The mission of the Pediatric Gender Diversity Program is to increase access to transgender competent and gender affirming care for youth up to age 26. In addition to clinical care, the program also seeks to educate community physicians, local schools, and organizations on gender diversity in order to reduce the health disparities documented for transgender individuals.

Launched in 2016, the Pediatric Gender Diversity Program at UCI Health’s Department of Pediatrics is Orange County’s only, multidisciplinary program caring specifically for transgender youth and gender diverse children. Recognizing the lack of services available for the transgender community in Orange County, UCI saw an opportunity to initiate a unique program that could model best practices for other providers locally and regionally. Patients arrive at our program through referrals from physicians at our UCI Health clinics and other practices, community workshops, and from community service providers such as the LGBT Center OC.

Lynn Hunt, MD | Program Medical Director
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Ajanta Naidu, MD | Pediatric Endocrinologist
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Jeffrey Vu, FNP | Family Nurse Practitioner
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Brit Cervantes | Program Coordinator

Jamie Swanson, LMFT | Therapist