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Joshua Safer, MD, Endocrinology, New York, NY, The Mount Sinai Hospital

JoshuaDSaferMDFACP FACE

Endocrinology • New York, NY

Diabetes, Gonad Disorders & Reproductive, Lipid Metabolism

Executive Director, Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY

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Summary

  • Joshua D. Safer, MD, FACP, FACE is the Executive Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS) and Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

    Dr. Safer was previously the founding Medical Director of the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Safer earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin. He completed his internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and his endocrinology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

    Dr. Safer was the inaugural president of the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH). He also serves on the Global Education Initiative committee for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and on the Standards of Care revision committee for WPATH. Dr. Safer was a co-author of the Endocrine Society guidelines for the medical care of transgender patients and has been a scientific co-chair for WPATH's international meetings. In addition, he is a past president of the Association of Specialty Professors, the umbrella organization for leaders in internal medicine subspecialty education, and a former secretary-treasurer of the national endocrinology program director organization, the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology and Metabolism, (APDEM).

Education & Training

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1993 - 1996
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel)
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
  • University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
    University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public HealthClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1991 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1993 - 2018
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Gaps in Transgender Medical Education Among Healthcare Providers: A Major Barrier to Care for Transgender Persons  
    Sira Korpaisarn, Joshua D. Safer, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Lectures

  • Challenging Cases in the Endocrine Management of Gender Dysphoria 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/25/2019
  • Multidisciplinary Approach to Transgender Care 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/25/2019
  • Challenging Cases in the Endocrine Management of Gender Dysphoria (Repeat) 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/25/2019
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Press Mentions

  • Where Are All the Doctors Who Can Provide Gender-Affirming Care?
    Where Are All the Doctors Who Can Provide Gender-Affirming Care?February 7th, 2023
  • A New Procedure Could Expand Reproductive Choices for Transgender Women
    A New Procedure Could Expand Reproductive Choices for Transgender WomenOctober 21st, 2022
  • Here’s What Gender-Affirming Care Actually Is, Since Brittany Aldean Seems to Have No Clue
    Here’s What Gender-Affirming Care Actually Is, Since Brittany Aldean Seems to Have No ClueSeptember 8th, 2022
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Grant Support

  • Central Resistance To Thyroid HormoneNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1999–2000
  • Central Resistance To Thyroid HormoneNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1996–1998

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • French, Hebrew

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Joshua Safer, Dr. Joshua Safer, MD, Dr. J Safer, Dr. Joshua D Safer