Transform Health is a partnership of UK HealthCare providers who have the shared goal of meeting many of the unique medical needs of people who identify in the broad LGBTQ+ spectrum in a way they can feel safe and affirmed, and receive evidence-based care.

• Shared decision making
  • We consult evidence-based guidelines, including the Centers for Disease Control and the WPATH transgender standards, and also practice shared decision making that respects your rights and includes your values and life circumstances.
• Informed consent
  • For hormone therapy, we use an informed-consent model. We connect you to gender affirming therapists as needed or desired, but in most cases would not require a support letter from a therapist.
• Training the next generation of health care providers
  • You will have supervised students and residents participate in your care, except on a case-by-case basis. We appreciate your willingness to help future providers and will always be clear about our roles.
  • You as a patient will have voluntary opportunities to be on speakers’ panels for other providers learning about LGBTQ+ care.
• Team-based care
  • We appreciate and work closely with the medical assistants, nurses, mental health professionals, social workers, and surgeons who are all a part of our team.
  • Our gender-affirming surgery partners will require letters from a mental health provider based on the current recommendations from WPATH Standards of Care 8 and/or insurance company policies.
• Community connections
  • We strive to make and keep strong ties to LGBTQ+ affirming community organizations and resources. [if we are allowed to link to any community resources here that would be great; I can ask them if allowed; eg Pride Center, AVOL)
• Knowledge is power
  • We are dedicated to helping research many aspects of LGBTWQ+ care.
  • You as a patient will have opportunities to participate in voluntary research projects.
  • Researchers in the field may contact us to partner on projects

Our vision

The Transform Health initiative seeks to improve the health of the LGBTQ* community in Kentucky and serve as the state’s leading resource for education and research on LGBTQ* health

Our mission

Transform Health is an interprofessional healthcare home for LGBTQ* patients of all ages to receive evidence-based, high-quality care in a safe place. Transform Health provides clinical care and is the central resource to train students, faculty and staff in LGBTQ* care, to contribute to the body of knowledge through ethical research, and to provide outreach and resources throughout the state.

Our services:

• Primary care (including chronic care for health conditions, basic mental health care, cancer screenings, screening for sexually transmitted infections)
• PrEP (for HIV prevention)
• Hormone therapy for adults
• Hormone therapy for adolescents (with parent/guardian involvement and consent)
• Gender affirming general care for children and families
• Mental health care referrals (both in and out of UK)
• Gynecologic care for all people with gyn anatomy
• Surgery referrals [Hyperlink to Surgeon’s page or first page with surgeons listed]
  • Gynecology – for pelvic and menstrual concerns and hysterectomy
  • Plastic surgery – for breast augmentation and chest mastectomy
  • ENT – for facial feminization
  • Urology – in or out of UK for pelvic or urinary concerns, orchiectomy; outside of UK for vulvoplasty/vaginoplasty, metoidoplasty; outside of Kentucky for phalloplasty
• Puberty blocking referrals*

*This service is not offered at our University Health Service location or Turfland location only at Phyllis D. Corbett Community Health Center Wilmore.