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The California-based gender-affirming healthcare provider Align Surgical Associates Inc. (Align Surgical) announced today that two of its surgeons have been appointed to influential advisory roles by national medical societies.
Align Surgical founder and CEO Thomas Satterwhite, M.D., has been named a contributing editor to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), the journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Dr. Satterwhite was nominated for the role by the journals editorial leadership and confirmed this month by the full editorial board and the ASPS board of directors for a three-year term starting in January 2024. As a contributing editor, Dr. Satterwhite will serve as a peer reviewer on new research submissions and contribute his own writings, among other responsibilities.
John Pang, M.D., F.A.C.S, will join the Guideline Development Panel of the Endocrine Society, the century-old organization at the forefront of hormone science and public health in the United States. This expert panel will spend two years developing and updating the Endocrine Societys clinical practice guidelines on gender affirming care. During this time, this panel will meet, write and review evidence to rigorously develop and implement evidence-based practice-wide recommendations.
I am honored to join the editorial board of the leading journal in our field, said Dr. Satterwhite, who is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. I congratulate Dr. Pang on his appointment to the Endocrine Society panel, a role that speaks to his considerable expertise. A key part of our vision for Align Surgical has been to make active research central to the practice. While this may be an unusual commitment for a private medical practice, I believe it is vital to achieve a deeper understanding of what is possible in the critical field of gender-affirming healthcare. We have a duty to pursue technical innovations and ultimately share our findings with our colleagues so that patient outcomes everywhere can improve. These national advisory opportunities are an extension of that commitment.
Thomas Satterwhite, M.D., is a board-certified reconstructive plastic surgeon and a Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Satterwhite completed his B.A. with honors, medical degree and plastic surgery residency at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He specializes in all aspects of gender-affirming surgical procedures, including those for the face, body, chest and genital areas. Dr. Satterwhite is based at Align Surgicals San Francisco office, serving patients from California and across the United States.
John Pang, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a double board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon who specializes in complex genital, face and chest reconstruction, as well as aesthetic facial and body procedures. Dr. Pang received his medical degree from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. He completed a general surgery residency at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA; a plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh in PA; and a transgender surgery/ plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY. Dr. Pang is based in San Francisco.
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About Align Surgical Associates
Align Surgical Associates was founded in 2018 with the mission of providing gender-affirming surgery to the transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse community with excellence, compassion and the belief that all people deserve to experience the freedom of living as their true selves. Align Surgical is one of the few interdisciplinary surgical practices in the United States that exclusively provides comprehensive gender-affirming care. Align Surgicals surgeons in San Francisco and Los Angeles provide the full range of facial, body contouring, top and bottom surgeries and share a commitment to advancing innovation and research in their specialty fields. More information at alignsurgical.com.
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