Blair Peters, M.D. (he/they)

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine
  • Director, Advanced Gender Surgery Fellowship, Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Blair Peters is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Department of Urology at Oregon Health & Science University specializing in Gender-Affirmation Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada. Following this, he undertook residency training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Manitoba with an emphasis on Microsurgery. Subsequently, Dr. Peters completed fellowship in Peripheral Nerve, Hand and Microsurgery at the prestigious Washington University in St Louis then became the first fellow in Advanced Gender Surgery at OHSU in 2020. He is board certified by both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Presently he is the Director of the Advanced Gender-Affirming Surgery Fellowship at OHSU. Since 2021, he has also been entrusted with the responsibility of Research Director for the Division of Plastic Surgery. He has served as surgical lead for the United States Professional Association of Transgender Health (USPATH) meeting and was selected as the 2023 National John Fryer Lecturer in LGBTQ+ Health. He is a frequent nationally and internationally invited lecturer having served as a Visiting Professor for many prestigious institutions across the United States and Canada, focusing on fostering the development of new Gender-Affirming Surgery programs.

His unique training background, clinical research, advocacy work and community background have established him as a leader and expert in the field of Gender-Affirming Surgery. They are an international award-winning researcher with an extensive research portfolio regarding outcomes and techniques in gender-affirming surgery, genital surgery, novel nerve transfers, sensory outcomes in phalloplasty and extensive work on LGBTQ+ representation in surgical fields. He is a member and steadfast activist for the LGBTQIA+ community and advocates across the country for policy change and protections for LGBTQ+ people.

The core mission of his work is clinical and surgical innovation and improvement of outcomes and accessibility of care for the Transgender and LGBTQ+ community.

In terms of professional affiliations, Dr. Peters is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, American Society of Peripheral Nerve Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons and Sexual Medicine Society of North America. He serves on the Editorial Board for "Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open” and publishes frequently on sensory outcomes in gender-affirming surgery, genital surgery techniques, nerve transfers and work on LGBTQ+ representation in medicine.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2010, University of Manitoba
    • B.S., 2012, University of Manitoba
    • M.D., 2014, University of Manitoba

  • Residency

    • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2019

  • Fellowship

    • Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction, Microsurgery, Hand Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2019
    • Gender Affirming Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2020

  • Certifications

    • Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Part II; Part I; Medical Council of Canada Certification Examination
    • United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 3, Step 2 CK, Step 2 CS, Step 1
    • American Heart Association Certification
    • Board Certification - Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC)
    • Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
    • United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
    • Certification of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

Memberships and associations:

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC); Board Certification in Plastic Surgery
  • Principles of Surgery Examination; Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • Defining a danger zone for iatrogenic long thoracic nerve injury in gender-affirming mastectomy

    Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
    1. Peter C. Ferrin
    2. Danielle Eble
    3. Ellie A. Moeller
    4. Kelsey Isbester
    5. Blair R. Peters

  • Making a Statement

    Annals of surgery
    1. Myles N. Lavalley
    2. Danielle J. Eble
    3. William M. Kuzon
    4. Blair R. Peters
    5. Alexander J. Skokan
    6. Russell E. Ettinger
    7. Shane D. Morrison

  • Accessibility and Insurance Coverage for Gender-affirming Surgery in Canada

    Plastic Surgery
    1. Alan Gou
    2. Michelle Bonapace-Potvin
    3. Blair R. Peters

  • Comparing surgeries to restore upper extremity function in tetraplegia

    Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
    1. Caitlin A. Francoisse
    2. Blair R. Peters
    3. Catherine M. Curtin
    4. Christine B. Novak
    5. Stephanie A. Russo
    6. Katharine Tam
    7. Doug T. Ota
    8. Katherine C. Stenson
    9. John D. Steeves
    10. Carie R. Kennedy
    11. Ida K. Fox

  • Complications and management of excessive phallic turgor following gender-affirming phalloplasty

    Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
    1. Peter C. Ferrin
    2. Monica Llado-Farrulla
    3. Jens U. Berli
    4. Alvin Annen
    5. Blair R. Peters

  • Factors Affecting the Choice to Forgo Nipple Grafts in Gender-Affirming Chest Surgery

    Annals of plastic surgery
    1. Peter C. Ferrin
    2. Ezra Pua
    3. Kelsey Isbester
    4. Blair R. Peters

  • Fat Necrosis in Single Perforator Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery and Superficial Epigastric Artery Perforator Free Flaps

    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open
    1. Rebecca L.R. Miller
    2. Christopher M. Nguyen
    3. Blair R. Peters
    4. Leif Sigurdson
    5. Thomas E.J. Hayakawa
    6. Rae Spiwak
    7. Kimberly Dalke
    8. Edward W. Buchel

  • Flap templating considerations in radial forearm phalloplasty—a surgical teaching video overview

    Journal of Visualized Surgery
    1. Peter C. Ferrin
    2. Nicholas Bene
    3. Jens U. Berli
    4. Blair Peters

  • Gender-affirming Clitoroplasty and Construction of the Clitoro-urethral Complex

    Urology
    1. Michele Fascelli
    2. Blair R. Peters
    3. Geolani W. Dy
    4. Daniel D. Dugi

  • Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery Requests Outside the Binary

    Transgender Health
    1. Mair Marsiglio
    2. Michele Fascelli
    3. Blair R. Peters
    4. Amy Penkin
    5. Daniel Dugi
    6. Christina Milano
    7. Geolani W. Dy

  • Phantom sensation in genital gender-affirming surgery

    Current Opinion in Urology
    1. Peter C. Ferrin
    2. Elliot Burghardt
    3. Blair R. Peters

  • The Super-Turbocharged End-to-Side Abductor Digiti Minimi and Anterior Interosseous Double Nerve Transfer Is Associated With Improved Ulnar Intrinsic Function

    Hand
    1. David Chi
    2. Jonah Orr
    3. Anna Rose Johnson
    4. Noah Llaneras
    5. Lauren Jacobson
    6. Blair R. Peters
    7. Megan M. Patterson
    8. Susan E. Mackinnon

  • Use of Supinator Motor Branches in Targeted Muscle Reinnervation of the Superficial Radial Nerve

    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open
    1. Peter C. Ferrin
    2. Brynn Hathaway
    3. Stephanie A. Russo
    4. Blair R. Peters

  • Abductor Digiti Minimi and Anterior Interosseous to Ulnar Motor Nerve Transfer

    Plastic and reconstructive surgery
    1. Blair R. Peters
    2. Lauren Jacobson
    3. Stahs Pripotnev
    4. Susan E. MacKinnon

  • Acellular Nerve Allografts in Major Peripheral Nerve Repairs

    Hand
    1. Blair R. Peters
    2. Matthew D. Wood
    3. Daniel A. Hunter
    4. Susan E. Mackinnon

  • Are We Teaching Evidence-Based and Inclusive Practices in Gender-Affirming Care? Perspectives From Plastic Surgery In-Service Examinations

    Journal of graduate medical education
    1. Zain Aryanpour
    2. Dominic Min-Tran
    3. Essie Ghafoor
    4. Christopher Wojcik
    5. Blair R. Peters

  • Donor and Recipient Nerve Axon Counts in Gender-Affirming Radial Forearm Phalloplasty

    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open
    1. Chloe Krasnoff
    2. Peter Ferrin
    3. Blair R. Peters

  • Experiences of LGBTQ + Plastic Surgeons in the US and Canada

    Plastic Surgery
    1. Keeley D. Newsom
    2. Arya A. Akhavan
    3. Khoa D. Tran
    4. Wendy Chen
    5. Blair R. Peters
    6. Gregory H. Borschel

  • How many nerve fibers innervate the human glans clitoris

    Journal of Sexual Medicine
    1. Maria Uloko
    2. Erika P. Isabey
    3. Blair R. Peters

  • Pain Medication Prescribing Patterns in Augmentation Mammoplasty

    Plastic Surgery
    1. Jessica Winter
    2. Braden Cruise
    3. Blair R. Peters
    4. Avi Islur

  • Primary Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces Using Devascularized Vastus Lateralis Muscle in Sensate Anterolateral Thigh Flap Donor Sites

    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open
    1. Kelsey A. Isbester
    2. Peter Ferrin
    3. Kelsi N. Krakauer
    4. Blair R. Peters