Norman Spack
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Norman P. Spack is an American pediatric endocrinologist at Boston Children's Hospital, where he co-founded the hospital's Gender Management Service (GeMS) clinic in February 2007. It was America's second clinic to treat transgender children,[1][2] modeled after a similar Dutch system.[3] He is an internationally known specialist in treatment for intersex and transgender youth, and is one of the first doctors in the United States[4] to advocate prescribing hormone replacement therapy to minors.[5] Spack, who is Jewish, has been an advocate for transgender resources and support groups for the Jewish community.[6]
Spack has been consulted to discuss trans medical issues, often specifically pediatric, in media outlets such as 20/20,[7] Time,[8] The Atlantic,[9] National Public Radio.,[10][11][12] and TEDTalk.[13] He wrote the foreword of the 2008 book The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals.
Spack earned his undergraduate degree at Williams College and graduated from Rochester School of Medicine in 1969.[14]