Elyse Pine is a board certified pediatric endocrinologist and Trans Youth Lead Physician at Chase Brexton Health Care in Maryland She earned her BA in English and Natural Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland OH, and her MD at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her pediatrics residency training at the Mount Sinai Hospital in NY and moved to the Baltimore area for fellowship training in pediatric endocrinology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Pine began working with gender variant children and adolescents while serving as an assistant professor at University of Maryland Medical Center. Transgender care has been the most interesting, exciting and rewarding part of her clinical practice. She has been at Chase Brexton since 2015 to help lead the Gender Journeys of Youth program, which serves gender diverse children, adolescents, and young adults. She has published numerous articles related to transgender care and lectures frequently.