Episode 41 - Meeting the Treatment and Prevention Needs of Transgender Women with Dr Tonia Poteat

Episode 41 – Meeting the Treatment and Prevention Needs of Transgender Women with Dr Tonia Poteat

In this episode of Going anti-Viral, Dr Michael Saag speaks with Dr Tonia Poteat, a professor in the Duke University School of Nursing and co-director of the Duke SGM Wellness Program. Dr Poteat joins Dr Saag to provide an overview of a Themed Discussion session that she is leading at CROI 2025 entitled Meeting the Treatment and Prevention Needs of Transgender Women. Dr Poteat and Dr Saag address the 3 most common challenges faced in the care of transgender persons: uninformed clinicians, societal discrimination, and efforts by some state governments and the federal government to limit the rights of transgender persons. They discuss efforts to educate clinicians and summarize the resources that are available to clinicians to help provide care to transgender persons facing stigma and discrimination. They also discuss efforts in the judicial system to take legal action against discriminatory policies of state and federal governments. Dr Poteat also provides an overview of the presentations discussed at the Themed Discussion session that she is leading at CROI 2025 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Finally, Dr Poteat and Dr Saag look ahead to the next five years of transgender care and provide advice to all involved in the care of transgender persons during a challenging time.