Kat Brooks

My name is Kat Brooks, I am the Program Manager for the Sutter Gender Care Program. My medical career spans over 20 years, all of which have been in the specialty referrals space dedicated to placing patients with specialty providers. I have worked for Sutter for 12 years.
During my time with Sutter Specialty Network referrals team, I assisted with a referral for a 5-year-old Trans patient. I was working with their parents to find care. After multiple roadblocks, we were able to locate care, but the answers as to why providers could not see the patient did not sit well with me. I became the gender care SME for my referrals team which enabled me to cross paths with Barry Eisenberg, M.D. and the Comprehensive Gender Care Program. I joined the leadership team as the referrals and gender care advocate workgroup lead. Our workgroup created the Gender Care advocate role and created TransHealth referrals workflow. I left the Sutter Specialty network in November to take on the program manager role for the Sutter Gender Care program. This has allowed me to focus on advocating for our transgender gender diverse patients through physician and staff education and establishing relationships with internal and external organizations to provide safe and equitable care for this underserved and marginalized patient population.
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:05/09/2023Date updated:05/09/2023