Committed to individual health
RHN understands each person’s journey is unique and impacted by a variety of genetic, familial, cultural, and societal factors. We are committed to assisting those who have undergone masculinizing or feminizing medical interventions achieve the best health outcomes possible, whatever they may be.
Kate Goonan, MD
Director of Medical Support
Kate is a primary care internal medicine physician with years of experience working with individuals experiencing gender dysphoria and their families. She served as an advisor and patient advocate for Genspect.org from 2021 to 2024, supporting individuals in their efforts to secure appropriate medical and psychological care consistent with their values.
Kate graduated from University of California School of Medicine at Davis and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard.
Jennifer Lahl
Director of Development
Jennifer Lahl worked as a Pediatric Critical Care Nurse and then Senior Level Nursing Manager at a large Children’s Hospital. After pursuing her graduate degree in Bioethics, she founded and served as President of the Center for Bioethics and Culture. She has 20 plus years of non-profit executive experience, and is a filmmaker, author, and researcher who has provided expert testimony on Capitol Hill, the United Nations, and the European Parliament.
Jennifer graduated from California State University at Fullerton, CA with her BSN and her MA degree in Bioethics from Trinity International University in Illinois
Jamie Reed
Director of Strategy and Communications
Jamie is one of the first public whistleblowers from a pediatric gender clinic in the United States. Her explosive first person account, “I thought I was saving trans kids, now I am blowing the whistle” was published in The Free Press in February 2023. The story traveled the globe. Jamie is now the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Courage Coalition, an American based nonprofit of lesbians and gay male adults seeking to reform youth gender medicine.
Jamie holds a Master of Science in Clinical Research Management from Washington University with an BA in Cultural Anthropology.
Lori Regenstreif, MD
Director of Medical Affairs
Lori trained in a family medicine residency at University of British Columbia. She has been a full-spectrum primary care physician in communities across Canada from 1997 to the present, including Vancouver, Haida Gwaii, Inuvik, Sudbury, Manitoulin Island, Hamilton and Yellowknife. Since 2010, she has primarily focused on mental health and substance use disorders. Most recently, she has focused on drug policy in youth and indigenous communities.
Lori holds an MD and a MSc in Addiction and Mental Health from the University of Toronto.