I have read that it wasn't Dr Biber. Dr Bowers had SRS before she ever met Dr Biber. I suggest it was Dr. Toby Meltzer. They both have a history in Oregon.
Her bio says she was born in 1958 and first attempted transition at age 19. She is said to have "completed" it 20 years later. That would place her SRS in 1997.
If she first met Dr Biber in 2000 and had SRS before that, it couldn't have been Dr Biber.
This from Dr Bower's Website:
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The Second Wave
As the transgender movement slowly ambled forward, new physicians expressed interest in the field. In the US, these surgeons included Dr. Eugene Schrang and Dr. Toby Meltzer, both plastic surgeons. Each spent time observing Dr. Biber, adopting his protocols and then modifying the technique, predicated by their own standards and experience. In Montreal, Dr. Yvan Menard and later, Dr. Pierre Brassard arrived on the scene but adopted a single stage approach to MTF vaginoplasty. Dr. Bowers, who first met Dr. Biber in may 2000, left her practice to join Dr. Biber in January 2003. Primarily on the basis of age, Dr. Biber was unable to retain malpractice insurance beyond age 80, thereby foreshortening the apprenticeship of Dr. Bowers. She realized, however, that Dr. Biber's technique, reproducible as it was, needed modernization. She approached US surgeons but was rebuffed. Fearing competition, some said, these surgeons were unwilling to educate Dr. Bowers or share their experience. Fortunately, Dr. Brassard offered gracious tutelage. Dr. Bowers has gone on to share her knowledge and techniques with many surgeons from around the world. Her training of Osteopathic Plastic Surgery Director Sherman Leis allowed residency education for a new generation of transgender surgeons including Drs. Christine McGinn, Charles Garramone and Kathy Rumer. Dr. Bowers has also carried her knowledge overseas to the country of Israel. Visitors to her practice include surgeons from Australia, China, Mexico, Brazil, Belgium and Serbia, among others.
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