Anders Waalen, MD

I am an out gay, cis-male presenting, nonbinary-identifying psychiatrist in training (resident) at Northwell Health/ Mather Hospital. I have studied gender-affirming hormone therapy from the WPATH, and UCSF Guidelines. I do research on physician factual knowledge of transgender care. I teach other psychiatrists about LGBTQ+ mental health and gender-affirming hormone therapy. I am a member of the Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists (AGLP), American Psychiatric Association (APA), and GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, where I have served as Co-Vice Chair of the Health Professionals in Training Curriculum Reform Committee and advocated for LGBTQ+ curriculum reform across the nation. In medical school I was the president of the LGBTQ+ health interest group for three years, where I led major curricular reform across all four years of medical school. I am interested in supporting all members of the LGBTQ+ community, whether they be intersex, pansexual, polyamorous, BIPOC, etc…. Structural racism is real. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter.