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 .