Geolani W. Dy, M.D., F.A.C.S.

  • Associate Professor of Urology, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Geolani Dy joins the OHSU faculty after completing her residency at the University of Washington, and fellowship training in the areas of Gender-Affirming Genital Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Reconstructive Urology, and Prosthetics at New York University. Dr. Dy has focused her research on studying outcomes of Gender-Affirming Genital Surgery for transgender- and non-binary-identifying individuals from the patient and community perspective. 

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.A., 2008, Brown University
    • M.D., 2012, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  • Internship

    • Department of General Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2012-2013
  • Residency

    • Resident Physician, Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2013-2018
  • Fellowship

    • Clinical Fellow and Acting Instructor, Reconstructive Urology, Robotic and Gender Affirming Surgery, Department of Urology, New York University, NY 2018-2019

Memberships and associations:

  • American Medical Association, 2008-2012
  • American Medical Student Association, 2008-2012
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society (Brown University Chapter), 2011-present
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2012-present
  • American Urological Association, 2012-present
  • Western Section American Urological Association, 2012-present
  • Society of Women in Urology, 2013-present
  • Sexual Medicine Society of North America, 2015-present
  • International Society for Sexual Medicine, 2017-present
  • World Professional Association for Transgender Health, 2017-present
  • Société Internationale d'Urologie, 2019-present
  • Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) , 2019-present

Honors and awards

  • Brown University Babette and Peter Stewart Prize, for student best exemplifying & achieving goals of Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), 2008
  • Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Student Service Award: “Two Channels to Cambodian Patient Advocacy”, 2009
  • Scholarly Achievement Award, Advocacy Through Medical Education, Brown University, 2012
  • Brown Alpert Medical School (AMS) Throop Prize for public policy and patient advocacy, 2012
  • AOA Medical Honor Society Induction, 2012
  • IVUMed (International Volunteers in Urology) Traveling Resident Scholar Award, 2015
  • Warren H. Chapman Resident Research Award, UW Urology, 2016
  • Prize Abstract Session, American Urologic Association Annual Meeting: “National Trends in Resource Utilization for the Management of Antenatal Hydronephrosis”, 2016
  • Health Policy Essay Award, 3rd Place, Western Section American Urological Association (AUA): “National Trends in Resource Utilization for the Management of Antenatal Hydronephrosis”, 2016
  • Best Abstract, Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Fall Scientific Meeting: “Exposure to Transgender-Related Care and Its Perceived Importance in Urology Residency Training”, 2016
  • Best Essay in Sexual Medicine and Surgery, SMSNA Fall Scientific Meeting: “The Current State of Surgical Training in Transgender Care – A National Survey of Plastic Surgery and Urology Residency Programs”, 2016
  • Grady-Fildes Award for Humanism, UW Urology, 2018
  • Society of Women in Urology-Intuitive Robotics Research Scholarship: “TRANS (Transgender and Non-binary Surgery) Registry: Assessing Outcomes of Robotic and Open Gender Confirming Surgery”, 2019

Publications

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Publications

  • A Content and Readability Analysis of Genitourinary and Sexual Health-Related Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Gender-Affirming Care

    Urology
    1. Sophia Hu
    2. Meg Quint
    3. William R. Boysen
    4. Devin Coon
    5. Nkiruka Odeluga
    6. Geolani W. Dy
    7. Andrea L. Pusic
    8. Manraj N. Kaur
  • 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
  • Second-stage Scrotoplasty with Autologous Tissue Augmentation after Metoidioplasty

    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open
    1. Ross G. Everett
    2. Christi Butler
    3. Geolani W. Dy
    4. Daniel D. Dugi
  • The Greatest Challenges after Gender-Affirming Vaginoplasty

    Transgender Health
    1. Gaines Blasdel
    2. Carmen Kloer
    3. Nicky Zarchen
    4. Solange Bassale
    5. Lee C. Zhao
    6. Rachel Bluebond-Langner
    7. Geolani W. Dy
  • The Vaginal Microbiome of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals

    Transgender Health
    1. Gabrielle Winston McPherson
    2. Zil Goldstein
    3. Stephen J. Salipante
    4. Jessica Rongitsch
    5. Noah G. Hoffman
    6. Geolani W. Dy
    7. Kelsi Penewit
    8. Dina N. Greene
  • Transgender and Non-Binary Surgery Registry

    Transgender Health
    1. Geolani W. Dy
    2. Gaines Blasdel
    3. Daniel Dugi
    4. Christi Butler
    5. James M. Hotaling
    6. Jeremy B. Myers
    7. Isak Goodwin
    8. Rachel Bluebond-Langner
    9. Lee C. Zhao
    10. Cori A. Agarwal
  • Urinary Reconstruction in Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery

    Plastic and reconstructive surgery
    1. Gaines Blasdel
    2. Geolani W. Dy
    3. Dmitriy Nikolavsky
    4. Cecile A. Ferrando
    5. Rachel Bluebond-Langner
    6. Lee C. Zhao
  • Incidence and Risk Factors for Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism After Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

    Urology
    1. Liem Snyder
    2. Kevin J. Hebert
    3. Joshua J. Horns
    4. Jessica Schardein
    5. Benjamin J. McCormick
    6. Jae Downing
    7. Geolani W. Dy
    8. Isak Goodwin
    9. Cori Agarwal
    10. James M. Hotaling
    11. Jeremy B. Myers
  • Skin Management During Robotic Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty for Penoscrotal Hypoplasia Secondary to Pubertal Suppression

    Urology
    1. Geolani W. Dy
    2. Daniel D. Dugi
    3. Blair R. Peters
  • Urinary symptoms after genital gender-affirming penile construction, urethral lengthening and vaginectomy

    Translational Andrology and Urology
    1. Michele Fascelli
    2. Kamran P. Sajadi
    3. Daniel D. Dugi
    4. Geolani W. Dy
  • Addressing Urologic Health Disparities in Sexual and Gender Minority Communities Through Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

    Urology
    1. R. Craig Sineath
    2. Gaines Blasdel
    3. Geolani W. Dy
  • A Systematic Approach to Incision Planning and Graft Excision in Gender-affirming Vaginoplasty

    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open
    1. Geolani W. Dy
    2. Christi Butler
    3. Blair Peters
    4. Daniel D. Dugi
  • AUA Diversity & Inclusion Task Force

    Journal of Urology
    1. Simone Thavaseelan
    2. Arthur L. Burnett
    3. Sam Chang
    4. Benjamin Davies
    5. Geolani Dy
    6. Kirsten Greene
    7. Tomas L. Griebling
    8. Yahir Santiago-Lastra
    9. Linda L. McIntire
    10. Brian McNeil
    11. Efe Chantal Ghanney Simons
    12. Vijaya Vemulakonda
    13. Hadley Wood
    14. Tracy Downs
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

    Plastic and Aesthetic Research
    1. Alireza Najafian
    2. Isabel Cylinder
    3. Breanna Jedrzejewski
    4. Craig Sineath
    5. Zbigniew Sikora
    6. Leigh H. Martin
    7. Daniel Dugi
    8. Geolani W. Dy
    9. Jens Urs Berli
  • External Genital Revisions after Gender-Affirming Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty

    Plastic and reconstructive surgery
    1. Geolani W. Dy
    2. Ara A. Salibian
    3. Gaines Blasdel
    4. Lee C. Zhao
    5. Rachel Bluebond-Langner
  • Genital Hypoplasia in Gender-affirming Vaginoplasty

    Journal of Urology
    1. R. Craig Sineath
    2. Christi Butler
    3. Geolani W. Dy
    4. Daniel Dugi
  • Spending and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery in the US

    JAMA Surgery
    1. Jae Downing
    2. Sarah K. Holt
    3. Michael Cunetta
    4. John L. Gore
    5. Geolani W. Dy