Compass JANE CHANG, MD • Medical Director • jac9009@med.cornell.edu DAISY VELASQUEZ • Practice Administrator • dav9012@nyp.org Mission and Goals
The Compass Program is for transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents. Compass began in the fall of 2018 and is located in the Helmsley Tower on the Weill Cornell Medicine campus. The multidisciplinary Compass team consists of an adolescent medicine physician, pediatric endocrinologist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, and adolescent social worker. In a safe, welcoming, and nonjudgmental space, Compass provides: • A comprehensive and individualized needs assessment • Mental health counseling • Family support • Gender-affirming hormone treatment In addition to patient care and family support, the team’s mission includes training pediatric providers and clinic staff to provide transgender-friendly care, advocating for transgender and gender-diverse patients within the NewYork-Presbyterian system and the outside community, and linking families with trans-affirming community resources. Future goals include offering both patient and parent support groups where participants can share their experiences and concerns. Compass is currently seeing patients with Medicaid insurance up through age 19.
The Compass Program is for transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents. Compass, which began in the fall of 2018, is located in the Helmsley Tower on the Weill Cornell Medicine campus.
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