Dr. Rachel Goldstein is a fellowship-trained Gender Affirming Plastic Surgeon and is both a fully trained General Surgeon and Plastic Surgeon. She completed a dedicated year of fellowship training in all Plastic Surgical aspects of Gender Surgery under Dr. Daniel Freet at the University of Texas Health Sciences Houston, including craniofacial, top, bottom, and body contouring surgeries.
Originally from New Jersey, Dr. Goldstein completed her undergraduate studies with a major in Neuroscience at Brandeis University. Dr. Goldstein has had over a decade of advanced surgical training. She received her medical degree, Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.), at Nova Southeastern University in Florida. Her osteopathic education taught her to take a holistic approach to patient care, a skill she uses to customize treatment plans to the unique needs of each of her surgical patients. Dr. Goldstein then completed a full 5-year General Surgery residency at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, MA, including training at the famed Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Boston Children’s Hospital. She then did a 3-year Plastic Surgery fellowship in the prestigious program at Houston Methodist Hospital, with high volume training and a focus in Microsurgery and Aesthetic Surgery, including Gender Surgery.
Prior to medical school, Dr. Goldstein spent two years in pharmaceutical marketing in NYC, which inspired her to discover ways to help patients through innovation. She completed a competitive 2-year Plastic Surgery research fellowship at MGH / Harvard Medical School where her work brought innovations from benchtop to bedside. She has published and presented her research extensively, including award-winning work in Phalloplasty improvements. She is also on a patent for a sexual health device. Dr. Goldstein is always striving to improve patient care.
Dr. Goldstein became interested in Gender Surgery from her strong family ties to the LGBTQ+ community. She is inspired by her patients on a daily basis and is passionate about helping patients achieve an outward manifestation of how they feel inside, meeting their functional and aesthetic goals and improving all aspects of their lives.
Dr. Goldstine offers:
- Primary and Revision Top Surgeries
- including Mastectomy and Breast Augmentation
- Body Contouring
- Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS)
- Vaginoplasty
- Vulvoplasty
- Phalloplasty
- including Radial Forearm (RFFF)
- Anterolateral Thigh (ALT)
- Abdominal Phalloplasty
Dr. Goldstein practices exclusively with the Crane Center for Transgender Surgery in Boulder, Colorado. She is a member of WPATH and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).