TeddyGoetzMDMS(They/Them)

Psychiatry Resident, University of Pennsylvania

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Dr. Teddy G. Goetz (they/them) is a psychiatry resident at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to earning their M.D. at Columbia, they studied biochemistry and gender studies at Yale, conducting research on a wide spectrum of biologically- and socially-determined aspects of gender-based health disparities, including earning their M.S. developing the first animal model of gender-affirming hormone therapy. They have two forthcoming books: Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care, the first textbook on psychiatric care for transgender, non-binary, and/or gender expansive (TNG) communities (American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2023) and Gender is Really Strange, a graphic novel about the rich complexities of gender—sociocultural to neuroscience (Jessica Kinglsey Publishers, 2023). Their current projects include implementation science research on TNG mental health, as well as narrative medicine and physician advocacy. More about their scholarly and artistic work can be found at teddygoetz.com.

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Psychiatry, 2025
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2021
Yale UniversityMS, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 2013 - 2017
Yale UniversityBS, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Magna Cum Laude, 2013 - 2017

Junior Leadership Award Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians, 2020
Leadership Scholarship Women in Medicine, 2020
First Prize (Basic Science Category) Columbia VP&S, Student Research Day, 2019
Paul Sigler Memorial Prize Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 2017
Steere Prize in Women’s Studies Yale University, 2017
Lily Rosen Prize in Women’s Health Yale University, 2017
Exceptional Distinction in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Yale University, 2017
Distinction in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University, 2017
Phi Beta Kappa Yale University, 2016
Pollitzer Prize American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2016
Writing Contest Winner: Best Academic Essay Yale College Writing Center, 2014, 2016
National Semifinalist Intel Science Talent Search, 2013
Regional Winner (2nd place) Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, 2013
National Semifinalist Siemens Math & Science Competition, 2012
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PubMed

22 citations
Transgender data collection in the electronic health record: Current concepts and issues
Clair A. Kronk, Avery Everhart, Florence Ashley, Hale M Thompson, Theodore E. Schall
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2021-09-06
29 citations
Women, opioid use and addiction
Teddy G. Goetz, Jill B. Becker, Carolyn M. Mazure
FASEB Journal. 2021-02-01
17 citations
Prevalence and minority-stress correlates of past 12-month prescription drug misuse in a national sample of transgender and gender nonbinary adults: Results from the U...
Jeremy D. Kidd, Teddy G. Goetz, Eileen Shea, Walter O. Bockting
Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2021-02-01

I Was the First Medical Provider Fluent in Her Language. Here's How It Changed the Appointment's OutcomeDecember 2019

Fenway Health Announces First Textbook Providing an Affirming, Intersectional, & Evidence-Based Approach to Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender-Expansive Psychiatric CareNovember 9th, 2023