Celebrated genital surgery doc retires
TRANSITIONING / Montreal's Yvon Ménard passes reins to his protégé
Luna Allison / National / Friday, December 04, 2009
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Celebrated_genital_surgery_doc_retires-7971.aspxAt the end of November, one of the world's most celebrated gender reassignment surgeons retired after more than 30 years of performing genital reconstruction and other transition-oriented surgeries. His work has profoundly changed the lives of thousands of trans men and women all over the world.
"We take care of them as if they were our children, our brothers and our sisters," Dr Yvon Ménard once said of his team at Gender Reassignment Surgery (GRS) Montreal.
Skills of Ménard's calibre aren't developed overnight. He has earned an international reputation for his surgical innovations, having refined his techniques year by year, since first encountering genital reconstruction during his surgical residency in 1971.
