Dr. Teddy G. Goetz (they/them) 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 projects include implementation science research on transgender, non-binary, and/or gender expansive 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
Academic manuscript based on qualitative research on the violence incurred by societal narratives of gender “transition” as a finite, terminal process [book manuscript submitted]
Autotheory amalgam of memoir, poetry, and journal excerpts exploring the binds of gender and transness, and probing the bounds of non-toxic masculinity [book manuscript submitted]
Principal Investigator of $8k Educating Physician Scientists in Psychiatry (EPSP) Pilot Grant from Penn Psychiatry to fund study
a graphic novel about the rich complexities of gender—sociocultural to neuroscience—as part of the …is really strange series; Jessica Kingsley Publishing [in press]
Textbook co-edited with Alex S. Keuroghlian MD, MPH; American Psychiatric Association Publishers [in press]
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]
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)
Chapbook of narrative medicine poetry project about IVF egg retrieval process; Beyond the Veil Press [in press]
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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: