Ellie Zara Ley, MD (she/her/they)

Dr. Ellie Zara Ley (she/her/they) is a board-certified plastic surgeon who is a recognized expert with vast experience and knowledge in all aspects of transgender and gender diverse surgical care. She is the only transgender woman of color to offer a full-spectrum specialization in gender-affirming surgery: top surgery, bottom surgery, facial surgery and body contouring. Prior to joining our team in 2022, she worked as an assistant clinical instructor of plastic surgery at the University of Utah and had her own private practice in Arizona.

SURGERIES OFFERED

Dr. Ley is proud to join the Gender Confirmation Center and contribute to the expansion of services to include gender confirming facial surgeries, top surgeries, body contouring surgeries, and bottom surgeries, ranging from vaginoplasty to metoidioplasty and urethral lengthening to complex microsurgical urethral and phalloplasty reconstruction. To schedule a free, virtual consultation with Dr. Ley, click here.

Dr. Ley offers the following procedures:-

• Top surgeries
  • Chest reconstruction and breast reductions
  • Breast augmentations
• Facial surgery
• Body contouring
  • Liposuction, fat grafting and skin excisions (e.g., abdominoplasty)
• Bottom surgeries
  • Vaginoplasty
  • Vulvoplasty
  • Labiaplasty
  • Orchiectomy
  • Metoidioplasty
    • Simple
    • With urethral lengthening
  • Phalloplasty
    • Groin flap
    • Radial Forearm Flap (RFF)
    • Anterolateral Thigh Flap (ALT)
    • Urethral Lengthening
    • Erectile Device
  • Scrotoplasty
  • Testicular Implants
  • Tissue Expanders
  • Bottom Surgery Repairs and Revisions

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, MD
• University of Arizona, General Surgery Residency
• University of Utah, Plastic Surgery Residency
• Primary Children’s Hospital Utah, Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship
• University of Southern California, Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship
• The Meltzer Clinic, Gender Surgery Fellowship

CERTIFICATIONS

• American Board of Plastic Surgery

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Assistant Clinical Instructor – Plastic Surgery, University of Utah

AFFILIATIONS

• American Society of Gender Surgeons (ASGS)
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
• United States Professional Association of Transgender Health (USPATH)

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