Programs
- Piloting a DSD model of care and guidelines, including training and support for interdisciplinary healthcare teams and decision aides for families and providers;
- Co-hosting a DSD Research and Quality Improvement Symposium in the Spring of 2009 with the University of Michigan;
- Continuously expanding our website to provide targeted information for patients, families, clinicians, and researchers;
- Producing an informational video to increase awareness of DSD and educate the general public about DSD care and treatment; and
- Developing a teacher's kit to guide college-level courses on intersex and DSD history and current treatment paradigms.
Please continue to visit our website to learn more about these iniatives as we implement them. We also want to hear your thoughts about how we can make these projects successful, or how you may be able to support us in our efforts.
Working Together to Improve Care
DSD Symposium
University of Michigan “DSD Research and Quality Improvement Symposium” (April 2009)
When To Tell the Patient?
Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and Pediatric Academic Societies Mini-Course on Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) – When To Tell the Patient? (May 2009)
Click to review the presentations
III World Congress
on Hypospadias and Disorders of Sex Development.
The 3rd World Congress took place in North America for the first time. The congress was held both at the Hospital for Sick Children and at the Marriott Hotel Toronto Eaton Centre in November 2009.
