Gender Surgeon Fellowship Trained in Recon Urology

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Michael Safir, MD URPS is a board certified and dual-fellowship trained reconstructive urologist. He has practiced reconstructive urology for 25 years and has been performing transgender and non-binary surgery for 8 years. He completed surgical fellowship training in male and female reconstructive urology at UCSF and UCLA, respectively. He graduated from the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University, where he obtained his Bachelors and Medical Degrees. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Urology and has additional subspecialty certification in Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS). He is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and the American Urological Association (AUA). He previously served as President of the Los Angeles Urological Society for two terms. He is licensed as a physician and surgeon by the Medical Board of California and performs gender affirming surgery. Dr Safir has extensive surgical experience in transgender and non-binary genital procedures, as well as male and female reconstructive genital surgery for the cis-gender community. He is a leading surgeon in performing phalloplasty, metoidioplasty and vaginoplasty. He is skilled in urethral reconstruction and management of urological surgical complications. He is a compassionate advocate for the transgender and non-binary community.