COWIMS June 2023 WOM Catherine Casey

In honor of Pride Month, UVA COWIMS highlights Dr. Catherine Casey (she/her) for her amazing work as both an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and a Family Medicine physician specializing in LGBTQ and transgender patient care. Dr. Casey also enjoys providing prenatal and postpartum women’s healthcare.

Dr. Casey was awarded 2019 Virginia Academy of Family Physicians (VAFP) Family Physician of the year, and made the 2015-2020 Best Doctors in American List. During this time, inspired by the stories of her transgender patients, she began learning more about gender-affirming patient care. Eventually, she helped establish UVAHealth’s Adult Transgender clinic in Crozet. More recently, Dr. Casey completed a rigorous three-year long certification process to become a World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Certified Member. As of September 2022, she is the only WPATH Certified Physician in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Learn more about her life and career here, and hear her speak about Transgender and LGBTQ Care at UVA in this interview.