Charles Allen Moser (born 1952) is an American physician specializing in

transgender health ''Transgender Health'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering transgender health. It was established in 2016 and is published by Mary Ann Liebert. The editor-in-chief is Robert Garofalo (Northwestern University). Abstracting and i ...

, a clinical

sexologist Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists app ...

, sex therapist, and sex educator practicing in

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, California. He is the author of numerous academic publications and books in the fields of transgender health,

paraphilias A paraphilia is an experience of recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, places, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. It has also been defined as a sexual interest in anything other than a legally consenting human ...

including

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, and

sexual medicine Sexual medicine or psychosexual medicine as defined by Masters and Johnsons in their classic Textbook of Sexual Medicine, is "that branch of medicine that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of sexual disorders, which have a high prevalence ...

Early life and education

Moser obtained his Bachelors of Science degree in physics at the

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, and a Master's in Social Work at the

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in 1975. He obtained a Ph.D. at the

Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS) was a private, unaccredited, for-profit graduate school and resource center for the field of sexology in San Francisco, California. It was established in 1976 and closed in 2018. Degr ...

in 1979, and his M.D. at Hahnemann University (Drexel) in Philadelphia. He interned at Mt. Zion and St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco.

Career

Prior to obtaining his M.D. in 1991, Moser was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California with a private psychotherapy practice specializing in the treatment of sexual issues. Moser was a Professor and Chair of the Department of

Sexual Medicine Sexual medicine or psychosexual medicine as defined by Masters and Johnsons in their classic Textbook of Sexual Medicine, is "that branch of medicine that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of sexual disorders, which have a high prevalence ...

at the

. The IASHS closed in 2018. He has authored papers alone and with Peggy Kleinplatz in the area of sex therapy, and the classification of paraphilias. Moser and Kleinplatz argue that

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s should be removed from the ''

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'' (DSM). in

Honors

Moser is an inductee of the

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Hall of Fame.

Works

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Awards

* 2009 SSSS-WR "Outstanding Contributions to Sexual Science" Award

References