What is a doctor called who treats transsexual people?

Answer 1

Compassionate. Responsible. Fulfilling their oath to help first and avoid doing harm. - That's what I'd call a Doctor Who treats transsexuals.

There is no single medical specialty that covers all aspects of transsexual care. Medical sex changes involve multiple doctors.

• Therapist - a therapist with a masters in social work, a licensed clinical social worker, a psychiatrist (MD), or a psychologist (PhD). The therapist diagnoses the condition and refers the patient for medical treatment. Continued therapy is suggested for transsexuals as sex changes are stressful - puberty is stressful! Imagine going through puberty as an adult!
• Endocrinologist or Primary Care Physician (Internal Medicine, family doctor, etc) - Endocrinologists are doctors (MDs) who specialize in the hormones that regulate our body. Many trans patients have an endocrinologist who starts their hormone therapy, but once things have settled, most doctors are capable of maintaining the prescription (adjusting the dosage in response to lab results).
• Surgeon - Top or Bottom (chest or genital) surgery must be done by a qualified and experienced surgery. Top surgeons are generally Plastic or/and Reconstructive Surgeons. They may specialize in breast augmentation, or in removing breasts from non-trans males who have grown them. Bottom surgeons often specialize in genital surgery, they may be Plastic Surgeons, Reconstructive Surgeons, Urogenital Surgeons, Reproductive Surgeons, etc.
• Other Medical and non-Medical Specialties can be involved in treating transsexual patients.

Many of the doctors treating transsexual patients do not 'specialize' in trans patients. They started working on one medical issue they found important and then found that they could use the same skills to help transsexual patients. These doctors usually continue to practice their specialty on non-transsexual patients as well as transsexual patients.