Teddy G. Goetz (he/him or they/them) is a fourth-year medical student at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Co-Director of Research for the Medical Student Pride Alliance, the first national LGBTQ medical student organization. Previously, he studied biochemistry and gender studies at Yale, conducting research on a wide spectrum of biologically- and socially-determined aspects of gender-based health disparities, including earning his M.S. developing the first animal model of transgender hormone therapy. His interests include psychiatry, LGBTQ health, women’s health, narrative medicine, and physician advocacy. Outside of the hospital, he can be found writing poetry, taking pictures, on long runs/bike rides/hikes, listening to podcasts, and hosting potlucks.
M.D. Candidate, 2021 (expected)
Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
MS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 2017
Yale University
BS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, 2017
Yale University
Autotheory amalgam of memoir, poetry, journal excerpts, and feminist/queer/trans theory exploring the binds of gender and transness, and probing the bounds of non-toxic masculinity [1 book in preparation]
An ethnographic and quantitative juxtaposition of digital categorization algorithms with embodied experiences of transgender individuals [1st author manuscript submitted; upcoming poster presentation at APA 2021]
Developed a mindfulness for psychosis intervention for psychiatric patients in the inpatients setting based upon Paul Chadwick’s Person-Based Cognitive Therapy to reduce distressing psychosis in the outpatient setting [1st author manuscript in preparation]
An ethnographic exploration of how trans individuals resolve tensions between seeking self-recognition of an internal authentic truth versus external recognition, or legibility, as desired [1st author manuscript submitted; upcoming poster presentation at APA 2021]
Conducted ethnographic research on the violence incurred by societal narratives of gender “transition” as a finite, terminal process [1 book and 2 manuscripts in preparation; 2 abstracts submitted]
A survey-based exploration of medical student professional identity formation with regards to identifying as a patient/loved one vs. as a medical provider, and if this differs based on the medical specialty in which the personal experience occurred [1st author manuscript submitted; upcoming poster presentation at APA 2021] (supported by Steve Miller Fellowship, Columbia VP&S)
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