Dr. Alan Hart: The Tuberculosis Radiologist

About this episode

This episode covers the story of Dr. Alan Hart, a pioneering trans man and tuberculosis radiologist.

Happy Pride Month! This episode, we are covering the story of a trailblazing doctor who was the first trans man in America to have a gender affirming surgery. His contributions to the early detection of tuberculosis through chest x-rays saved countless lives before the antibiotic cure was developed. Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com.

People in this episode

Host: Aarati Asundi

Guest: Dr. Alan Hart

Topics covered

• tuberculosis
• gender affirming surgery
• trans history
• medical contributions
• radiology

Keywords

• tuberculosis
• Dr. Alan Hart
• transgender history
• radiologist
• chest x-rays
• gender affirming surgery
• Pride Month

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Organizations: Smart Tea

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