Mick van Trotsenburg Editor

Mick van Trotsenburg is a Dutch-Austrian Ob/Gyn and specialist for Transgender Medicine since twenty-five years. Mick founded Austrians first out-patient clinic for transgender healthcare already in the year 2000, followed by an appointment as executive director of the gender clinic of the Free University of Amsterdam, one of the largest and most innovative academic gender clinics worldwide. Mick's interests are especially focused on the impact of gender-affirmative hormone treatment on the genital tract, and on hormone therapy in elderly, both cis-and transgender. Mick served as board member of various scientific societies in the field, and was a chapter lead of the upcoming SoC8 of WPATH. Currently he is heading genderPRO, an international consultancy for Transgender Healthcare Development and continues teaching Transgender Medicine at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. Rixt AC Luikenaar (they/she/he) is a genderqueer physician who graduated Medical School Cum Laude from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands and founded 'Rebirth Health Center' in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2014. They have treated well over 6000 transgender and gender-expansive patients and are a pioneer in the field of Transgynecology. They are passionate about improving access to affordable and excellent gynecological care for transgender and nonbinary patients. Dr. Luikenaar is WPATH Certified and Board Certified in Obstetrics and (Pediatric and Adolescent) Gynecology, they are affiliated with the Crane Center for Transgender Surgery and the University of Utah Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Luikenaar presents at professional symposia and peer reviews for academic journals, they are a consultant for 'Flo Health' and live in Salt Lake City with their family and Sphynx cats. Maria Cristina Meriggiola M.D., Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Bologna, IRCCS S Orsola Hospital. She collaborates with MIT (Movimento di Identità Trans) one of the most important no-profit Italian organizations where she follows endocrine treatment of hundreds of adolescent, young adult and adult transgenders. At the University Hospital Prof Meriggiola coordinates a program for transgender health that includes gynecological, plastic and otolaryngological surgeries for transgender people. Prof Meriggiola has led many researchers in the field that have resulted in numerous peer reviewed articles presented at national and international conferences. She is one of the founding partners of the Società Italiana Genere Identità e Salute.