Provider Details

HRT @ Home by Transnational Health
Medical Provider
Tags:
ftm, gender affirming care, hrt
Years in Practice:
10 years caring for Trans patients
Contact Details
844-478-6337
hello@hrtathome.org
https://hrtathome.org
Address:
100 Cathedral St,
Annapolis, MD 21401
Provider Services and Experience

I’m Ro, CNM — clinical director of HRT at home, a nonprofit trans health virtual clinic.

We’re queer and veteran owned, HAES-aligned, and built specifically to provide transition care that doesn’t replicate the patterns that drove patients out of other practices.

My patient population is heavily weighted toward people who have had difficult or harmful experiences with prior medical care — survivors of sexual and medical trauma, queer and trans patients who’ve been misgendered or invasively questioned, fat patients who’ve been refused care or weight-shamed, and patients who have avoided healthcare for years because of how it went last time.

Clinical services include gender-affirming hormone therapy, surgical referral letters, and legal name/gender change letters.

In-office care happens at our Kensington office, with free on-site parking and longer-than-standard appointment slots. Telehealth is available in all 50 states.

"Trauma Informed" training and experience

My entire practice operates on trauma-informed principles. Every patient interaction is designed around the core elements that the field has consistently identified as essential: safety, transparency, patient choice and control, collaboration, and empowerment.
In practice, this means: appointments are never double-booked, so visits are unhurried. I explain every step of every thing before it happens and check in throughout — patients can pause, stop, or decline the call or any recommendations I make. I ask about prior healthcare experiences during intake and adapt accordingly, knowing that Trans folks are not treated well by the health care system.
Chosen names and pronouns appear on every chart, lab order, and portal message. The practice is queer and veteran owned, HAES-aligned, and explicitly welcoming to survivors of medical, sexual, obstetric, and gender-based trauma.

"Trauma Trained" training and experience

MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — graduate coursework included substantive focus on the role of trauma in gynecologic and reproductive health care, including epidemiology of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), intimate partner violence, and structural trauma as social determinants of health.
ACOG continuing education in trauma-informed pelvic care — evidence-based approaches to gynecologic exam and procedure care for survivors of sexual and medical trauma.
ACNM continuing education in trauma-informed pelvic care — midwifery-specific training in trauma-informed approaches to gynecologic and reproductive care.
Formal CME in trauma-informed care — broader clinical application across patient encounters.
SAMHSA training in Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) — clinical management of substance use disorders, relevant to the substantial overlap between trauma history and substance use among gynecologic patients.

Accepted Insurance

Insurance not accepted. Sliding scale available.

Office Hours

M-F 9-5