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Jan 18, 1958 66 years old
American gynecologist
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About Marci Bowers
- Marci Lee Bowers (born January 18, 1958) is an American gynecologist and surgeon who specializes in gender confirmation surgeries.
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- Bowers operates at Mills-Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame, CA and San Mateo Surgery Center in San Mateo, CA.
- From 2003 to 2010, she practiced in the town of Trinidad, Colorado, where she apprenticed under Stanley Biber, MD, a general surgeon and father of international transgender surgery, until relinquishing these duties to Dr.
- Bowers in July 2003.
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- Biber performed more than 2300 MTF genital reassignment surgeries and 1000 FTM surgeries and is credited for earning Trinidad the moniker, "Sex Change Capital of the World." Dr.
- Biber died in January 2006.Dr.
- Bowers is viewed as an innovator in gender confirmation/affirmation surgery, and is the first transgender woman to perform such surgeries.
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- Bowers has been referred to as the "rock star" of transgender surgery.Dr.
- Bowers is also an international expert on functional clitoral restoration after Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (FGM/c).
- She was chosen in 2007-2009 to mentor under Dr.
- Pierre Foldès, pioneer of Clitoral Restoration Surgery (CRS) and is the first US surgeon to do so. She has spoken about her practice and other transgender topics in numerous documentaries, interviews, news reports, and articles.
- Media appearances have included The Oprah Winfrey Show (2007), The Tyra Banks Show (5 episodes), The Today Show, and CBS Sunday Morning feature.
- She is also the featured surgeon in a six-part BBC Channel 4/World of Wonder production, "Sex Change Hospital" in 2006-2007.
