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n 2017, Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) launched the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health (JHCTH), returning to its roots as a leading academic medical system, caring for the transgender community. Ever Forward!, the Center’s motto, captures this enterprise-
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Johns Hopkins Medicine Innovation: Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health (JHCTH) Introduced: 2017 Program Leader: Paul B. Rothman, M.D., Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine
wide initiative’s commitment to improve the health of, and reduce the health disparities facing, the transgender community at a local, national, and global level. Due to long-standing societal stigma and discrimination, transgender individuals face major health care challenges, including
reduced access to care, increased risk for violence or suicide, and increased risk for substance abuse and mental health co-morbidities. Despite major advances in the health disparities field, there are still pervasive and glaring gaps in the health outcome and health care of the transgender community.