Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres

The Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres (CKCHC) is pleased to announce that we now provide services to transgender children and youth in the Chatham-Kent and surrounding area.

Services include:

• assessment and diagnosis of gender dysphoria;
• management of common comorbid mental health conditions;
• assessing for appropriateness of hormone blockers (GnRH agonists) and gender-confirming hormone therapy;
• prescription of hormones or hormone blockers and coordinate medical monitoring of treatment as appropriate.

Dr. Ian Johnston is leading these services. Dr Johnston is a general consulting paediatrician with ten years of experience dealing with transgender children and youth in Chatham-Kent.

Referrals from physicians or nurse practitioners are strongly encouraged, but we will accept persons without access to primary care.

As this is a paediatric clinic, referrals are limited to individuals 18 years of age and younger.

Please direct referrals to the attention of:

Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres

Paediatric Transgender Clinic

Fax:  519-397-5497

If you have any questions regarding this service, please contact:

Heather Carnahan, Director of Clinical & Client Services

Heather.Carnahan@ckchc.ca; 519-397-5455 x110

Sherri Saunders, Executive Director

Sherri.Saunders@ckchc.ca; 519-397-5455 x106