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Yonah Krakowsky

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LecturerDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Yonah Krakowsky

Lecturer

Department of Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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28 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Latest papers

Impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy on spermatogenesis: analysis of testicular histological specimens.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2026
The Nugent score is an inappropriate diagnostic tool for neovaginal bacteria in transfeminine people.
Communications medicine · 2026
Gender-affirming orchiectomy with or without scrotectomy? Patients' perspectives and surgical outcomes.
The journal of sexual medicine · 2026

All 49 publications

Latest funding

Neovaginal health for transfeminine people: the microbiome, inflammation, and post-vaginoplasty outcomes
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$873,815
Developing a Canadian Consensus Statement on Gender-Inclusive Language for Reproductive Care
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$159,378
Developing a Canadian Consensus Statement on Gender-Inclusive Language for Reproductive Care
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$206,645

All 3 grants and awards

49 publications.

Impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy on spermatogenesis: analysis of testicular histological specimens.

Wilk Goldsher Y, Al-Hadi H, Mullen B, Potter E, MacLeod E, Lajkosz K, Karavani G, Krakowsky Y, Grober ED, Millman AL

Human reproduction (Oxford, England)20261 citations

DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deaf216 PMID: 41206903

The Nugent score is an inappropriate diagnostic tool for neovaginal bacteria in transfeminine people.

Parmar R, Monari B, Potter E, Rojas-Vargas J, Wilcox H, Zuanazzi D, Poon A, Shouldice AC, Edwards VL, Krakowsky Y, Ravel J, Prodger JL

Communications medicine2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01410-2 PMID: 41634193

Gender-affirming orchiectomy with or without scrotectomy? Patients' perspectives and surgical outcomes.

Goldsher YW, Davoudi D, Lajkosz K, MacLeod E, Pickel L, Drodge O, Potter E, Grober ED, Krakowsky Y, Millman AL

The journal of sexual medicine2026

DOI: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf401 PMID: 41609357

Gender affirming penile inversion vaginoplasty: patient-reported outcomes of the first year.

Pickel L, Potter E, MacLeod E, Drodge O, Grober ED, Krakowsky Y, Millman AL, Goldsher YW

The journal of sexual medicine2026

DOI: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdag236 PMID: 42565804

Prostate cancer screening in transgender women/transfeminine persons: Building on Canadian evidence.

Nguyen DD, Ahmad I, Potter E, Millman A, Krakowsky Y

Urologic oncology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2025.09.004 PMID: 41033897

Sperm DNA integrity and sexual dysfunction among infertile men : DFI and sexual dysfunction.

Karavani G, Chan J, Wilk Goldsher Y, Lajkosz K, Lau S, Lo KC, Grober ED, Krakowsky Y, Jarvi K

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10815-025-03697-x PMID: 41152668

Vasectomy in the absence of paternity A pre- and post-pandemic Canadian cohort analysis.

Hughes G, Grober E, Li T, Krakowsky Y

Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada2026Senior author

DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.9461 PMID: 41701885

The neovaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transfeminine individuals with penile inversion vaginoplasty.

Rojas-Vargas J, Wilcox H, Monari B, Gajer P, Zuanazzi D, Shouldice A, Parmar R, Haywood P, Tai V, Krakowsky Y, Potter E, Ravel J, Prodger JL

Cell reports20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116546 PMID: 41352345

The vaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transmasculine individuals using sustained testosterone therapy.

Monari B, Wilcox H, Haywood P, Gajer P, Rojas-Vargas J, Zuanazzi D, Rutt L, Shouldice A, Parmar R, Waetjen LE, Krakowsky Y, Potter E, Prodger JL, Ravel J

Cell reports20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116632 PMID: 41352344

The vaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transmasculine individuals using sustained testosterone therapy.

Monari B, Wilcox H, Haywood P, Gajer P, Rojas-Vargas J, Zuanazzi D, Rutt L, Shouldice A, Parmar R, Waetjen LE, Krakowsky Y, Potter E, Prodger JL, Ravel J

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.14.643255 PMID: 40161595

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Yonah Krakowsky

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy on spermatogenesis: analysis of testicular histological specimens.

The Nugent score is an inappropriate diagnostic tool for neovaginal bacteria in transfeminine people.

Gender-affirming orchiectomy with or without scrotectomy? Patients' perspectives and surgical outcomes.

Gender affirming penile inversion vaginoplasty: patient-reported outcomes of the first year.

Prostate cancer screening in transgender women/transfeminine persons: Building on Canadian evidence.

Sperm DNA integrity and sexual dysfunction among infertile men : DFI and sexual dysfunction.

Vasectomy in the absence of paternity A pre- and post-pandemic Canadian cohort analysis.

The neovaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transfeminine individuals with penile inversion vaginoplasty.

The vaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transmasculine individuals using sustained testosterone therapy.

The vaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transmasculine individuals using sustained testosterone therapy.

Neovaginal health for transfeminine people: the microbiome, inflammation, and post-vaginoplasty outcomes

Developing a Canadian Consensus Statement on Gender-Inclusive Language for Reproductive Care

Developing a Canadian Consensus Statement on Gender-Inclusive Language for Reproductive Care

Frequent collaborators

Emery Potter

Alexandra Millman

Ethan Grober

Jessica Prodger

Keith Jarvi

Laurence Klotz

Udi Blankstein

Jeffrey Campbell

Kirk Lo

Phil Bach

Gianni Lorello

Ryan Flannigan

Lucy Barker

Kathleen Armstrong

David Urbach

Janice Du Mont

Philippe Violette

Greta Bauer

Armando Lorenzo

Richard Brull

Kinnon MacKinnon

Vera Tai

Rachel Loewen Walker

Ashley Cox