Gender-Affirming Care

Dr. Baker serves as the medical director for Campus Health and Wellbeing's Health Services and is board certified in emergency medicine. He is a graduate of University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and completed his emergency medicine residency with the UCSF Fresno program. He was first employed by CH&W in 1984 as a corpsman in the Health Center.

Dr. Andridge is the co-chair of the Gender-Affirming Treatment Team and Associate Director of Operations and Quality for Counseling Services. Kimberli is a licensed psychologist who has worked with students for nearly a decade. Her primary areas of training and experience are in gender and sexual identity development, including their research on the impact of geographic space on the experiences of trans women. Kimberli is committed to intersectional exploration of our identities and brings humor and warmth to therapy. 

Dr. Bobell is a primary care physician for Campus Health and Wellbeing and has been in practice for 19 years. She is a 2000 graduate of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine where she also completed her family medicine residency in 2003. In September, Dr. Bobell attended Principles in the Care of Transgender and Intersex Patients, a three-day multidisciplinary conference at the Mayo Clinic which provided a comprehensive review of current standards of care for transgender and gender-expansive patients.

Dr. Colwell is an Early Intervention Specialist and the Outreach Coordinator for Counseling Services. Working with students that identify as trans/non-binary/two-spirit has been a passion for Dr. Colwell since 2015 and she is committed to staying current with trans care trends. As a mental health ally, Dr. Colwell is devoted to creating a safe, respectful place for students to explore their needs while encouraging self-compassion and self-acceptance.

Dr. Feingold graduated from the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine in 1989; she completed her Internal Medicine internship at USC in 1990 and her psychiatry training at UCSD in 1993. She had a long career in private practice in San Luis Obispo treating adults for all types of mental health problems. She was a Certified Medical Review Officer and a trained acupuncturist as well. She joined CH&W part-time in 2013, and was pleased to join the team on a full-time basis in 2018.

Dr. Gillis is a licensed psychologist, who completed her doctorate in 2007 at Pacific University in Oregon. She has had experience working in university counseling centers around the country since 2008. She has a passion for and commitment to working with and supporting gender and sexual identity development. Dr. Gillis combines an active, supportive, strength-based approach with a sense of humor and a deep belief in social justice. She values building a safe, accepting, respectful environment for students to be heard, seen, and empowered.

Rich is a family nurse practitioner who graduated from Samuel Merritt University in 2008 with an MSN FNP-C. He has over 11 years of experience in family medicine, urgent care, oncology, otolaryngology (ENT), and osteoporosis care. In each setting he approaches his care with evidence-based practice that is holistic, caring, and patient-centered.

Jenilee is a licensed psychologist and certified yoga therapist who has received specialized training in gender-affirming care. She is comfortable working with gender-expansive students in both psychotherapy and yoga therapy. Jenilee uses an intersectional approach and her therapeutic presence is warm, patient, and nurturing.

Walden has been serving students as a nurse practitioner for Campus Health and Wellbeing's Health Services since 1996. She earned both her bachelor's degree in nursing and her family nurse practitioner master's degree from CSU Fresno where she began her career. She spent the first 4 years of her career caring for transgender patients in the ER. Since working at Cal Poly for the last 23 years, she has attended several trainings on LBGTQ+ health care on campus, as well as 2 all-day, multi-disciplinary workshops at Sierra Vista and Twin Cities Community Hospitals.