Full Name
Kade Goepferd
Job Title
Chief Education Officer
Company
Children's Minnesota
Speaker Bio
Kade Goepferd, MD, (they/them) is the Chief Education Officer at Children’s Minnesota and medical director of Children’s Gender Health Program. Dr. Goepferd has been with Children’s for 18 years, and in that time has been an advocate for advancing equitable healthcare for all children, working to ensure a positive experience for patients, families and professional staff. In 2019, Dr. Goepferd launched the Children’s Gender Health Program, the largest multispecialty exclusively pediatric program in the region.
Dr. Goepferd is a leader in the LGBTQIA+ community who is driving equitable care for LGBTQIA+ youth, particularly transgender and gender diverse youth, and is a sought-after speaker and trainer on these topics. As an advocate and educator, they have received multiple awards including two special recognition awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2019 and 2023 and the distinguished Ellen Perrin Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Health and Wellness from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2022.
In October of 2020, their first TED talk, “The revolutionary truth about kids and gender identity” was released by TEDxMinneapolis. They currently serve on the Board of Directors for Rainbow Health, an LGBTQ health and HIV advocacy organization and recently received the 2022 HealthCare Heroes Award for Health Equity from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, the Community Champion award from QUEERSPACE Collective and the Lavender Community Pride award in 2023. Last year they were named the Grand Marshall for the Twin Cities Pride Parade in June 2023.
Dr. Goepferd is a leader in the LGBTQIA+ community who is driving equitable care for LGBTQIA+ youth, particularly transgender and gender diverse youth, and is a sought-after speaker and trainer on these topics. As an advocate and educator, they have received multiple awards including two special recognition awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2019 and 2023 and the distinguished Ellen Perrin Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Health and Wellness from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2022.
In October of 2020, their first TED talk, “The revolutionary truth about kids and gender identity” was released by TEDxMinneapolis. They currently serve on the Board of Directors for Rainbow Health, an LGBTQ health and HIV advocacy organization and recently received the 2022 HealthCare Heroes Award for Health Equity from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, the Community Champion award from QUEERSPACE Collective and the Lavender Community Pride award in 2023. Last year they were named the Grand Marshall for the Twin Cities Pride Parade in June 2023.
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