Dallas Ducar is an entrepreneur, advocate, and healthcare leader. Most recently she was the founding chief executive officer (CEO) of Transhealth[1][2] opening the first ‘independent, comprehensive’ transgender health center.[3][4] She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, a nurse practitioner, and healthcare executive.[5][6][7] Her writing has appeared in the Boston Globe,[8][9]the Hill,[10]Newsweek,[11] and STAT[12] among other outlets. She has been featured on major media outlets including MSNBC, NBC,[13] NPR,[14] Reuters,[15] and Radio Boston.[16]
Early life and education
Dallas Ducar is from Phoenix, Arizona. She studied at the University of Virginia,[17] where she majored in philosophy and cognitive science with a focus on neuroscience, and minored in bioethics.[18] She volunteered on the Charlottesville-Albermarle Rescue Squad,[19] and was an emergency nurse, psychiatric nurse, and psychiatric nurse practitioner.[20] She also holds a certificate in Public Leadership from the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Career
Ducar founded and led Transhealth as its CEO from April 2020 to May 2024.[21] Transhealth was founded in Western Massachusetts in 2021 to provide clinical care, research, advocacy, and education related to gender-affirming healthcare.[22] Dallas oversaw the expansion of Transhealth which founded in 2021, has welcomed patients from other New England states such as Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont and the expansion of telehealth.[23][24] She has also held positions as a faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Nursing,[25]Columbia University,[26] and the MGH Institute for Health Professions. Dallas's career includes her role at the UVA Medical Center and her significant contributions to the MGH Transgender Health Program.[27]
Advocacy and impact
Ducar holds an elected seat to the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.[28] Ducar also serves on the board of directors for GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD),[29] and the Healing Our Community Collaborative (HOCC).[30] She is the Chair of the Healthcare Alliance.[31] Ducar has been a member of the Northampton Board of Health[32] and served on the Official Transition Team for Attorney General Andrea Campbell.[33] Her efforts in policy advocacy focus on creating more inclusive and affirmative healthcare systems.[34]
She has been recognized for her contributions to healthcare, some recognition include those by MassLive[35] The Extraordinary Women Advancing Healthcare Award by The Women's Edge,[36] The Ellen Paradise Fisher Award for Activism by Reproductive Equity Now,[37] and the AACN Pioneering Spirit Award by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.[38] In 2022, she was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, received the Tim Porter-O'Grady Leadership Award from the American Nurses Foundation,[39] and was honored in the Nurses Leading Innovation by Johnson & Johnson.[40]
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