Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Expert in Transgender Health to Discuss How Bruce Jenner Interview Raises National Awarenes...
27 April 2015 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
Dr. Johanna Olson, the medical director of
CHLA’s Center for Transyouth Health and Development, was featured
in the Jenner interview on ABC and is available to answer questions
from the media at a Monday April 27 press conference in
Los Angeles
Media Please RSVP
Spanish speaking transyouth expert available
for Spanish media
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles:
Johanna Olson, MD, medical director of
the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's
Hospital Los Angeles (Photo: Business Wire)
WHAT:
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
will hold a press conference Monday featuring Dr. Olson who will
discuss the impact of the Jenner interview on transgender youth.
Olson, who was interviewed for the ABC 20/20 special by Diane
Sawyer, believes the interview helped break down barriers facing
the transgender community and that Jenner’s journey will help
people understand the challenges transgender people experience.
“I am hoping that young people with a gender identity that
is different from their assigned sex at birth will talk to their
parents, and seek out information and intervention if necessary,”
Olson says.
Parents and caregivers of transgender or
gender non-conforming children and teenagers can reach out to CHLA
at www.CHLA.org/TransyouthQA
Olson will also discuss trends in scientific research and
the need for more studies to improve the outcomes for transgender
youth and to treat gender dysphoria at younger ages. “Right now, we
lack adequate safety and outcome data,” Olson says. “As a
healthcare provider, I’m not comfortable with that.”
WHO:
Johanna Olson, MD, medical
director of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at
CHLA is an Adolescent Medicine pediatrician specializing in the
care of transgender youth.
Luis Moreno is a social worker
associate in CHLA’s Adolescent Medicine Risk Reduction Program. He
speaks Spanish.
WHEN:
Monday, April 27. Media check in at
9:45 a.m. at information desk.
WHERE:
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650
Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles
Media Please RSVP
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Children’s Hospital Los AngelesLorenzo Benet,
323-361-4823lbenet@chla.usc.edu