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Hormone Transformation Therapy (HTT)

At Vitalize Transgender & HTT Clinic , we understand that hormone imbalances can have a profound impact on your overall well-being and quality of life. That's why we're dedicated to providing personalized hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and transformative services to help you achieve optimal health and vitality.

Why Choose Vitalize Transformation Clinic?

Providing Personalized, Gender-Affirming Treatment and Transition Care

Our Doctors and Medical Provider are official members of World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH):

Our Doctors and Medical Professionals take time to understand you and your needs so we can help you reach your goals with positive experience. Our medical experts specialize in hormones, along with other synergistic medical therapies available to optimize results.

At Vitalize Transgender Clinic, we strive to create a positive, affirming environment where you can get safe and effective treatments as well as the support and respect you deserve.

Psychiatric Services under the same roof ensures we can address underlying issues like Anxiety, Depression, and other mental health related diagnoses by our psychiatric professionals and get prescriptions as needed.

We have implemented policies aimed at eliminating bias and insensitivity to promote appropriate and welcoming interactions with our transgender patients.

We want you to feel like you have a medical home at Vitalize Transgender Clinic. To us, that means a place where you feel safe to ask questions and where you can count on us to coordinate all the services you need to achieve your health goals.

We also provide a team-based approach to care. Our specialists meet regularly to identify and implement strategies to improve care for transgender and non-binary patients.

A Medical Home for Transgender Healthcare:

Better Care for LGBTQIA+ Patients

Caring for underserved and marginalized population is a priority for our medical team. Even though patients from around the world come to us for care, some of our most important work happens in our own neighborhoods.

We are committed to providing high level care for transgender and non-binary patients from all walks of life. We believe accessing comprehensive, compassionate care is important, regardless of ethnicity or race.

We offer confidential HIV testing and other STD testing services to the LGBTQ+ patients throughout the community.

Some of our providers are multilingual, and we have on-site interpreters available to improve communication.

Gender-Affirming Care

Everyone deserves access to quality health care that fulfills their needs. Unfortunately, many transgender and gender non-binary individuals face discrimination in health care settings that denies them safe access to vital services.

Vitalize Transgender Clinic is here to provide you compassionate, comprehensive care. We are committed to providing a supportive, affirming environment where you can receive hormone therapy and care for your other medical needs.

Dr. Stephanie Leonard completed her bachelor’s degree at Buena Vista University and went on to complete her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2006. She completed her Postdoctoral hours in Goodyear, Arizona at the Department of Corrections. She became licensed in the State of Arizona as a psychologist in April of 2007.

Dr. Leonard has worked with a wide range of individuals with extensive experience working with those with trauma, psychosis, depression, anxiety, cognitive delays, attention deficits, and personality disorders.

Dr. Stephanie Leonard
Clinical Psychologist

A Unique Health Care Experience:

Our clinic is designed to address all your medical concerns. We collaborate with Medical and Psychiatric providers across the spectrum to provide the health care you need and deserve.

Hormone Therapy and Consultation:

Transgender individuals experience a disconnect between their sex assigned at birth and their affirmed gender. This means those assigned female at birth identifies as male and are considered transgender men. Individuals assigned male at birth who identify as female are considered transgender women.

Hormone therapy is often used to resolve this disconnect. It is a big part of the gender affirmation process for transgender men and women. Our Doctors and Medical providers use guidelines accepted across the world to optimize hormone therapy for transgender patients.

What is Transgender Hormone Therapy?

Gender-affirming hormone therapy is widely considered a necessary treatment for most transgender patients. Using it has physical and mental benefits for people undergoing the gender affirmation process.

At Vitalize Transgender Clinic, all hormone therapy is done under strict monitoring of our physicians and medical providers.

During hormone therapy, transgender men use exogenous testosterone to overcome their more feminine features. Over time, the treatment prompts the development of more masculine characteristics, such as bulkier muscles, more body hair and a deeper voice. Labs are done periodically to optimize hormone levels.

Transgender women use exogenous estrogen during hormone therapy to promote the development of more feminine features. They also use anti-androgens to minimize their masculine characteristics. Labs are done periodically to optimize hormone levels.

Recommendations to consider before Starting Hormone Therapy:

Recommend that our Transgender patients confirm their gender identify and, if possible, discuss their transition with family and friends to gather support for their gender affirmation process. We collaborate with Clinical Psychologists, so they are available as a resource to our patients.

Psychiatric Providers Available to help our Transgender patients, who can help them express their gender identity and support any other mental health concerns that may develop during the gender affirmation process such as anxiety or depression.

We provide medical evaluations and offer solutions for any health issues that may hamper the affirmation process or that may worsen due to the gender affirmation hormones

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Hassan Khan, MD
Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Dr. Hassan Khan is a practicing Nephrologist and an Internal Medicine Physician. In addition to work in private setting, Dr. Khan also works for several hospitals in the East Valley.

Dr. Khan completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 2007 at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY and practiced as an Internal Medicine physician for over 6 years prior to completing his fellowship in Nephrology in 2017 from University of Arizona (UofA) in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Khan is vested in the well being of his patients, not only from a renal, but also from an internal medicine stand point.