We acknowledge that the first appointment can be scary and often folks have a lot of questions. Trans Health Care varies from person to person and each appointment will look different. However, we want to provide you with a few things you can expect in your first appointment.

• At CSU Health Network, we will affirm your gender by using your chosen names and correct pronouns, regardless of any proposed federal changes.
• We commit to being open to feedback if there are better ways of serving any of our students to ensure a welcoming and affirming experience.
• You will not be asked to prove your gender identity or any other part of your identity.
• We practice using the informed consent model. This means that we seek to provide you with as much information as possible for you to make the best-informed decision about your care. Please ask questions.
• At your first appointment you will be asked health history questions, and family history. Some of these questions can be triggering and uncomfortable, we will work with you to support you through the process. If a question is particularly difficult you do not have to answer.
• We will discuss what types of care you are interested in learning about (hormone therapy, referrals for surgery, fertility preservation).
• An exam will likely not be done at your first appointment. Depending on the care you are needing it is possible at some point we will need to do one.
• The clinic is in the Women’s and Gender Care Clinic at CSU Health Network.

If you are seeking care for general illnesses (flu, mental health, colds, asthma etc.) you may need to see a provider in the medical clinic. We can support you in finding a medical provider to meet your needs beyond gender care.

• Please request a refill prescription through the pharmacy where you fill your medications.
• Refill a prescription at CSU Health Network Pharmacy
  • *If it has been more than 1 year since your last appointment you will be prescribe a short-term refill and will need schedule an appointment.

Supply Pick Up

• Please call us at (970) 491-7121 to let us know you will be coming so we can have the supplies ready for you.

Medical Services

Counseling Services

Student Case Management

• Shana Ryken (pronouns – she, her, hers)
• Sagarika Sarma (pronouns – she, her, hers)

Pride Resource Center

• Maggie Hendrickson (pronouns- they, them, theirs)

Community Providers

• Associates in Family Medicine– Dr. David Schmidt, Dr. Stacie Johns, and Emily Garban
• UCHealth Family Medicine Center– Dr. Bernie Birnbaum, Family Medicine Residency Program
• Salud Family Health Centers– Dr. Amelia Virostko and Anna Pickett (PA-C)
• Denver Health Transgender Health
• UCHealth Integrated Transgender Program (located in Denver)