Long Island’s First Center Dedicated To Transgender Care Opens

NEW HYDE PARK, NY — Long Island's first center dedicated to transgender care opened in New Hyde Park this month in observance of Pride Month.

Northwell Health opened the $850,000, 3,000-square-foot office at 410 Lakeville Road in New Hyde Park, the health care provider said in a news release. Northwell's Physician Partners LGBTQ Transgender Health Program was first established four years ago.

The center features four exam rooms, eight offices/consultation rooms and two gender-neutral restrooms. The center is staffed by a medical director, a primary care physician, psychiatrist, senior psychologist, nurse practitioner and two trans-health navigators. The program offers services for endocrinology for both adults and kids, plastic surgery, adolescent medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and otolaryngology.

“We understand that there are thousands of individuals living on Long Island who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming and non-binary," Dr. David Rosenthal, medical director of the Center for Transgender Care at Northwell, said in a news release. "This is an underserved community that has specific health care needs. The goals of this center is to bring together multiple clinical services at Northwell to serve the needs of the transgender community, educate health care professionals about transgender health, perform cutting-edge research, and work with the health system to address infrastructure to meet the needs of the transgender community."