NEPA Trans Health Annual Conference

Scranton, PA US
April 21, 2025

At this time, registration is closed for this conference. Additionally, we will not be accepting walk-ins.

Only those who pre-registered will receive credit.

This is a hybrid educational activity. The NEPA Trans Health Conference was conceived in 2012 as an educational forum for Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) area health care professionals, their staff, educators, and others to learn from the transgender community and from those who treat and support them about the necessary care, respect, and understanding of people who are transgender. The primary goal of the conference is to overcome provider knowledge gaps and to reduce the psychological harm and medical neglect that is done to transgender people when their lived experience and the professional consensus that directs their care and treatment is not well understood by care providers and others. 

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, nurses and social workers.  Other learner groups such as medical students, licensed counselors, psychologists, dietitians and other health professional students, educators, healthcare staff-front office people, schedulers, individuals identified with the transgender community and community allies for the transgender community would also benefit from this education.  

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

  • identify two challenges that transgender individuals experience before and after transitioning
  • discuss behavioral health concerns experienced by transgender individuals
  • describe structural factors that impact health outcomes for trans individuals
  • identify historical and current factors that contribute to the mistreatment of trans individuals, including scientific misinformation, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia 
Course Cancellation Policy
In the unusual circumstance that this course is cancelled, you will be called and/or emailed.  Geisinger is not responsible for any airfare, hotel or other costs incurred.
 
Attendance
Attendance will be recorded within three to four days of the conclusion of the activity.  Credit will display on your continuing education transcript once the activity evaluation is completed.  
 
Virtual Information
All details pertaining to the links for this activity will be sent once you are registered for the activity. 
    Course summary
    Available credit: 
    • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 5.00 ANCC
    • 5.00 ASWB
    • 5.00 Participation Credit
    Course opens: 
    02/11/2025
    Course expires: 
    05/16/2025
    Event starts: 
    04/21/2025 - 8:30am EDT
    Event ends: 
    04/21/2025 - 4:00pm EDT
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    Schedule

    There are morning refreshments and lunch with a vegan option in a separate location.

    8:30 am - Registration

    9:00 am - Morning Welcome/Introduction
     
    9:15 am - Healing Together: Navigating Gender Dysphoria with Trans Teens and Their Families

    Jessica McGuigan, Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC 
     
    10:15 am - Keynote: When Science Turns Evil: Medicine, Justice, and the Humanities

    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Brandy Schillace, Author, Adventurer at the Intersections, Historian, Medical Anthropologist.

    Presentation with Question-and-Answer Session

    11:30 pm - Lunch Break
     
    1:00 pm - Afternoon Welcome/Introduction

    1:15 pm - A Tribute to Martin Russo: A Trans Man’s Journey, A Personal Experience Talk on Social and Medical Transition

    Karen Waldeck, BA
     
    2:00 pm - Pediatric Gender Affirming Care, A Physician’s Overview

    Caroline Bandurska MD

    3:00 pm - Trans Life Experience Panel Discussion Question and Answer

    Laura Craig, MA

    Carey Krakoski

    Miala Palaima, BS

    Daye Pope, Director of Civic Engagement - TAKE

    Robert Waldeck, PhD

    Alec Walker-Serrano

     

    4:00 pm - Evaluations/Adjournment

     

    *Topics/speakers are subject to change.

    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine MSB
    525 Pine Street
    Scranton, PA 18509
    United States

    Geisinger Faculty

    Amanda Caleb, PhD, MPH
    Activity Director 
    Professor
    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
     
    Christian Carbe, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
     
    Elijah-Graham Jones, BS
    Medical Student Co-Chair
    NEPA Trans Health Conference 
     
    Jennifer Joyce, MD
    Family Physician and Professor Emeritus
    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
     
    Alejandra Marroquin, MSW
    Curriculum Community Organizer
    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
     
    Isabel Miller, BS
    Medical Student
    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
     
    Ellie Nguyen, BS
    Medical Student
    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
     
    Miala Palaima, BS
    Medical Student/Panelist
    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
     
    Jessica Ravenscroft, BS
    Medical Student Co-Chair
    NEPA Trans Health Conference 
     
    Caroline Virone, MBA
    Medical Student Co-Chair
    NEPA Trans Health Conference 
     

    Guest Faculty

    Alec Walker-Serrano
    Panelist
     
    Alyx Clove, BA, CPhT
    Member Advocate
    FOLX Health
     
    Laura Craig, MA
    Community Chair
    NEPA Trans Health Conference 
     
    Brandy Schillace, PhD
    Medical historian and author
     
    Carey Krakoski
    Panelist
     
    Caroline Bandurska, MD
    Social Pediatrics PGY-1
    Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein
     
    Daye Pope
    Panelist
    Director of Civic Engagement - TAKE
     
    Jessica McGuigan, MS, NCC, LPC
    Speaker
    Licensed Professional Counselor
     
    Karen Waldeck, BA
    Speaker
    NEPA Trans Health Conference Manager 
     
    Levi Larouche, BA
    Community Organizer
    Action Together
     
    Robert Waldeck, PhD
    Panelist
     
    Ruth Neely, C-NP, RN
    Nurse Practitioner
    Wright Center 
     

    Content Disclosure

    The faculty has attested that their presentations and/or content are HIPAA compliant.  
     
    Individuals in a position to control educational content for this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. 
     
    CE Committee Members/Content Reviewer(s) have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. 
    Katie Ritz, BS, RRT-NPS; Kelly Ryan Shaw, PsyD; Gale Shalongo, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNS, BC; Natalie Stinton, DMD; Rebecca Stoudt, DNP, PhD, CRNA; Jeffrey Summers, DO; Karen Tillotson, PA-C, DHSc; Thomas Urosevich, OD; Daniel Davis, PhD, HEC-C
     
    *Any/All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.  

    Accreditation 

    In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Geisinger College of Health Sciences and Northeastern Pennsylvania Diversity Education Consortium. Geisinger College of Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

     

     

     

     

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Worker Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 5 cultural competency continuing education credits. 

     

    Credit Designation 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for 5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

     

    Disclosure Policy 

    Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activity sponsored by Geisinger College of Health Sciences must disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s). 

    Commercial Support

    None

    Available Credit

    • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 5.00 ANCC
    • 5.00 ASWB
    • 5.00 Participation Credit
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