Gender affirmation surgery is growing fast—but academia needs to catch up

Gerhard S. (“Sol”) Mundinger, M.D., M.B.A., is a dual board-certified plastic & facial plastic surgeon with expertise in craniofacial surgery, plastic surgery, microsurgery, and gender affirmation surgery.

He was Director of Plastic Surgery and the Craniofacial Center Director at the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Associate Plastic Surgery Residency Director at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery and Anatomy/Cell Biology at LSU. In 2018 Dr. Mundiger founded the NOLA Transgender Institute to help improve access to experienced, quality care for transgender patients in New Orleans and the Gulf South. He is also the author of over 90 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 9 book chapters. He holds two medical device patents, and is a frequently invited lecturer and national and international meetings.

In 2021, he moved his practice to Austin, TX with the Crane Center to focus on gender affirmation surgery. Dr. Mundinger performs the full range of gender affirming procedures, including top surgery, labiaplasty, vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, hair transplantation, facial feminization surgery, tracheal shave, rhinoplasty, and breast augmentation.