About TransHealthTO
Borne from a passion for advocacy, improving medical education, and fighting health inequities, TransHealthTO was created as a space for healthcare providers to learn more about LGBTQ2S+ community with an emphasis on providing Transgender care.
Trans rights are human rights. We have a duty to protect our patients, and that starts with having the knowledge, tools, and expertise to provide care.
This is where TransHealthTO comes in.
Dr. Tehmina Ahmad, She/Her
MD, MScCH, FRCPC, Endocrinology & Metabolism Staff, University of Toronto
Dr. Tehmina Ahmad’s work at SafeSpace, a drop-in support centre for womxn in crisis and sex-workers, drove her to pursue a career in medicine. In 2017, she graduated from Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and joined the University of Toronto as an Internal Medicine Resident, where she continues to be a fierce advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.
She completed her Endocrinology & Metabolism Fellowship and sub-specialty fellowship in Women’s Health & Transgender Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Ahmad’s interests involve raising the profile of LGBTQ+ by engaging the community and promoting educational material for resident and staff physician learners. She helped develop the first Canadian Federation of Medical Students position paper on including transgender healthcare initiatives and education in medical curricula in 2015. She continues to advocate for resident education to include dedicated LGBTQ+ material, as well as improving channels of communication between doctors and patients.
Provincially, she spent three terms as a general council member on the Professional Association of Residents of Ontario (PARO), with a focus on enhancing resident experiences, optimizing medical education, and emphasizing the unique health needs of marginalized resident physicians.
Nationally, Dr. Ahmad served four terms as a Board of Directors Member on Resident Doctors of Canada and as the Chair of the National Resident Survey. Through this role she has thoughtfully incorporated gender identity demographics to improve the collection of diversity data on resident physicians. Dr. Ahmad’s research and advocacy focuses on the importance of collaboration, physician leadership and communication to promote LGBTQ+ education. Her current and future endeavors aim to improve access to gender-affirming care for Trans-individuals
Motivated by medicine and driven by dreams, Dr. Ahmad attributes her success to the LGBTQ+ communities in which she is part of and continues to serve.
Dr. Raymond Fung, He/Him
MD, FRCPC, Division Head of Endocrinology, Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Raymond Fung attended University of Toronto Medical school where he also trained in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Seeing the injustice and lack of access to care for the trans population, he took an interest in learning about gender affirming hormone therapy. He has been providing care over the last 15 years to trans and gender diverse people. He has worked to increase education among medical health providers and specialists and he regularly works with learners to increase their exposure to trans health care.
He firmly believes that TransCare should be incorporated into medical curriculum, and that all gender diverse individuals should have access to medically competent and culturally sensitive health care.
Ms. Angie Gubbels, She/Her
Graphic Designer & Web Developer
Ms. Angie Gubbels is a traveler, an educator, and an adventure-seeker. She has studied in Brazil, lived in England, and was a teacher in Kenya. Angie has visited inside the Great Pyramids, backpacked through Asia, and seen the wonders of Petra while traveling throughout the Middle East. She is passionate about learning from the world around her and the people she connects with along the way. Angie believes the more you do, the more you learn. So why not try everything at least once?
After studying Health Sciences, Angie moved abroad and lived in England for two-years while gaining work experience in the Customer Services realm. Upon moving back to Canada, she has held several volunteer positions, including at the Ronald McDonald House aiding families as their children experienced medical crisis and as an Admissions Interviewer at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Angie’s volunteer contributions have been primarily focused in the areas of health, youth, and leadership and they have brought her abroad to the USA, Sweden, Brazil, and Kenya.
For the past several years, Angie has worked in the health and fitness industry as a part of a Learning & Development team. Her work allows her to combine her interests in graphics, photography, and videography to create virtual learning sessions and support documents that aid in the growth and development of employees. Through her professional experience, she works alongside Dr. Ahmad & Dr. Fung to provide content development to aid physicians in their knowledge regarding the care of LGBTQ+ individuals.
