Riordan Ledgerwood, MD

Pediatrician | UofL Peds Endo Fellow ‘28 |Army veteran | @NCCPeds grad | They/He | Trans masc | Military Trans Ban Survivor x2 | 🏳️‍🌈 ♠️ 🏳️‍⚧️ | KY is Home

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

A new social media policy dropped so as always my thoughts, views, and opinions on this site reflect my own views and not of my current employers and my past employers including the DOD, DHA, and the U.S. Army.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

Polling #MedTwitter.

I’m a planner so looking at where I can practice gender affirming care as a future Pediatric Endocrinologist.

Been looking at Minnesota, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont as possibilities though I’m open.

Any insights on where to look?

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

Got up early to vote this morning.

Voting today for the children I serve as a Pediatrician.

Voting today for the trans community.

Voting today for veterans and their support.

Voting today for myself, my neighbor, and my country.

Please join me in voting today.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

We’re made to feel powerless,

But we can shift the tides.

We can vote.

So this week,

Vote against hate.

Vote to support science.

Vote against the state sanctioned murders.

Vote for common decency once more.

Vote for the children.

Vote for you.

Just please.

Vote.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

New Profile Pic unlocked!

Let’s go Peds Endo!

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

Pediatric Endocrinologist dough in progress.

Will be finished baking June 2028.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

That year I searched the Army Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP). And 13 years later I was an Army HPSP recipient.

And 25 years later, here I am, a doctor, an Army veteran, and stuck in the memory of that day which changed the lives of so many, including myself.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

I was 14. I was living on Long Island in Setauket, NY.

My memory of that day is disjointed.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

I remember the pain and suffering of classmates who lost their parents in the attack. I remember feeling helpless. I remember wanting to do something, anything to help.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

Sept 11th, 2001 was a big reason I decided to join the military as a doctor. I wanted to do more for my country, be a part of something bigger.

25 yrs later I have completed 11 yrs of service, won awards for teaching, and been banned twice for being trans in the military.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

Transgender will never end.

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

Trump’s America is not the one I chose to serve, but I will keep fighting and standing up for the America I did.

[Dr Helen Webberley (she/her) @HelenWebberley]

A 76-year-old trans woman got NHS gender-affirming surgery in 1967. Today's young trans people can't access puberty blockers on a private prescription at all. Same country. Sixty years apart. Direction of travel: backwards. My full take: https://t.co/1FwqoqK8cL

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

Families travel 2-3 hrs one way to visit our office.

This problem will only continue to get worse as we continue to not give priority to the care of children and continue to dismiss non-procedural medical specialists.

My two cents,
Dr. L

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

Did you know there are only 1500-1600 board certified Pediatric Endocrinologists in the U.S.?

Roughly 350,000 youth under age 20 live with type 1 diabetes.

And that’s only type 1. That doesn’t even count the myriad of other conditions which fall under Peds Endo.

Why so few?

[Riordan Ledgerwood, MD @Ledgemd]

This means a lot of people who may be interested in Pediatric Endocrinology cannot afford to become one.

Wait times only increase for kids to see a Pediatric Endocrinologist.

In Kentucky where I am a fellow there are only two major practices in the entire state.