We are
Charlotte
Trans Health
Our mission is to reduce health and healthcare disparities for trans and gender diverse (TGD) people by increasing clinical competency and interdisciplinary collaboration among providers and improving access to care for TGD people.
Our Purpose
Because our organization is driven by providers dedicated to providing quality care while facing systemic barriers, we have inevitably been led to engage in advocacy centering on improving quality of trans lives and to collaborate and support the advocacy efforts of partner organizations serving the LGBTQIA+ community.
Growing as an Integrative Care Collaborative
At Charlotte Trans Health we value patient access to clear information regarding the training and experience of healthcare providers as a part of informed consent for care. Therefore, we support transparency of information on who we are as a collective and how we define our organization’s policies and standards of care expectations for providers choosing to participate in our integrative care collaborative. For more information visit Membership!
Our Story
In January 2012, Dr. Lisa Griffin, a psychologist who had been caring for gender diverse patients in the Charlotte area for over 15 years, was anticipating moving out of the area and wanted to make sure there would be a robust community to care for these gender diverse individuals.
Charlotte Trans Health started with 5 hormone prescribing providers, 7 mental health professionals, and a surgeon as founding members committed to collaborating with the intent to discuss best practices in transgender healthcare, relay new information, and discuss complex cases.
In 2020, the Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group was formally designated a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our board pledges to support the founding mission to provide a forum for the provision of specialized education and interdisciplinary consultation for LGBTQIA+ affirming healthcare professionals. Further, we serve as a resource and increase access for the transgender community to identify healthcare professionals who provide culturally competent care and specialized medical services to transgender and gender diverse individuals and their families.
Community Engagement & Recognition
Our People
Founding Members
Eli Branscome, PhD, LCMHC-S, LCAS (he/him) Rhett Brown, MD (he/him)
Eric Emerson, MD (he/him)
Jim Green, MDiv, LCMHC (he/him)
Lisa Griffin, PhD (she/her)
Carl Hughes, MD (he/him)
Laura Levin, MD (she/her)
Billie Maitland, PhD (she/her)
Thomas Marlowe, MD (he/him)
Beverly Moss, LCMHC (she/they)
Holly Savoy, PhD (she/her)
Becky Stamler, LCMHC, LCAS (she/her)
Richard Wynn, MD (he/him)
Staff
Executive Director – Holly Savoy, PhD (She/Her)
Educational Programs Manager – Casey Mesaeh (They/Them)
PATH Clinical Case Manager – Eileen Geiger, LCMHC (They/Them)
Executive Board
President – Hayden Nielsen, LCSWA (He/Him)
Vice President – Tatim Lace, LCSW (He/They)
Past President – Marguerita Blaker, LPA (She/Her)
Treasurer – Ashley Roehrig, MS RDN LDN (She/Her)
Secretary – Kim Nealy, PharmD (She/Her)
Committees
Community Engagement Chair – TBD
Development / T.H.E. Night Planning Chair – Dorie Charnin, LCSW (She/Her)
Governance Committee Co-Chairs – Jennifer Ratajczak, LCMHC (She/Her), Katherine Campbell, LCSW, PhD (She/Her), Leia Charnin, PhD (She/Her), and Doug Meardon, MD (He/Him)
Membership Co-Chairs – Earl Martin, LCSW (He/Him) and Elizabeth Ponds, LCSWA (They/Them)
Trans Provider Committee Chairs – Noah Granade, LCSW (He/Him) and Eileen Geiger, LCMHC (They/Them)
Trans Provider Committee Statement of Purpose:
The Trans Provider Committee (TPC) is a cis-free branch of Charlotte Trans Health (CTH) that ensures transgender and gender diverse (TGD) members of CTH have agency in the involvement of leadership. TPC is comprised of active members of the organization. The TPC aims to:
- Provide mutual peer-support to providers of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) lived experience navigating the intersection of being a TGD provider and serving the community in a professional capacity;
- Ensure that TGD members of CTH are involved in organizational decision-making processes;
- Provide feedback to the Board to ensure the needs of TGD individuals are being heard and respected and without repercussion from the Board; and
- Assist the Board in addressing community feedback and concerns received about CTH members by TGD clients served.
Annual & Financial Reports
Explore our Annual and Financial Reports to discover the impact we’ve made!