Dr. Teddy G. Goetz (they/them or he/him) is a psychiatry resident at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to earning their M.D. at Columbia, they 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 their M.S. developing the first animal model of gender-affirming hormone therapy. Their current focuses include mixed-methods research on LGBTQ mental health, as well as narrative medicine and physician advocacy. Outside of the hospital, they can be found writing, taking pictures, lifting heavy things, listening to podcasts, and hosting potlucks.
Post-Graduate Training, Resident Physician, 2025 (expected)
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry
MD, 2021
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 [book manuscript submitted]
A unique exploration in of the intersection of gender identity and sex and their inherent messiness; graphic novel in contract with Jessica Kingsley Publishers, as part of the …is really strange series
Textbook co-edited with Alex S. Keuroghlian MD, MPH; in contract with APA Publishing
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 [Manuscript accepted by Studies in Gender and Sexuality; poster presentation at APA 2021]
Conducted ethnographic research on the violence incurred by societal narratives of gender “transition” as a finite, terminal process [book manuscript and 1 paper manuscript submitted; 2 poster presentations at LGBT Health Workforce Conference 2021; 1 oral presentation at GLMA 2021; 1 oral presentation at APHA 2021; 1st prize at Columbia VP&S Student Research Day; 1 manuscript in preparation]
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; poster presentation at APA 2021] (supported by Steve Miller Fellowship, Columbia VP&S)
systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature published to date on the overlap between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and transgender, non-binary, and/or gender diverse communities
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As a resident physician, I am not able to take on patients independently at this time. For resources on accessing LGBTQIA+-affirming mental health providers in or near Philadelphia, please see below. This list is not an endorsement of any particular provider, and no compensation was offered in exchange for appearing here: