Top Surgery in California
California was one of the first places in the United States to become a Top Surgery "Mecca" due in part to the work of the now retired Dr. Michael Brownstein, an early pioneer of chest masculinization. Today, California is still one of the most popular places in the country to go for Top Surgery, boasting more than 50 surgeons offering the procedure.
California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) covers Top Surgery and finding a surgeon who takes Medi-Cal can be a challenge. Most surgeons in private practice in California who take Medi-Cal only accept managed plans. See the listings below for more information.
Medicare: If you need a surgeon in California who takes Medicare, contact Dr. Josef Hadeed and Dr. Kriya in Beverly Hills.
Surgeons in California
Dr. Scott Mosser, MD, FACS
Dr. Alexander Facque, MD
Dr. Ellie Zara Ley, MD
Dr. Daniel Jacobs, MD
Gender Confirmation Center
450 Sutter St., Suite 1000
San Francisco, California, 94108
855-398-7778
www.genderconfirmation.com
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance, Medi-Cal and CareCredit; FREE in-person or virtual consultations; uses informed consent, will operate on minors with parental consent; wait list 2-3 months following consult.
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Dr. Kriya Gishen, MD
Dr. Kriya Inc.
150 S. Rodeo Dr., Suite 200
Beverly Hills, California 90212
561-789-9604
www.drkriya.com
Specialized training in gender-affirming surgery; takes insurance, Medicaid (Medi-Cal, L.A. Care), Medicare; will operate on minors with parental consent.
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Dr. Michelle Lee, MD
PERK Plastic Surgery
416 N Bedford Dr., #400
Beverly Hills, California 90210
424-348-7978
www.bevhills.com
Board-certified and fellowship-trained; $300 consult fee, fee goes toward cost of procedure; will operate on minors with parental consent.
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Dr. Angela Rodriguez, MD
2100 Webster St.
San Francisco, California, 94115
415-680-1120
www.angelarodriguezmd.com
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance, Medi-Cal; will operate on minors with parental consent; wait list 3-6 months following consult.
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Dr. Thomas Satterwhite, MD
Dr. Dev Gurjala, MD
Dr. John Henry Pang, MD
Align Surgical Associates Inc.
2299 Post St., Suite 207
San Francisco, California 94115
415-530-5335
www.alignsurgical.com
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance, Medi-Cal; will operate on minors with parental consent; wait list 3-6 months following consult.
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Dr. Charles Lee, MD
Crane Center for Transgender Surgery
575 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Suite 1
Greenbrae, California 94904
415-625-3230
cranects.com
Board-certified; accepts insurance and medical financing; $200 consult; wait list: 1 month for consult, 3 months for surgery date.
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Dr. Walter Lin, MD
The Buncke Clinic
45 Castro St., Suite 121
San Francisco, California 94114
415-684-5206
www.buncke.org
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance and Medi-Cal; in-person or phone consultations; uses informed consent, will operate on minors with parental consent; wait list one month.
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Dr. Mark Youssef, MD
Transgender Surgery Institute of Southern California
1317 5th St., Suite 301
Santa Monica, California 90401
310-434-1144
TransgenderSurgeryInstitute.com
Accepts insurance & CareCredit; FREE in-person or phone consultations; wait list 4 weeks.
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Dr. Josef Hadeed, MD, FACS
Hadeed Plastic Surgery
465 N. Roxbury Dr, Suite 1020
Beverly Hills, California, 90210
310-970-2940
www.josefhadeedmd.com
Board-certified; WPATH member; accepts insurance, Medicare & medical financing.
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Dr. Manish Champaneria, MD
Scripps Clinic Del Mar
12395 El Camino Real, Ste 112
San Diego, California 92130
858-554-9950
www.scripps.org
Consultation fee $75; accepts financing, insurance; informed consent.
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Dr. Rex Moulton-Barrett, MD
2070 Clinton Ave., 4th Floor
Alameda, California 94501
510-864-1800
www.moulton-barrett.com
Accepts insurance & CareCredit; $75 in-person consultations; performing Top Surgery since 2010.
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Surgeon Research Tools:
- California state medical board license lookup (for past complaints and disciplinary actions)
- Verify board certification(s): ABMS boards | AOBS board (for D.O.'s)
Insurance Info:
- Dr. Gary Alter, MD
416 North Bedford Dr., Suite 400
Beverly Hills, California, 90210 - Dr. Robert Beinrauh, MD
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Orchard Medical Offices
9449 Imperial Hwy.
Downey, California 90242
Accepts insurance. - Dr. Nicholas Bene, MD
Dr. David Kahn, MD
Stanford Health Care
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
1000 Welch Rd., Suite 100
Palo Alto, California 94304
Accept insurance, Medicaid and Medicare. - Dr. Joseph Kurt Bivens, MD
9191 Westminster Ave., Suite 203
Garden Grove, California, 92844 - Dr. David Buchanan
Santa Barbara Plastic Surgery Center
427 W. Pueblo St.
Santa Barbara, California, 93105 - Dr. Ben Childers, MD, FACS
Riverside Plastic Surgery Associates Inc.
4605 Brockton Ave., Suite 200
Riverside, California, 92506
Accepts insurance and Care Credit. - Dr. Christa Clark, MD
Granite Bay Cosmetic Surgery
5220 Douglas Blvd.
Granite Bay, California 95746 - Dr. Babak Dadvand
8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 615
Beverly Hills, California, 90211 - Dr. Andrew Da Lio, MD
Dr. George Rudkin, MD
Dr. Ginger Slack, MD
UCLA Gender Health Program
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90095 - Dr. Peter Davis, MD
1515 El Camino Real, #400
Palo Alto, California, 94306 - Dr. Miguel Delgado, MD, FACS
165 Rowland Way, Suite 300
Novato, California 94945 - Dr. Michael DeLong, MD
UCLA Gender Health
Plastic Surgery Dept., 200 Medical Plaza, Suite 460
Los Angeles, California 90095
Accepts insurance, medicaid (Medi-Cal) and Medicare. - Dr. Brian Eichenberg, MD
Renuance Cosmetic Surgery Center
24687 Monroe Ave.
Murrieta, California, 92562 - Dr. Alexander Ereso, MD
Pearl Plastic Surgery Center
525 South Drive, #203
Mountain View, California, 94040 - Dr. Orna Fisher, MD
Elite Transformations
327 N. San Mateo Dr., Suite 4
San Mateo, California 94401
Accepts insurance. - Dr. Susan J. Fisher, MD
Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at UCSF
Box 0665
San Francisco, California, 94115
Accepts Medi-cal and Medicare. - Dr. Robert Foster, MD
UCSF Department of Surgery
350 Parnassus Ave #509
San Francisco, California 94117 - Dr. Keith Follmar, MD
Campbell Medical Offices
50 E Hamilton Ave., 1St Floor, Suite 100
Campbell, California 95008
Kaiser Permanente provider. - Dr. Sven Gunther
Bay Area Reconstructive Healthcare
345 Lorton Ave., Suite 101
Burlingame, California 94010
Accepts insurance - Dr. Elliot Hirsch, MD
4955 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 715
Sherman Oaks, California 91403 - Dr. Benjamin Hornik, MD
Oakland Medical Center
1st Floor
3801 Howe Street
Oakland, California 94611 - Dr. Jed Horowitz, MD, FACS
991 MacArthur Blvd., #320
Newport Beach, California 92660 - Dr. Raffi Hovsepian
421 N. Rodeo Dr., Suite T13
Beverly Hills, California, 90210 - Dr. Debra Johnson, MD
95 Scripps Dr.
Sacramento, California, 95825 - Dr. Karly Kaplan, MD
Sacramento Medical Center
Plastic Surgery, 2nd Floor
2025 Morse Ave.
Sacramento, California 95825 - Dr. David Kaufman, MD
The Natural Result
2220 East Bidwell St.
Folsom, California, 95630 - Dr. Susan Kaweski, MD
Aesthetic Arts Institute
8415 Grant Ave.
La Mesa, California, 91941
Accepts Medi-Cal, Kaiser Permanente provider. - Dr. Esther Kim, MD
UCSF Department of Surgery at SFGH
1001 Potrero Ave., Ward 3A
San Francisco, California, 94110
Accepts Medi-Cal and insurance. - Dr. Sendia Kim, MD
5601 De Soto Ave.
Woodland Hills, California, 91367
Accepts insurance. - Dr. Edward Kobraei, MD
Campbell Medical Offices
50 E Hamilton Ave
1St Floor, Suite 100
Campbell, California 95008
Accepts insurance, Kaiser Permanente provider. - Dr. Gil Kryger, MD
Kryger Institute of Plastic Surgery
425 Haaland Dr., Suite 102
Thousand Oaks, California, 91361
Accepts insurance, medicaid (Medi-Cal). - Dr. Jessica Lee, MD
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90027
Accepts insurance, medicaid (Medi-Cal Managed Care.) - Dr. Priya Lewis, MD
UC San Diego Gender Health
4520 Executive Dr.
San Diego, California 92121
Accepts insurance, medicaid (Medi-Cal) and Medicare. - Dr. Ka Ming Li, MD
3110-C Inland Empire Blvd.
Ontario, California, 91764 - Dr. Jerome Liu, MD
Dr. Tim Liu, MD
SVIA Plastic Surgery - Los Gatos
15055 Los Gatos Blvd., #250
Los Gatos, California 95032
Additional locations in Sacramento and San Mateo. - Dr. Douglas Mackenzie
Pacific Plastic Surgery
225 W Pueblo St.
Santa Barbara, California, 93105 - Dr. Laura McMillan, MD
5893 Copley Dr.
San Diego, California, 92111
Takes Kaiser Permanente health insurance. - Dr. Mark Mofid, MD, FACS
4150 Regents Park Row, Suite 300
La Jolla, California, 92037 - Dr. Dung Nguyen, MD
Stanford Women's Cancer Centre
900 Blake Wilbur Drive, 1st Floor
Palo Alto, California 94304
Accepts insurance, Medicaid and Medicare. - Dr. Michael K. Obeng, MD
435 N Roxbury Dr., Suite 205
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
- Dr. Eamon O'Reilly, MD
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093 - Dr. Melissa Poh, MD
West LA Medical Center
6041 Cadillac Ave.,
Los Angeles, California 90095
Takes Kaiser Permanente health insurance. - Dr. Ali Qureshi, MD
Southcoast Plastic Surgery
4968 Booth Circle, Suite 105
Irvine, California 92604 - Dr. Usha Rajagopal, MD
SF Cosmetic Surgery
490 Post St.
San Francisco, California 94102 - Dr. Edward Ray, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
8635 W Third St., #770W
Los Angeles, California 90048 - Dr. Murtaza "Mort" Rizvi, MD, FACS
West Empire Aesthetics
11645 South Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1155
Los Angeles, California 90025 - Dr. Sepideh Saber, MD
Saber Plastic Surgery
16260 Ventura Blvd., Suite 225
Encino, California 91436 - Dr. Mark Schoemann, MD
477 N. El Camino Real, Suite D101
Encinitas, California 92024 - Dr. Jaime Schwartz, MD, FACS
421 North Rodeo Drive, Penthouse 1
Beverly Hills, California 90210 - Dr. Brian Shafa, MD, MHS
8907 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100
Beverly Hills, California 90211 - Dr. Alexander Sinclair, MD
Transgender Surgery of Beverly Hills
9884 S. Santa Monica Blvd.,
Beverly Hills, California, 90212 - Dr. Douglas Steinbrech, MD
Alpha Male Plastic Surgery
436 North Bedford Dr.
Beverly Hills, California 90210 - Dr. Winnie Tong, MD
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
2200 O'Farrell St.
San Francisco, California 94115
Accepts insurance, Kaiser Permanente provider. - Dr. Roberto Travieso, MD
Dr. Regina Baker, MD
Gender-Affirming Care Program, Keck Medicine of USC
1450 San Pablo St., Suite 6200
Los Angeles, California, 90033
Accepts insurance, Medicaid, Medicare. - Dr. Robert Tuchler, MD
6670 Alton Pkwy.
Irvine, California, 92618
Kaiser Permanente provider. - Dr. Paul Tran, MD
23823 Valencia Blvd., Suite 220
Valencia, California 91355
Takes insurance, Medicare. - Dr. Derek Ulvila, MD
San Francisco Medical Center
2425 Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, California 94115
Kaiser Permanente provider. - Dr. P. James Voloshin, MD, FRCS
Newport Surgery Institute
360 San Miguel Dr., Suite 406
Newport Beach, California, 92660 - Dr. Justin West, MD
Finesse Plastic Surgery
230 S Main St. Suite 210
Orange, California 92868 - Dr. Jasmine M. Wong, MD
Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at UCSF
Box 0665
San Francisco, California, 94115
Accepts Medi-cal and Medicare. - Dr. Wendy Wong, MD
Gallery Plastic Surgery
910 Major Sherman Ln., Suite 305
Monterey, California 93940 - Dr. Ginger Xu, MD
Ethos Plastic Surgery
2100 Webster St., Suite 329
San Francisco, CA, 94115
Last updated: 11/05/24