Samuel Cortez Granados, MD

Medical School: Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador Facultad de Medicina
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Expected Fellowship Grad Year: 2023

Samuel Cortez Granados’ overall career goal is to further develop a combine expertise as a clinician and as a researcher in the field of gender-affirming medical care for youth and young adults, with an active patient-oriented research program that provides new knowledge on health outcomes related to gender-affirming hormone therapy. He found the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Washington University to provide the perfect environment to help him achieve his goals. Its assistance facilitated the process for him to conduct a pilot, randomized clinical trial looking at the effectiveness and safety of the most common 17 beta estradiol presentations over the next two years.