Transform Health Services

What is Transform Health?

• Transform Health is a group of dedicated providers offering high-quality care for LGBTQ* patients.
• We are training students and residents in LGBTQ* health.
• We are doing research that will help us learn more about LGBTQ* health.
• We are connecting with the LGBTQ* community in the Bluegrass and beyond. 

Your LGBTQ* Clinic

• Transform Health is a partnership of UK HealthCare providers who have the shared goal of meeting many of the unique medical needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning and/or anywhere on this spectrum, as well as those who consider themselves on the transgender spectrum.
• Our clinic is a place for you to feel safe and receive evidence-based care that takes into account all of who you are.

What do we offer?

Our providers offer care at two main sites:

• Family Medicine Transform Health Clinic at UK HealthCare-Turfland: Our site for community members (UK students should make an appointment at our campus clinic).
• University Health Service (UHS): Our campus location for UK students.

At our two main sites, we do:

• Primary care and prevention (vaccines, cancer screenings, general health).
• PrEP (for HIV prevention) and PEP (post-exposure HIV).
• Hormone therapy for older teens and adults.
• Counseling or counseling referrals.
• Care of chronic conditions (e.g. high blood pressure).
• Referrals to our surgical partners as indicated.

The Trans* and Gender Non-conforming Support Group is available for UK Students through the UK Counseling Center.

Our surgical partners

• Plastic surgery:  Kant Lin, James Liau
• Urology:  Alison Rasper
• Gynecology: Frederick Zachman, Mark Hoffman
• ENT (Facial Surgery): Nikita Gupta

Vision & mission

Our vision

The Transform Health initiative seeks to improve the health of the LGBTQ* community in Kentucky and serve as the state’s leading resource for education and research on LGBTQ* health

Our mission

Transform Health is an interprofessional healthcare home for LGBTQ* patients of all ages to receive evidence-based, high-quality care in a safe place. Transform Health provides clinical care and is the central resource to train students, faculty and staff in LGBTQ* care, to contribute to the body of knowledge through ethical research, and to provide outreach and resources throughout the state.