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Surgeons Who Accept Medicare for Top Surgery

Medicare provides health insurance for older adults and people with disabilities. Medicare covers 1) routine preventive care regardless of gender markers; 2) medically necessary hormone therapy; and 3) medically necessary sex reassignment surgery. If Medicare denies to cover your Top Surgery, you have every right to appeal the decision — and you should.

Medicare Tip: Surgeons operating in a University/teaching hospital or government hospital are more likely to accept Medicare than surgeons who have a private practice.

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The following surgeons accept Medicare for Top Surgery:


Arizona

Dr. Steven H. Turkeltaub
Arizona Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
8502 E. Princess Dr., Ste. 240
Scottsdale, AZ 85255


California

Dr. Josef Hadeed, MD
Hadeed Plastic Surgery
465 N. Roxbury Dr, Suite 1020
Beverly Hills, California, 90210
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance, Medicare & medical financing.
More about Dr. Hadeed »

Dr. Michael DeLong, MD
UCLA Gender Health Program
Plastic Surgery Dept.
200 Medical Plaza, Suite 460
Los Angeles, California, 90095

Dr. Susan J. Fisher, MD
Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at UCSF
Box 0665
San Francisco, California, 94115

Dr. Priya Lewis, MD
UC San Diego Gender Health
4520 Executive Dr.
San Diego, California 92121

Dr. Paul Tran, MD
23823 Valencia Blvd., Suite 220
Valencia, California 91355

Dr. Roberto Travieso
Dr. Regina Baker, MD
Gender-Affirming Care Program, Keck Medicine of USC
1450 San Pablo St., Suite 6200
Los Angeles, California, 90033

Dr. Jasmine M. Wong, MD
Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at UCSF
Box 0665
San Francisco, California, 94115


Colorado

Dr. Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, MD
Dr. David Mathes, MD
Dr. Julian Winocour
UCHealth Integrated Transgender Program
Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion
1635 Aurora Crt., 6th Floor
Aurora, Colorado 80045

Dr. Stephanie Malliaris, MD
Dr. Corrine Wong, MD
Denver Health's LGBT Center of Excellence
777 Bannock St.
Denver, Colorado 80204


Connecticut

Dr. Laurel Chandler, MD
Chandler Plastic Surgery
777 Post Rd., Suite 304
Darien, Connecticut 06820
Fellowship-trained; board-certified; WPATH member; accepts financing, insurance, Medicaid and Medicare; no BMI limit; wait list 2-3 months; $200 consult fee; will operate on minors with parental consent.
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Dr. John Borokowski, MD
Middlesex Health
85 Church St.
Middletown, Connecticut 06457

Dr. John A. Persing
Yale Plastic Surgery
Yale Physicians Building, 800 Howard Ave., Ste 4th Floor
New Haven, CT 06519


Florida

Dr. Russell Sassani, MD
Take Shape Plastic Surgery, PA
4161 N.W. 5th St., Suite 300
Plantation, FL, 33317
Board-certified; accepts CareCredit, Humana and Medicare; free consult.
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Dr. Christopher Salgado, MD
Constructive Surgery Associates
1330 Coral Way Suite 306
Miami, Florida 33145
Board-certified; accepts insurance, Medicare, medical financing; will operate on those with high BMI and minors; $200 consult fee.
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Dr. Josef Hadeed, MD
Hadeed Plastic Surgery
1330 Coral Way, Suite 306
Miami, Florida 33145
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance, Medicare & medical financing.
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Dr. Jimmy Chim, MD
Cleveland Clinic
5070 North A1A, Suite A
Vero Beach, Florida 32963

Dr. Sara Danker, MD
University of Miami
1475 Northwest 12th Ave., Flr 3
Miami, Florida 33136

Dr. Brielle Weinstein, MD
USF Health Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
2 Tampa General Circle
Tampa, Florida 33606


Georgia

Dr. Takintope Akinbiyi, MD, Msc
Advanced Aesthetics Plastic Surgery Center
One Prestige Park, 874 W. Lanier Ave., Suite 100
Fayetteville, Georgia, 30214

Dr. Heather Faulkner, MD
Emory University Hospital
201 Dowman Dr.
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

Dr. Peter Thompson, MD
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Erb Bldg, Fl 1
Atlanta, Georgia 30342


Illinois

Dr. Loren Schechter, MD, FACS
Rush Gender Affirmation Surgery
1725 W. Harrison St.
Professional Building, Suite 818
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Board-certified; accepts insurance and Medicare.
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Dr. Julia Corcoran, MD, FACS
University of Illinois Hospital, Craniofacial Center
811 South Paulina St.
Chicago, Illinois 60612

Dr. Marco Ellis, MD
Dr. Sumanas Jordan, MD
Gender Pathways Program
Northwestern Medicine Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Practice
675 N St. Clair St., Ste 19-250, Galter Pavilion
Chicago Illinois 60611

Dr. Khurram Rashid, MD
Rashid Putman Plastic Surgery
804 West Trailcreek Dr.
Peoria, Illinois 61614

Dr. Alison Shore
Lakeview Plastic Surgery
3000 N. Halsted St., Suite 707
Chicago, IL 60657

Dr. Victor Stams, MD
Carle Outpatient Services at The Fields
Carle Foundation Hospital
3105 Fields South Dr.
Champaign, Illinois 61822


Indiana

Dr. Ivan Hadad, MD
IU Health Physicians Plastic Surgery
720 Eskenazi Ave, H4-827
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202


Kansas

Dr. Satish Ponnuru, MD
The University of Kansas Hospital
4000 Cambridge St.
Kansas City, Kansas 66160


Kentucky

Dr. David Drake, MD
University of Kentucky - Kentucky Clinic
740 S. Limestone
First Floor, Wing C
Lexington, KY 40536

Dr. Benjamin Kittinger, MD
Owensboro Health Medical Group Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2211 Mayfair Ave., Suite 305
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301

Dr. Amanda Silva, MD
UK HealthCare - Turfland
2195 Harrodsburg Rd., Second Floor
Lexington, Kentucky 40504


Louisiana

Dr. Daniel Womac, MD
LSU Dept. of Plastic Surgery
3700 St. Charles Ave., 3rd Floor
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115


Maine

Dr. Kimberly Marble, MD
York Hospital
Loving Kindness Way
York, Maine 03909
(Also practices in NH.)


Maryland

Dr. Beverly Fisher
Advanced Center for Plastic Surgery
12205-12207 Tulamore Rd.
Timonium, MD 21093

Dr. Fan Liang
Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, Johns Hopkins University
601 N. Caroline St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21287


Massachusetts

Dr. Jay Austen, MD
Dr. Katherine Carruthers, MD
Transgender Health Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
15 Parkman Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114-3117

Dr. Paul Costas
Concord Plastic Surgery
131 Old Road to 9 Acre Corner
Concord, Massachusetts 01742

Dr. Aparajit Naram, MD, FACS
Baystate Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - MOB
2 Medical Center Drive, Suite 206
Springfield, Massachusetts 01107

Dr. Devin O’Brien-Coon
Dr. Shailesh Agarwal, MD
Dr. Kavitha Ranganathan, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Division of Plastic Surgery
75 Francis St.
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Dr. Pranay Parikh
Medical Office Building 2
Medical Center Dr., Suite 309
Springfield, Massachusetts 01107

Dr. Jaromir Slama
Boston Medical Center
Shapiro Center
725 Albany St., 8th Floor, Suite 8A
Boston, Massachusetts 02118

Dr. Adam Tobias
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02215

Dr. Simone Topal
Northampton Plastic Surgery
40 Main Street, Suite 202
Florence, Massachusetts 01062


Michigan

Dr. Amie Hop, MD
SHMG Comprehensive Breast Clinic
145 Michigan St NE, Suite 4400
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503

Dr. William Kuzon Jr., MD
Dr. Edwin G. Wilkins, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Gender Services
2025 Traverwood Dr., Suite A1
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105

Dr. G. Paul Wright, MD
SHMG Surgical Oncology - Grand Rapids
145 Michigan St NE Ste 5500, Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503


Minnesota

Dr. Marie-Claire Buckley, MD
Dr. Sun Tso Hsieh, MD
University of Minnesota Health Comprehensive Gender Care
Clinics and Surgery Center
909 Fulton St. SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Board-certified; accepts insurance, Medicare and Medicaid; in-person consultations; will operate on minors with parental consent.

Dr. James H. Kong, MD
Park Nicollet Plastic Surgery St. Louis Park
5400 Excelsior Blvd.
Saint Louis Park, Minnesota 55416-2913


Mississippi

Dr. Shelby K. Brantley, Jr. MD
The Face & Body Center
2550 Flowood Dr.
Flowood, Mississippi 39232


Missouri

Dr. Carol Ann Aylward, MD
University Health Plastic Surgery Center
2101 Charlotte St.
Kansas City, Missouri 64108

Dr. Kamlesh B. Patel, MD
Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital
One Children's Place
St. Louis, Missouri 63110


Nebraska

Dr. Sean C. Figy, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
983335 Nebraska Medical Center, ESH 6011
Omaha, NE 68198-335

Dr. Cassidy Mitchell
Lincoln Aesthetic Surgical Institute
Bryan West Campus, West Medical Plaza, Tower A,
2222 S. 16th St., Suite 430,
Lincoln, NE 68502


New Hampshire

Dr. Kimberly Marble
Core Physicians
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Medical Office Building
3 Alumni Drive, Suite 402
Exeter, NH 03833
(Also practices in ME.)

Dr. Joseph Shin
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Plastic Surgery, One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756


New Jersey

Dr. Jonathan Keith, MD, FACS
Dr. Drew Marano, MD
East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery (ECAPS)
Livingston Office, 200 South Orange Ave., Ste 295,
Livingston, New Jersey 07039
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance, Medicaid & Medicare; will operate on minors with parental consent; wait list 6 months.
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Dr. Jeremiah Redstone
200 South Orange Ave.
Livingston, NJ 07039
(Also has office in NYC.)

Dr. Susanna M. Nazarian, PhD, MD
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
900 Medical Center Drive
Sewell, New Jersey 08080


New York

Dr. Drew Marano, MD
Dr. Jonathan Keith, MD, FACS
East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery (ECAPS)
374 W 11th St.
New York, New York 10014
201-449-1000
www.ecaplasticsurgery.com
WPATH member; accepts insurance, Medicaid & Medicare; will operate on minors with parental consent; wait list one month.
More about Dr. Marano »
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Dr. Gregory Baum
CNY Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
5898 Bridge St.
Syracuse, New York 13057

Dr. Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD
Dr. Oriana Cohen, MD
NYU Plastic Surgery Associates
222 East 41st St.
New York, NY 10017

Dr. Alyssa Golas, MD
NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Bay
Ridge 6740 Fourth Ave., 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11220

Dr. Aleksandra Krajewsky, MD
Stony Brook Medicine
101 Nicolls Road
Stony Brook, New York 11794

Dr. Patrick Mannal, MD
Bassett Medical Center
1 Atwell Road
Cooperstown, New York, 13326

Dr. Jess Ting, MD
Dr. Bella Avanessian, MD
Dr. Elan Horesh, MD, MPH

Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery
Institute for Advanced Medicine
275 7th Ave.
New York, New York 10011


North Carolina

Dr. Adeyemi Ogunleye, MD
Burnett-Womack Building, CB# 7195
Department of Surgery, UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7050

Dr. Kristen Marie Rezak, MD
Duke University Hospital
2301 Erwin Rd.
Durham, North Carolina 27710


Ohio

Dr. Adam Cash, MD
Mercy Health - Howland Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
1950 Niles Cortland Road Northeast, Suite 4
Warren, Ohio 44484

Dr. Bram Kaufman, MD
Dr. Kyle J. Chepla, MD
Dr. James R. Gatherwright, MD
Dr. David Rowe, MD
Dr. Ali Totonchi, MD

MetroHealth
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, Ohio 44109

Dr. Joseph Khouri, MD
UH Cleveland Medical Center
11100 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106


Oregon

Dr. Jens Berli

Dr. Jens Berli, MD
Dr. Juliana Hansen, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
Transgender Health Program
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.,
Portland, OR 97329

Dr. Hao-Jun J. Chong, MD
Dr. Jennifer Murphy, MD
Dr. Patricia Sandholm, MD
Northwest Permanente Physicians and Surgeons
Sunnybrook Medical Office, Plastic Surgery Dept.
9900 SE Sunnyside Rd.
Clackamas, Oregon 97015


Pennsylvania

Dr. Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, MD, MRCS
Temple University Hospital
3401 N. Broad Street
Parkinson Pavilion, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140

Dr. Katherine Rose, MD
Main Line Health
933 Haverford Rd.,
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010


South Carolina

Dr. Jarom Nathan Gilstrap, MD
Prisma Health Plastic Surgery – 2 Med Park
2 Medical Park Road, Suite 302
Columbia, South Carolina 29203


Tennessee

Dr. Salam Kassis, MD
Vanderbilt Plastic Surgery Clinic
The Vanderbilt Clinic
1301 Medical Center Drive, Suite 3701
Nashville, Tennessee 37232


Texas

Dr. Daniel J. Freet, MD, FACS
Transgender Medicine & Surgery Program
UT Physicians
6410 Fannin St., Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77030
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance, including Cigna, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Aetna, as well as Medicare (Advantage/Part C plans only); $124 in-person or phone consultations; will operate on minors with parental consent; surgery can be booked within weeks of your consult.
More about Dr. Freet »


Utah

Dr. Cori Agarwal, MD
Dr. Isak Goodwin, MD
Dr. Dana Johns, MD

University of Utah Health
Transgender Health Program
30 North 1900 East, Suite 3B400
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
Accept insurance, Medicare; use informed consent.


Virginia

Dr. Helena Guarda, MD
Plastic Surgery Specialists of Virginia
5833 Harbour View Blvd., Suite B
Suffolk, Virginia 23435
Board-certified; accepts insurance, Medicare & CareCredit; in-person consultations; uses informed consent; 18+ only; short wait list.
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Dr. Philip E. Grubb, Jr., MD
Carilion Clinic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
817 Davis St., Suite 2
Blacksburg, Virginia 24060

Dr. John Stranix, MD
University of Virginia Plastic Surgery
1300 Jefferson Park Ave., 4th Floor
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908


Washington

Dr. Rikesh Parikh

Dr. Rikesh Parikh, MD, FACS
1260 116th Ave NE, Suite 100
Bellevue, Washington 98004
Double Board-certified Plastic Surgeon; WPATH accepts financing and Medicare; $120 consultation fee; 1 month wait for consult, 3 month wait for surgery date.
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Dr. Jeremy Benedetti, MD
Dr. Laurence Yeung, MD

Capitol Hill Medical Center
201 16th Ave E.
Seattle, Washington 98112

Dr. Russell Ettinger, MD
University of Washington
Burn and Plastic Surgery Clinics at Harborview, East Clinic
325 9th Ave., Seattle, Washington 98104

Dr. Wandra L. Miles, MD
Dr. Mary L. Peters, MD

Swedish First Hill
747 Broadway St.
Seattle, Washington 98122

Dr. Suzette G. Miranda, MD
Swedish Plastics and Aesthetics
901 Boren Ave., Suite 1650
Seattle, Washington 98104

Dr. Shane Morrison, MD
University of Washington
4800 Sand Point Way NE, OA.9.220
Seattle, Washington 98105

Dr. Alexandra Schmidek
Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 Ninth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101

Dr. Cristiane Ueno, MD
Tacoma Medical Center
209 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Tacoma, Washington 98405

Dr. Laurence Yeung, MD
Capitol Hill Medical Center
201 16th Ave E.
Seattle, Washington 98112


Wisconsin

Dr. Katherine Gast, MD
University of Wisconsin
UW Health Comprehensive Gender Services Program
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI, 53792
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Last updated: 02/07/24

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