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Participants will be able to:

1. Distinguish between sex and gender identity
2. Apply the principle of first do no harm to the debate over best firstline treatment for gender dysphoria
3. Discuss the pros and cons of treating gender dysphoria medically
4. Discuss the pros and cons of treating gender dysphoria psychotherapeutically

Michelle A. Cretella, MD is a pediatrician, researcher, educator, writer and speaker. She is the past executive director of the American College of Pediatricians and is the current Chair of its Adolescent Health Committee. She serves as a pediatric spokesperson and educator for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Catholic Medical Association. She is also on the board of directors of Advocates Protecting Children and of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family, and is a member of the Medical Division of the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice. Dr. Cretella is a peer reviewer for the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Issues in Law and Medicine, and the International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research.

Dr. Cretella received her medical degree in 1994 from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in pediatrics in 1997 at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut. She completed a fellowship in College Health through the University of Virginia in 1999. Dr. Cretella practiced pediatrics with a special interest in behavioral health from 1999-2012. She left clinical pediatric practice in 2012 to work for the American College of Pediatricians and devote more time to her family. Dr. Cretella and her husband are the proud parents of four grown children.

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