tranifestations Wow I hate to hear about this kind of communication from this team (or any team). Dr Chen has been one of the most accommodating phallo surgeons regarding bmi, and to hear that someone at the Buncke Clinic is attempting to deter patients this way is very concerning. It’s also concerning that these complications may be happening and we don’t know about it. Do you feel comfortable sharing the name of the person you spoke with? I’m very curious who’s talking to our community this way.
And to your question: I was just talking about this with someone today. We need more data from surgeons. Their complications, their outcomes, their techniques, their innovations. We deserve to have access to this information so we can make fully informed decisions about our bodies.
heybazz Yes, it was the director, Logan.
Trying to communicate with him how disturbing his response was resulted in him "banning" me from the practice. Specifically, he said it's not a good fit. You can't make this shit up. There are ethical violations here.
Yes, totally. I am contemplating how we might accomplish this.
tranifestations Thanks for sharing. I’m so sorry to hear this. Logan is actually just the main go-to for stage 1 people. He does initial intake, scheduling and communication leading up to stage 1. He’s not the director of buncke (that’s Dr buncke himself) or their trans program (that’s dr bauback Safa) and I really hope he didn’t say that he was. We, as a community, have known him to continue to offer a mix of misinformation and helpfulness over the years. His incorrect information, and sometimes harsh approach, has harmed people before. This was beyond inappropriate. I’m really glad you shared this with us.
And regarding info: some teams are very forthcoming with their data and some aren’t. The correlation seems to be that private practice surgeons share more than ones at universities. I wish we could get them all in a room together, but that hasn’t happened so far. And I believe the best way to compile this data is as a community. Create our own. We do this in so many ways by sharing what we know in these groups, but it would be amazing if it were all cohesive and in a spreadsheet. As a post phallo caregiver for many years I have seen a lot and have a good bit of anecdotal data just stored in my head that I share freely, but you’re so right- we need tangible access to this info.
ETA: I see that his fb profile does, indeed, say he’s the director. Odd because the
Buncke website lists Dr Safa as the director. Regardless of title- what he did was not okay.
heybazz Thanks. I was gonna say that made sense that he's not actually the director, but I am sure it did say that on his email sig. Why is the director answering emails anyway? They should hire a trans guy to be client facing. It's weird that Universities wouldn't share that stuff. The medical system in the US needs a total overhaul. If you or anyone wants to talk about setting up some kind of resource, PM me. I've thought of a couple ways that might work.
tranifestations Logan
is trans

heybazz Wow, that sucks!