An enlightening conference on the challenges of gender dysphoria was recently organized by the Psychiatry and Gynecology & Abnormal Placentations Services at Hôtel-Dieu de France. The event was attended by Mr. Nassib Nasr, Director General of the USJ-HDF hospital network, Professor Elie Nemr, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at USJ, as well as numerous medical department heads, directors, and officials.

Healthcare professionals shared diverse perspectives on crucial topics surrounding gender dysphoria, emphasizing the need to welcome distress and accompany suffering. They also discussed the clinical presentation and diagnosis of gender dysphoria, the medical treatment of transgender transition, barriers to accessing care, as well as the surgical aspects of management.

This event helped to strengthen the understanding and multidisciplinary collaboration among healthcare professionals to better support individuals affected by gender dysphoria.