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Dr. '''Ian A. Aaronson''', {{MD}}, is a pediatric urologist and retired professor at the {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina|MUSC}} (MUSC). Aaronson has had a long time interest in the treatment of children born with [[intersex]] traits. | Dr. '''Ian A. Aaronson''', {{MD}}, is a pediatric [[urologist]] and retired professor at the {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina|MUSC}} (MUSC). Aaronson has had a long time interest in the treatment of children born with [[intersex]] traits. | ||
In 2006, Aaronson performed feminizing surgery on MC, a 16 month old baby in the custody of the state of South Carolina who had been born with a relatively rare intersex disorder called ovotesticular DSD. After adoption, MC soon expressed gender dissatisfaction, and soon adopted a male identity. | In 2006, Aaronson performed feminizing surgery on MC, a 16 month old baby in the custody of the state of South Carolina who had been born with a relatively rare intersex disorder called ovotesticular DSD. After adoption, MC soon expressed gender dissatisfaction, and soon adopted a male identity. | ||
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10 May 2004 Doctors "should stand in shame" at the lack of follow-up studies on the cosmetic genital surgeries on intersex children they have been performing for decades, proclaimed Dr. Ian Aaronson of the {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina|MUSC}}. These strong words came during a presentation titled "Gender Reassignment: Yea or Nay?" at the [ | 10 May 2004 Doctors "should stand in shame" at the lack of follow-up studies on the cosmetic genital surgeries on intersex children they have been performing for decades, proclaimed Dr. Ian Aaronson of the {{UNI|Medical University of South Carolina|MUSC}}. These strong words came during a presentation titled "Gender Reassignment: Yea or Nay?" at the [[American Urological Association]] conference in San Francisco.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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