Christi Butler, MD
Assistant Professor
Urology
School of Medicine

In research, Butler's interests center on clinical outcomes (how patients feel and function after treatments) for transgender and gender-diverse people. Specifically, she looks at motivations for seeking surgery and techniques impacting aesthetic and functional outcomes. During her fellowship, she was part of research initiatives to begin collaborative registries that would track outcomes data and facilitate the study of factors impacting decisions about surgery. She is also interested in better understanding the impact of hormone exposure on certain hormone-sensitive cancers, such as prostate, breast and endometrial cancers. An overarching goal of her studies is to expand knowledge in the field of transgender care.

Butler earned her medical degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She completed a residency in urology at UCSF and a fellowship in genital and urinary reconstruction, with a focus in gender-affirming care, at Oregon Health & Science University.

In her free time, Butler and her partner enjoy traveling. She has visited five of the seven continents and hopes to see them all. She takes pleasure in learning about different cultures, trying new cuisines and studying the Spanish language.

• Patient Satisfaction in a Safety Net Urology Clinic.
  Urology practice 2020 Butler C, Baskin AS, Mmonu NA, Cohen AJ, Patino G, Li Y, Enriquez A, Ramstein J, Breyer BN
• Use of GoFundMe® to crowdfund complementary and alternative medicine treatments for cancer.
  Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 2020 Song S, Cohen AJ, Lui H, Mmonu NA, Brody H, Patino G, Liaw A, Butler C, Fergus KB, Mena J, Lee A, Weiser J, Johnson K, Breyer BN
• Promotion Disparities in Academic Urology.
  Urology 2020 Breyer BN, Butler C, Fang R, Meeks W, Porten SP, North AC, Anger JT
• Use of an Online Crowdfunding Platform for Unmet Financial Obligations in Cancer Care.
  JAMA internal medicine 2019 Cohen AJ, Brody H, Patino G, Ndoye M, Liaw A, Butler C, Breyer BN
• Perspectives From Authors and Editors in the Biomedical Disciplines on Predatory Journals: Survey Study.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2019 Cohen AJ, Patino G, Kamal P, Ndoye M, Tresh A, Mena J, Butler C, Washington S, Breyer BN
• Forecasting Limited Access to Urology in Rural Communities: Analysis of the American Urological Association Census.
  The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 2019 Cohen AJ, Ndoye M, Fergus KB, Lindsey J, Butler C, Patino G, Anger JT, Breyer BN
• Altruistic donation to improve survey responses: a global randomized trial.
  BMC research notes 2019 Cohen AJ, Washington S, Butler C, Kamal P, Patino G, Tresh A, Mena J, Ndoye M, Breyer BN
• Milroy's disease and scrotal lymphoedema: pathological insight.
  BMJ case reports 2016 Butler C, Osterberg C, Horvai A, Breyer B