Gender Health Program to provide compassionate, personalized, and comprehensive care to transgender and gender-diverse patients. She has a special interest in managing hormone replacement therapy, contraception, PEP/PrEP therapy, sexually transmitted diseases, depression, and anxiety. More >

Erin Baroni, MD
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Program: Primary Care

Dr. Erin Baroni, a Clinical Instructor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at UCLA, has long been engaged in equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. She completed her internal medicine-pediatrics residency at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University where she started an LGBTQ+ group to build a community for residents and faculty. This created avenues for mentorship, research, and networking within the Warren Alpert Brown Medical School system. She was awarded an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) CATCH grant to work with local LGBTQ+ youth and improve their engagement in healthcare. Currently, Dr. Baroni is working on a scoping review of LGBTQ+ residency curriculums. She plans to continue this work and once completed, will use this information to build a comprehensive, achievable, and sustainable method for ensuring graduates are prepared to care for LGBTQ+ communities. Dr. Baroni has experience initiating and maintaining affirming treatment(s) for transgender and non-binary individuals. She also has expertise in the unique healthcare needs of sexual and gender minority communities and welcomes them in her practice. More >

Daniela Delgado, MD
Family Medicine

Program: Primary Care

Dr. Daniela Delgado is a Clinical Instructor in the UCLA Department of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her family medicine residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Her focus throughout her medical training was on community-based research and the well-being of vulnerable populations. Dr. Delgado specializes in the care of patients who identify as lesbian, bisexual, and queer, and has a special interest in transgender health. Her other clinical interests include adolescent health, PrEP/PEP, gynecological care and providing primary care for patients with HIV. Dr. Delgado is board certified in family medicine and sees both pediatric and adult patients in Beverly Hills and Westwood. More >

John D. Fernandez, MD
Internal Medicine

Program: Primary Care

Dr. John Fernandez is a Clinical Instructor in the UCLA Department of Medicine. He received his medical degree at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Dr. Fernandez has experience working with transgender and gender non-conforming patients in both rural and urban environments. His clinical interests include primary care for transgender and gender-diverse patients, the initiation and management of gender-affirming hormone treatment, the transition of care for young adults into adult primary care, and adult primary care. Dr. Fernandez sees patients in Beverly Hills. More >

Noah Ravenborg, MD
Internal Medicine

Program: Primary Care

Dr. Noah Ravenborg is a Clinical Instructor of Internal Medicine and a primary care physician at UCLA Health. He grew up in the LA area and obtained his medical degree from George Washington University in Washington, DC and completed Internal Medicine residency at UCLA. Dr. Ravenborg’s clinical interests include adult primary care, preventive medicine, HIV prevention and treatment, and LGBTQ health, including primary care for transgender patients and gender-diverse patients. He has experience in HIV primary care, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), STD prevention and treatment, and initiation and management of gender-affirming hormones. Dr. Ravenborg is passionate about patient-centered care and strives to integrate the values and priorities of patients with high-quality, evidenced-based medical care. More >

Amy K. Weimer, MD
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Program: Primary Care

Dr. Amy Weimer is Co-Director of the UCLA Gender Health Program and Associate Professor of Medicine – Pediatrics at UCLA. She completed her dual residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2003. She served as chief resident in internal medicine, then spent several years practicing general primary care before joining UCLA faculty in 2013. She became deeply interested in health care for transgender and gender-diverse patients during this time, and founded the UCLA Gender Health Program in 2016. She is committed to providing excellent care for transgender and gender-diverse patients of all ages, as well as improving the education of physicians and physicians-in-training on transgender health. More >

Christine T. Nguyen-Buckley, MD
Anesthesiology

Dr. Christine T. Nguyen-Buckley is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. She went to college at UC Berkeley and attended Eastern Virginia Medical School, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Dr. Nguyen-Buckley completed anesthesiology residency at UCLA, where she was selected as chief resident, followed by liver transplant anesthesiology residency. She is currently working on an Anesthesiology Department project on improving care of patients with gender health diagnoses through physician and nurse education. More >

Jessica Bernacki, PhD
Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent 

Program: Behavioral Health

Dr. Jessica Bernacki is a pediatric psychologist at UCLA who received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2013. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at UCLA in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Bernacki has been a Staff Psychologist in the Department of Medicine since 2013. She is the Director of Behavioral Health for the UCLA Gender Health Program and has been the primary psychologist for the program since it was founded in 2016.  Outside of work, Dr. Bernacki enjoys reading, being outdoors, and playing games with her children. More >

Marco Hidalgo, PhD
Psychology, Clinical Child, Adolescent and Adult

Program: Behavioral Health

Dr. Marco Hidalgo is a licensed clinical psychologist, researcher, and Associate Professor of Medicine-Pediatrics at UCLA. Born and raised in Southern California, he completed doctoral training at DePaul University and post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hidalgo practices exclusively in the Gender Health Program, where his patients are trans/gender-diverse individuals spanning from childhood to older adulthood. In his NIH-sponsored research, Dr. Hidalgo employs both qualitative and quantitative methods and his notable contributions to date pertain to measure construction, efficacy-testing of adolescent-tailored HIV prevention interventions, and approaches to multidisciplinary gender-affirmative care with trans/gender-diverse youth. Dr. Hidalgo is Principal Investigator of a five-year study examining gender development and mental health among a national sample of prepubertal trans/gender-diverse children.

Brandon Ito, MD, MPH
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

Program: Behavioral Health

Dr. Brandon Ito is Assistant Professor of Medicine – Psychiatry at UCLA. Dr. Ito completed his Adult Psychiatry training at the University of California, San Francisco and fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU Child Study Center and Bellevue Hospital where he served as Chief Fellow. More >

Natalie Ramos, MD, MPH
Psychiatry

Program: Behavioral Health

Dr. Natalia Ramos is the Medical Director of Child Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Services at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica who treats pediatric and adult patients through Behavioral Health Associates (BHA), the Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Clinic and the Faculty Practice Group. She also leads a resiliency group study for LGBTQ teens (ages 12- 17 years old with depression and anxiety. More >

Roja Fallah, MD, MPH
Pediatrics, Endocrinology

Dr. Fallah is a Health Sciences Clinical Instructor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She sees patients affected by a variety of diabetes and endocrine disorders with specific interest in endocrine neoplasms and transgender health. Previously, Dr. Fallah was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at USC Keck School of Medicine and worked as a Bone Marrow Transplant Hospitalist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. She received her M.D. degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. After receiving a Master of Public Health degree in maternal and child health from Loma Linda University, Dr. Fallah completed her residency in Pediatrics at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles and her fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. More >

Stanley G. Korenman, MD
Medicine, Endocrinology - Diabetes and Metabolism 

Program: Hormone Therapy

Dr. Stanley Korenman is Distinguished Professor of Medicine – Endocrinology at UCLA. He Graduated from Princeton University and medical school at Columbia. He was trained in Internal Medicine at Bellevue and Memorial Hospitals in New York. He was accepted to the NIH as a Clinical Associate and then Senior Investigator in the Endocrinology Branch of the National Cancer Institute where he began his lifelong research into male and female reproductive endocrinology. At present he is Associate Dean for Ethics and directs the Ethics program of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Dr. Korenman’s practice specializes in reproductive endocrinology including extensive involvement in the endocrine aspects of gender transition and maintenance. More >

Aarthi Arasu, MD
Medicine, Endocrinology - Diabetes and Metabolism  

Program: Hormone Therapy

Dr. Aarthi Arasu earned her medical degree and completed her Internal Medicine residency at UCLA. She went on to do her endocrinology fellowship at UCSF. During that time, she spent extensive time doing research in osteoporosis with world-renowned experts in the field. More >

Susan Ahern, MD
Medicine, Endocrinology - Diabetes and Metabolism 

Program: Hormone Therapy

Dr. Susan Ahern is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at UCLA. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency training, Internal Medicine Chief Residency and Endocrinology and Metabolism Fellowship at University of California at Irvine. She has relocated from Orange County to Ventura County where she has started a general Endocrinology practice. She has a special interest in caring for transgender and the gender-diverse population. She is looking forward to providing evidenced based care and work. More >

Shira Grock, MD
Medicine, Endocrinology - Diabetes and Metabolism 

Program: Hormone Therapy

Dr. Shira Grock was born and raised in Los Angeles and received her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley. She then earned her medical degree from University of Southern California where she was elected for Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She went on to complete her Internal Medicine training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and returned to Los Angeles for her endocrinology fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Grock then joined faculty at UCLA and practices general endocrinology in Santa Monica with a special interest in transgender health. More >

Lisa Bolden, MA, CCC-SLP
Otolaryngology / Head and Neck 

Program: Vocal Therapy

Lisa Bolden, MA, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech pathologist who specializes in voice. Lisa earned her master's degree at Northwestern University and her bachelor's degree at the University of Arizona. She joined the UCLA Speech Pathology Department in 2000, launching the UCLA Voice Program in 2006 that she continues to lead. The UCLA Voice Team's practice is centered on the understanding that voice is important to the quality of life. The program provides care to individuals to align voice with gender.  The program also provides care to people with episodic laryngeal breathing disorders, including inducible laryngeal obstruction and chronic cough; presbyphonia; vocal fold paresis and paralysis; treat phonotraumatic lesions; vocal fold scars; muscle tension dysphonia, disease related voice disorders and supragastric belching. The program provides professional and peri-operative voice care. More >

Dinesh K. Chhetri, MD
Otolaryngology / Head and Neck 

Program: Vocal Therapy

Dr. Dinesh Chhetri is a Professor of Head and Neck Surgery and a Laryngologist, a specialist in voice, swallowing, and breathing disorders. He obtained his MD from UCLA School of Medicine, where he graduated with distinction for his thesis on vocal fold paralysis and laryngeal reinnervation. He remained at UCLA after his residency and fellowship training. He has authored over 100 publications related to voice and swallowing disorders and conducts NIH funded research on voice production mechanisms. He is committed to providing state-of-the-art, personalized medical and surgical treatments for voice disorders.. More >

Natalie E. Kadin, MD
Otolaryngology / Head and Neck 

Program: Vocal Therapy

Dr. Natalie Kadin is an Assistant Professor of the Head and Neck Surgery Department of the David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA. Dr. Kadin graduated from medical school at Mount Sinai in New York followed by a surgical residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. After residency, Dr. Kadin moved to the west coast to complete an additional fellowship training in voice surgery with Dr. Gerald Berke at UCLA. Dr. Kadin’s office is located at UCLA Health in Thousand Oaks, California. She strives to create a caring, supportive clinical environment for all patients and is honored to provide comprehensive care of the ear, nose, throat, and voice for the transgender and gender-diverse community. More >

Abie Mendelsohn, MD
Otolaryngology / Head and Neck 

Program: Vocal Surgery

Dr. Abie Mendelsohn is an Assistant Professor at the UCLA Voice Center, part of the UCLA Head and Neck Surgery Department of the David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Mendelsohn graduated with honors from Yeshiva University followed by his medical school education at UCLA. Following his surgical residency training at UCLA, he went on to complete two advanced voice fellowships. First studying under Dr. Gerald Berke at UCLA he then studied under Dr. Marc Remacle at the Cliniques Universitaires UCL Mont-Godinne in Belgium. In Europe, Dr. Mendelsohn was able to learn the state-of-the-art endoscopic surgical approaches for the transgender voice. During his career here at UCLA, Dr. Mendelsohn has taken particular pride in working to advance the cultural and clinical well-being of the LGBTQ community. More >

Valentina Rodriguez-Triana, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics 

Program: Gynecological Care

Dr. Valentina Rodriguez-Triana is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA. Dr. Rodriguez- Triana attended college at the Johns Hopkins University, and completed medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She did her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA, where she later stayed as faculty. She has a special interest in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, particularly for the treatment of fibroids as well as gender- affirmation surgery for female- to- male transgender patients. Dr. Rodriguez- Triana is a member of the UCLA Gender Health Program, where she offers preventive services, contraceptive management, obstetric care, and gender- affirming surgeries for transgender patients. More >

Kathleen M. Brennan, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility 

Program: Reproductive Health and Fertility

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Zain Al-Safi, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility 

Program: Reproductive Health and Fertility

Dr. Zain Al-Safi is Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He completed his residency training at Wayne State University, Michigan, where he received many awards. He also served as the Administrative Chief Resident. Dr. Al-Safi completed fellowship subspecialty training in Reproductive Endocrinology and infertility at the University of Colorado. He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Al-Safi provides fertility preservation care for transgender patients, in addition to his clinical interests that include infertility, oncofertility, reproductive surgery, recurrent pregnancy loss, and reproductive hormones disorders such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). More >

Lindsay L. Kroener, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility  

Program: Reproductive Health and Fertility

Dr. Lindsay Kroener is an Assistant Clinical Professor of OB/Gyn in the division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at UCLA. She is passionate about women's health and provides comprehensive, personalized care in the area of reproductive medicine and infertility. After graduating from Northwestern University, she completed her medical degree at USC Keck School of Medicine and her Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship at UCLA. Her primary clinical interests include infertility management and treatment, recurrent pregnancy loss, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and fertility preservation for a wide range of patients including cancer patients, transgender patients and those pursuing elective fertility preservation. More >

Tamara Grisales, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology 

Program: Gynecological Care

Dr. Tamara Grisales, Assistant Clinical Professor of OBGYN. Dr. Grisales completed residency in OBGYN and a fellowship with Urogynecology Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at UCLA. Since starting her practice at UCLA in 2014, she has had an interest in providing care to the LGBTQ community. She has a non-obstetric practice and sees patient for both gynecologic and urogynecologic care. She has fellowship training in urogynecologic, pelvic reconstructive, and gynecologic surgery and provides surgical services such as hysterectomy and salpingoophorectomy. More >

Andrew Da Lio, MD
Plastic Surgery 

Program: Chest/Top Surgery

Dr. Andrew Da Lio is Clinical Professor and Chief in the UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery. He earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency in general surgery at the prestigious Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and matched into the plastic surgery residency program at the USC Keck School of Medicine. After finishing his residency training, he elected to complete an additional subspecialty fellowship in microvascular surgery at UCLA. Dr. Da Lio joined the faculty of the UCLA Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery as an Assistant Professor in 1997. He specializes in cosmetic surgery and microsurgical breast reconstruction. More >

Justine Lee, MD, PhD
Plastic Surgery 

Program: Facial Reconstruction

Dr. Justine Lee is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Bernard G. Sarnat Endowed Chair in Craniofacial Biology. She graduated from the University of Chicago with both an MD and a PhD. She subsequently completed her Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency at the University of Chicago followed by a Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship at UCLA. Her clinical research is focused on identifying methods for improving outcomes in craniofacial care. Her clinical practice is dedicated to aesthetic reconstructive craniofacial surgery. More >

Wayne Ozaki, MD
Plastic Surgery 

Program: Facial Reconstruction

Dr. Wayne Ozaki Dr. Wayne Ozaki is a board certified plastic surgeon, who specializes in pediatric, craniofacial and cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and body. Dr. Ozaki was born and raised in Anaheim, California. He received his undergraduate and dental school education at the University of Southern California. He graduated as valedictorian of his Dental School class in 1988. Dr. Ozaki completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency and attended Medical School at the University of Pittsburgh. He then spent a year as the Plastic Surgery research fellow at the University of Michigan. He continued his training in Plastic Surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Ozaki returned to California as the Craniofacial Fellow under Dr. Henry K. Kawamoto at UCLA. More >

George Rudkin, MD
Plastic Surgery 

Program: Chest/Top Surgery

Dr. George Rudkin is a Clinical Professor and training program director of Plastic Surgery at UCLA, and the Chief of the Plastic Surgery service at the West Los Angeles Veteran Hospital. Dr Rudkin completed his training in both General and Plastic Surgery at UCLA, and has been on staff since 1998.  Dr Rudkin’s clinical interests include performing transgender top surgery. More >

Ginger Slack, MD
Plastic Surgery 

Program: Chest/Top Surgery

Dr. Ginger Slack is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Slack received her medical degree and completed an integrated Plastic Surgery Residency at UCLA, followed by an additional fellowship year in Reconstructive Microsurgery. She has presented papers at the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, American Society for Plastic Surgery and Plastic Surgery Research Council among others, and has also published papers in leading peer-reviewed journals and textbooks on breast reconstruction and craniofacial reconstruction. Dr. Slack's areas of clinical expertise include breast reconstruction (offering implant-based, tissue-based, and microsurgical breast reconstruction procedures), general oncologic reconstruction, and lower extremity reconstruction. She also offers gender affirming top surgeries and aesthetic surgery of the face, breast, and body including, breast augmentation, breast lift, liposuction, abdominoplasty, labiaplasty, facelift, browlift, blepharoplasty, and cosmetic injectables. Plastic surgery and patient care are her true passions. More >

Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH
Urology
Surgery, Complex General Surgical Oncology 

Program: Genital Reconstructive Services/Bottom Surgery

Dr. Mark Litwin is Co-Director of the UCLA Gender Health Program and Professor of Urology, Public Health, and Nursing. He is also Chair of UCLA Urology. Dr. Litwin did his surgical training at Harvard and specializes in testicular, bladder, kidney, and prostate cancer. Dr. Litwin’s research focuses on improving quality of care and quality of life in urologic oncology. A former board member of the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, he created and directs IMPACT, a state-funded program that provides free medical care statewide for low-income, uninsured men with prostate cancer. More >

Gladys Ng, MD
Urology 

Program: Genital Reconstructive Services/Bottom Surgery

Dr. Gladys Ng is Surgical Director of the UCLA Gender Health Program and Assistant Professor of Urology. She did her surgical training at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and fellowship training in genitourinary reconstruction at Emory University.  Dr. Ng specializes in general adult urology, minimally invasive surgery, and pelvic medicine reconstruction with a focus on male genitourinary reconstruction.  Dr. Ng is enthusiastic and committed to providing excellent care for transgender patients and especially those with an interest in gender affirming surgery. More >

Jesse Mills, MD
Urology 

Program: Reproductive Health and Fertility

Dr. Jesse Mills is Associate Clinical Professor of Urology. Dr. Mills received his medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He completed his urology residency at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a fellowship in microsurgery and male reproductive medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is a national proctor for penile prosthetic surgery and a national expert in Peyronie’s Disease. He has authored multiple book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles on male infertility, impotence, and many other urologic disorders. As a male reproductive medicine specialist, Dr. Mills has extensive experience counseling patients on sperm freezing (cryopreservation) prior to male to female gender affirmation surgery. More >

J. Brian Boyd, MD
Plastic Surgery

Specialty: Phalloplasty

Dr. J. Brian Boyd is Professor of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine?and Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Boyd grew up in Manchester, England. After attaining a W.H. Rhodes scholarship to Canada he attended Liverpool Medical School. He trained in general surgery in England and then plastic surgery in Canada at the University of Toronto. As a surgeon at the Toronto General Hospital, he developed a novel method of phalloplasty (the ‘cricket bat’ flap). Unlike traditional radial forearm flap phalloplasties, tissue harvest is confined to the front of the forearm allowing for much better sensory return and a more acceptable donor site. Dr. Boyd worked at the Cleveland Clinic for 11 years and founded a plastic surgery residency program. He was recruited to UCLA in 2005. He has published over a hundred papers in peer reviewed journals, 24 book chapters and four textbooks.

Rebecca C. Rada, DO, MBA
UCLA LGBTQ Healthcare Fellow

Dr. Rebecca Rada (she/her/hers) is the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Fellow. She received her Osteopathic Medical Degree from Kansas City University and her MBA in Healthcare Leadership from Rockhurst University, Helzberg School of Management. She completed her Family Medicine residency at St. Louis University in 2021. Her clinical interests include transgender care, LGBTQ+ primary care, HIV/AIDs, and STI prevention and treatment. She is also passionate about addiction medicine, women’s health, and ensuring marginalized groups receive comprehensive and compassionate care. When she is not working, Dr. Rada's interests include propagating cacti and succulents, finding the best iced oat milk latte in town, hanging out with friends, and advocating and promoting social justice issues. More >

Christopher Mann, MSW & ASW
Program Manager

Chris Mann, the UCLA Gender Health Program Manager, completed his Master of Social Welfare degree at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs where he focused on issues affecting LGBTQ+ identified older adults and was co-chair for the Luskin Pride LGBTQ Caucus. Since starting his position with the UCLA Gender Health Program, he helped spearhead UCLA Health’s inaugural participation in West Hollywood Pride as well as shaped LGBTQ trainings and presentations for the UCLA Health System. Chris will help patients and their families navigate insurances, health information, community based resources and policies affecting the trans and gender diverse communities. He looks forward to working with leadership to shape and cultivate the UCLA Gender Health Program and welcomes any and all who would like some assistance along their journey.

Ethan Alexander Patron
Care Coordinator

Ethan Alexander Patron (he/they), the UCLA Gender Health Care Coordinator, is an advocate for Transgender and Gender Variant communities in Los Angeles. Ethan played a pivotal role in the growth and expansion of the Transgender Health Program at St. John’s Well Child & Family Center as a Patient Advocate and Intake Coordinator. In his role with the UCLA Gender Health Program by providing a patient center approach, Ethan helps patients reach their goals by conducting patient intakes and providing appropriate referrals to the services they may need. Ethan is excited to work with patients of all backgrounds and needs as they navigate medical transition, and he looks forward to building new opportunities and services for patients with his team.

Clarissa Mancilla
MSW Intern

Clarissa Mancilla (she/hers) is a first year UCLA Master of Social Welfare student and intern at the UCLA Gender Health Program. Clarissa graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. She has experience working as a research coordinator at San Diego State University Research Foundation and a mental health counselor in San Diego. As a mental health counselor, she worked in crisis residential programs and Assertive Community Treatment providing services throughout San Diego County. At the UCLA Gender Health Program, Clarissa will help conduct intakes and assist in program development and providing patient centered care.