Cori Smith is a transman w| Endometriosis who just wanted to have his own kids. From a young age doctors practicing under University of Rochester Medical Center told him his cure is a hysterectomy. This was immediately after denying him surgical care because they believed he did not have Endometriosis. Fast Foward to his adulthood, Cori Smith was able to save 14 viable eggs. However, Endometriosis complicated his egg retrieval process, which should have been handled appropriately. Cori suffered from extreme pain even for Endometriosis patients directly after his egg retrieval. 

When arriving at the emergency room, Cori suffered discrimination immediately. Although his license said male, they referred to him as IT & SHE. They denied him pain medication and his diagnosis : OVARIAN TORSION, next step was organ failure. Cori has an emergency OBGYN by the name of Chinedu Nwabuobi who is now completing his fellowship in another state: FLORIDA. This event happened in Rochester, NY. This surgeon told Cori that where he is from [we] kill people like you, among other horrendous transphobic remarks.

Among the awful nightmare of constantly screaming at the top of his lungs on an occupied nursing wing at affiliate: HIGHLAND Hospital (UR MEDICINE), Dr. Chinedu Nwabuobi invited approx a dozen nursing and tech staff to watch as the surgeon told Cori, we will not do any emergency surgery unless we do a transvaginal ultra sound. With the amount of pain Cori was in and prior to this episode, Endometriosis pried Cori’s pleasure of being touch near his genitals. Cori and the witness at his bedside table begged him not to shove an eight inch probe into him when he is already in a huge amount of pain. 

These surgeons refused to listen and pried his legs open from the fetal position, into the stirrups and shoved the probe inside. Since - this has cause Cori a slew of pain and left him confined to his downstairs first floor couch to live for months after with the help of a nursing aide to help with very personal matters: using the bathroom being one of them. He contracted ecoli, most likely due to the fact of Cori waking up from his first surgery (which they turned into 3) - with no bandages on his wounds. 

This has happened and since Cori has tried to take this publicly, URMC used all efforts to shut him out of Rochester media and publications. They have issued an apology after #CorisStory was reported on in the Empty Closet, Rochester’s oldest LGBT magazine. Since then, the Empty Closet has removed the original article and replaced it with a less dignified version and image of the story. We are disappointing in the work and the shutdown and the silence into #CorisStory. 

This is the purpose of this petition: to hold the CITY OF ROCHESTER OFFICIALS & UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TRAUMA AND DISABILITY centering around Cori’s daily life which is full of the pain and anguish Cori’s body has to bear every single day. Cori cannot use the bathroom normally, his pelvic floor is almost non-existent, he has to received hundreds of shots a year to numb what this hospital is responsible for. Insurance companies have denied Cori’s coverage due to their claim that Cori should not be receiving the treatment being approved for his pain management. 

Cori deserves justice. Do you stand by him? Share any story of yours in which hospitals have taken advantage of the marginalized and hashtag #CorisStory