Top Surgery in Colorado
Colorado has become a national leader in transgender healthcare. In 2021, it became the first state to require that individual and small-group health insurance plans cover gender-affirming care—including Top Surgery—when deemed medically necessary. Then, in April 2023, Governor Jared Polis signed legislation safeguarding access to gender-affirming procedures and medications, protecting both Coloradans and out-of-state patients from prosecution. Colorado Medicaid also covers gender-affirming treatments.
But it wasn’t always this way.
For many years, transgender individuals seeking Top Surgery in Colorado had very few options. The handful of surgeons who offered the procedure typically did so as an occasional service, rather than as a core part of their practice. As a result, most people were forced to travel out of state for surgery—often at great financial and emotional cost.
That changed in 2014, when internationally recognized surgeon Dr. Paul Steinwald relocated his practice from Chicago to Denver. Dr. Steinwald has performed hundreds of FTM Top Surgeries and is well known for pioneering the Inverted-T technique—a method designed to preserve as much nipple and areola sensation as possible. Patients from around the world now travel to Colorado specifically for this procedure.
Since then, the landscape has continued to improve. Numerous surgeons in private practice now offer Top Surgery across the state. Major healthcare systems, including UCHealth in Aurora and Denver Health, have proactively trained providers across departments to deliver affirming, respectful, and competent care to transgender and nonbinary patients. Both systems accept Colorado Medicaid and Medicare, expanding access to essential surgical and medical care.
Surgeons in Colorado
Dr. Steinwald has performed hundreds of Top Surgeries over the last 25 years. He is known for pioneering the Inverted-T procedure, a method designed to preserve as much nipple/areola sensation as possible. People come from around the world to see Dr. Steinwald and to have this specific procedure done. More »
More than 25 years of experience performing Top Surgery. Based in Denver.
Dr. Paul Steinwald, MD
501 S Cherry St, Ste 900
Denver, Colorado 80246
Toll-free: 877-255-2600
Local: 303-278-2600
www.topftmsurgery.com
Double-board certified; accepts financing; uses informed consent (no letter requirement) for those 18 and over; consultation fee $75; minimum age 15 (with parental support); pioneered the Inverted-T procedure.
Dr. Goldstein is a fellowship-trained Gender Affirming Plastic Surgeon who offers Primary and Revision Top Surgery. She completed advanced, dedicated fellowship training in all aspects of gender surgery at the University of Texas Health Sciences Houston and refined her technique through high-volume plastic surgery training at Houston Methodist. With more than a decade of advanced surgical training and a holistic, highly individualized approach to treatment planning, Dr. Goldstein is passionate about helping transmasculine patients achieve a chest that aligns with how they feel inside and improving quality of life. More »
Experienced, fellowship-trained gender surgeon based in Boulder, Colorado.
Dr. Rachel Goldstein, MD
5495 Arapahoe Ave, #200
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Phone: 303-381-2909
www.cranects.com
Fellowship-trained gender surgeon; accepts insurance.
Surgeon Research Tools:
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- Dr. Joyce Aycock, MD
4600 E Hale Pkwy, Ste 440
Denver, Colorado 80220
Accepts insurance. - Dr. Lisa Block, MD
UCHealth Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic - Loveland 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., Ste 310 Loveland, Colorado 80538
Accepts insurance, Medicaid and Medicare. - Dr. Winfield Hartley, MD, FACS
Dr. Joshua Rouch, MD, FACS
Boulder Plastic Surgery
2525 4th St.
Boulder, Colorado 80304
Accepts insurance. - Dr. Lisa Hunsicker, MD, FACS
Revalla Plastic Surgery and Medical Aesthetics
7750 South Broadway, Suite 150
Littleton, Colorado 80122 - Dr. Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, MD
Dr. David Mathes, MD
Dr. Jason Yu, MD, DMD
UCHealth Transgender Program
1635 Aurora Crt., 6th Floor
Aurora, Colorado 80045
Accept insurance, Medicaid and Medicare. - Dr. Hans R. Kuisle, MD, FACS
Boulder Plastic Surgery
2525 4th St.
Boulder, Colorado 80304 - Dr. Stephanie Malliaris, MD
Dr. Corrine Wong, MD
Denver Health's LGBT Center of Excellence
777 Bannock St.
Denver, Colorado 80204
Accepts insurance, Medicaid and Medicare. - Dr. Terrence Murphy, MD
Murphy Plastic Surgery
799 E Hampden Ave., Suite 540
Englewood, Colorado 80113 - Dr. John R. Nesiba, MD
Flourish Surgical Arts
3955 E Exposition Ave, Ste 520
Denver, Colorado 80209 - Dr. Nathan Roesner, DO
Aura Boulder
2595 Canyon Blvd #360
Boulder, CO 80302
Accepts insurance. - Dr. Nicolas Slenkovich, MD
Colorado Plastic Surgery Center
761 SouthPark Dr.
Littleton, Colorado 80120 - Dr. Jeffrey Swail, MD
Boulder Valley Plastic Surgery
2575 Pearl St., #300
Boulder, Colorado 80302 - Dr. Steven Vath, MD
The Center for Cosmetic Surgery
300 South Jackson St, Suite 310
Denver, Colorado 80209 - Dr. Rebekah Zaluzec, DO
100 Cook St., Ste 306
Denver, Colorado 80206
Last updated: 01/13/26