WPATH SOC 8 - What is new?

Dr. Kari Zahorik, M.D. (she/her/hers) is a Family Medicine Physician who provides primary care to patients of all ages. This care  includes gender affirming hormone therapy in addition to comprehensive primary healthcare to all patients.  She currently is a physician with Norton Community Medical Associates for the past 5 years.  Prior to this she was an Associate Professor of Medicine in the University of Louisville Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, and was Medical Director of the University of Louisville Campus Health Services’ Belknap Clinic. In 2014 she was part of the eQuality development team, through which the UofL was the pilot program to incorporate AAMC competencies for care of LGBTQ+ and DSD individuals into the UofL School of Medicine curriculum, and which won the 2016-2017 Innovation in Medical Education Award from the Southern Group on Educational Affairs.  She also worked on a multi-year project to implement depression screening into every primary care visit at the UofL Campus Health Services Clinics, and helped to write a suicide prevention grant which was awarded funds for widespread depression screening and suicide prevention efforts on campus. Dr. Zahorik is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH), subsequently pursing a year of post doctoral training in the UW Department of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, and completing her residency in Family Medicine at UCLA, Kaiser Woodland Hills, CA.  She was Associate Professor of Medicine in the UWSMPH Department of Family Medicine prior to her move to Louisville.