Prof. Monstrey is an Emeritus Professor of plastic surgery at the  University Hospital of Gent.  Since 2002, he lead both the burn service and the gender program (Centre of Sexology and Gender)  at the University Hospital of Gent (UZ Gent) before serving as the Chairman of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UZ Gent until 2018.

A warm and avid educator, Professor mentored generations of Belgium plastic surgeons through board of training for the Royal Belgium Society of Plastic Surgery and later as the president of the society between 2009-2011. He has served as the secretary general of EURAPS ( European Association of Plastic Surgeons) between 2001- 2007 and as the president of EURAPS 2012-2013. 

For the past 30 years, he also generously shared his knowledge with international fellows particularly for his work in gender affirming genital and chest reconstructions. Since 2003,  Prof. Monstrey has co-authored over 320 journal articles, 21 book chapters and 7 books on gender affirmation surgeries, many of which are considered authoritative in this field.

Considered one of the world’s foremost gender affirmation surgeon,  Prof. Monstrey served on the board of WPATH  ( World Professional Association of Transgender Health) between 2000-2007  and have given many keynote lectures on gender affirmation surgeries internationally, including the Maliniac Lecture for the American Society of Plastic Surgery in 2019.  It was during his tenure as the president of WPATH ( 2005- 2007) he founded a dedicated surgeon’s programme with the goal to promote evidence based gender surgery practice and  transparency in outcome reporting.  These work influence significantly the WPATH Standards of Care Guideline which informs most country’s gender affirmation care pathways today.

Marlon E. Buncamper is an academic plastic and reconstructive surgeon with a high volume, full time practice in gender affirmation surgeries.

After having completed his medical training at the Maastricht University in the Netherlands, he entered plastic and reconstructive surgical specialty training at the University Hospital of Gent in Belgium under the tutelage of Prof. Monstrey and Prof. Blondeel.

Between 2010 and 2020, Marlon worked as a consultant plastic surgeon at the Centre of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria at the VU University Medical Centre of Amsterdam. In 2020, he was made head of gender surgery at the University Hospital of Gent, a world-renowned gender program which offers 250 gender affirming /genital reconstructive surgeries a year.

Dedicated to the multidisciplinary approach in gender affirmation care, Professor Buncamper further trained in sexual medicine, became a fellow of the European Society of Sexual Medicine in 2013. In 2016, he was awarded his PhD for his research on penile inversion vaginoplasty.

Besides his clinical work, Marlon has a keen interest in trainee education. He is actively involved in training local and international fellow on both microsurgery and genital reconstructive surgeries both at UZ Gent and international forums.

Rachel is a paediatrician,  adolescent and young adult medicine specialist who works at the Kidz First Centre for Youth Health in South Auckland. She has been providing gender affirming care and support to children, adolescents and their families for over 10 years.

She was involved in the development of the Guidelines for gender affirming healthcare for gender diverse and transgender children, young people and adults in Aotearoa New Zealand and  has been on the executive of  PATHA (Professional association for transgender  health Aotearoa)  for the last 3 years.

Rita is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with an interest in gender affirmation surgeries and breast reconstructions. Currently based full time in private practice from both Auckland and Wellington. 

Rita is contracted with Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand in providing publicly funded assessment and genital gender affirming surgeries in New Zealand.