J. Donald Woodruff Professor of Gynecology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Baltimore, MD (USA) Education/Training: Swarthmore College B.A. 1954 English Literature Cornell University M.D. 1958 Medicine Bellevue Hospital (Cornell Medical Division) Internship 1958-1959 Medicine Kings County Hospital Residency 1959-1963 OB/GYN Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology Fellowship 1961-1962 Reproductive Biology Professional Experience: 1962-63 Assistant Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology State University of New York Downstate Medical Center 1965-66 Associate, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1966-70 Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1970-71 Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1971-84 Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1981-82 Visiting Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto University Medical School, Japan (sabbatical- leave) 1971-84 Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine & Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Pennsylvania Hospital 1987 Visiting Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan 1991-98 Joint Appointment, Professor, Department of Population Dynamics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health 1994-Present J. Donald Woodruff Professor of Gynecology, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1999-Present Joint Appointment, Department of Biochemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Honors and Awards: 1970-71 The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1970 Honorary Degree – Master of Arts – University of Pennsylvania 1974 Alpha Omega Alpha – Elected to Faculty Membership 1977 Clarence C. Briscoe Teaching Award- Pennsylvania Hospital 1984 Serono Lecturer, 40th Annual Meeting, American Fertility Society 1988 Third Memorial John Rock Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1988 Eighteenth Annual William Studdiford Visiting Professor, New York University School of Medicine 1988 Eleventh Annual Robert B. Greenblatt Lecturer, Medical College of Georgia 1991 Ninth Isadore Seigel Memorial Lecturer, University of Maryland School of Medicine 1995 Elected to Membership, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science 1996 First Honored Alumnus Lecturer, Alumni Day, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, September 27, 1996 1996 Alvin F. Goldfarb Lecturer, Vanderbilt University, October 26, 1996 1997 25th Annual S. Leon Israel Visiting Lecturer, Pennsylvania Hospital, June 26, 1997 1997 11th Annual Griff T. Ross Memorial Lecturer, NIH, September 26, 1997 1999 16th Annual Howard and Georgeanna Jones Lectureship, Johns Hopkins, December 9, 1999 2000 Poly Prep Country Day School; Distinguished Achievement Award; April 29, 2000 2000 P.A.R.E.S. Philadelphia Area Reproductive Endocrinology Society Recognition of Excellence Award; May 4, 2000 2002 Nokes Lecturer; University of Virginia Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; May 10-11, 2002 Publications: Books MODERN TRENDS IN INFERTILITY AND CONCEPTION CONTROL. Vol. 1 Ed. by Wallach, E.E. and Kempers, R.D., Williams and Wilkins Co. Baltimore, Md. (1979) MODERN TRENDS IN INFERTILITY AND CONTRACEPTION CONTROL. Vol. II Ed. by Wallach, E.E. and Kempers, R.D., Harper and Row Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa. (1982) MODERN TRENDS IN INFERTILITY AND CONTRACEPTION CONTROL. Vol. III Ed by Wallach, E.E. and Kempers, R.D. Yearbook Medical Publishers, Chicago, IL (1985) MODERN TRENDS IN INFERTILITY AND CONTRACEPTION CONTROL. Vol. IV Ed by Wallach, E.E. and Kempers, R.D., Yearbook Medical Publishers, Chicago, IL (1988) REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Edited by Wallach, E.E. and Zacur H.A. Mosby Yearbook Medical Publishers, St. Louis, MO (1994) THE JOHNS HOPKINS MANUAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS, first edition, edited by Lambrou NC, Morse AN, Fox HE, Wallach EE, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA (1999) THE JOHN HOPKINS MANUAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS, second edition, edited by Bankowski BJ, Hearne AE, Lambrou NC, Fox HE, Wallach EE. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia PA (2002) HYSTERECTOMY: EXPLORING YOU OPTIONS. Wallach EE, Eisenberg E. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD (2003) Bibliography Vlahos NP, Dragisic KG, Wallach EE, Burrough FH, Fluck S, Rosenthal DL. Clinical significance of atypical squamous cells of undermined significance: an analysis based on histologic diagnosis. The Amer. J of Obstet and Gynecol 2000;185:855-900. Phelps JY, Wallach EE, and Moghissi KS. Evaluation and Management of Infertility in (Ransom SB {Ed}) Practical Strategies in Infertility. Philadelphia, WB Saunders and Company, 2000, PP 609-627. Edwards BE, Gearhart JD, Wallach EE. The human pluripotent stem cell: Impact on Medicine and Society. Fertil Steril 2000; 74(1): 1-7 Jurema MW, Wallach EE, Blumenthal PD. Miferistone for Medical Abortion: A Review. Postgraduate Obstetrics and Gynecology, June 2001, Volume 21, Number 13. Jurema MW, Valhos N, Wallach EE. Reproductive Health and Cystic Fibrosis. Postgraduate Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2001, Volume 21, Number 2. Whelan III, J, Vlahos NP, Jurema MW, Wallach EE. Contemporary Management of Leiomyomata. W.B. Saunders, (eds. Ransom S, Dombrowski M, Evans M, Ginsburg K). Contemporary Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2002;367-370. Posada MN, Valhos NP, Jurema MW, Bracero NJ, Wallach EE, Garcia JE. Clinical outcome of using ganirelix acetate versus a 4-day follicular phase leuprolide acetate protocol in unselected women undergoing in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril. 2003 July; 80(1):103-10. Vlahos NP, Wallach EE. Uterine Myomas An Overview of Development, Clinical Features and Management. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2004 August; 104 (2): 393-406. Zhao Y, Valhos N, Wyncott D, Petrella C, Garcia J, Zacur H, Wallach EE. Impact of semen characteristics on the success of intrauterine insemination. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 2004; Vol 21 (no. 5); 143-148. Lyerly A, Belsford E, Bankowski B, Faden R, Wallach E. A quantitative study of individuals’ attitudes regarding their cryopreserved embryos. JFFS Congress Proceedings (in press 2004). Bacero JH, Vlahos NP, Jurema MW, Wallach EE, Garcia JE. Triggering ovulation with two doses of a GnRH agonist after treatment with a GnRH antagonist in IVF-ET. Human Reproduction (Submitted). Lai T-H, Shih I-M, Vlahos N, Ho Z, Wallach EE, Zhao J. Differential expression of L-selectin ligands in the endometrium during the menstrual cycle (in preparation). Abstracts: Posada M, Jurema M, Valhos N, Bracero N, Wallach EE, Garcia J. Should women with poor prognostic factors for controlled ovarian hyper-stimulation undergo in vitro fertilization (COH-IVF) using Ganirelix? American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2001 Annual Meeting. Wyncott D, Vlahos N, Garcia J, Zacur H, Wallach EE, Zhao Y. Intrauterine insemination: Which sperm characteristic matters? ASRM, October 2003. Bankowski B, Zhao Y, Zacur H, Wallach E, Garcia J, Vlahos N. High pregnancy rates with GnRH antagonists and oocyte donors. (ESHRE), Madrid, Spain, June 2003. Coker L, Lawler C, Zhao Y, Bankowski B, Wallach E, Vlahos N. Follicular diameter and hCG administration do not affect pregnancy rates after clomiphene citrate and intrauterine insemination. ASRM Poster Presentation San Antonio Texas, October 2003. Jurema M, Vieira A, Bankowski B, Zhao Y, Wallach E, Zacur H. Ejaculatory abstinence less than 3 days results in a higher pregnancy rate (PR) following intrauterine insemination (IUI). ASRM Oral Presentation, San Antonio, Texas. October 2003. Wyncott D, Vlahos N, Garcia J, Zacur HA, Wallach EE, Zhao Y. Intrauterine insemination; which sperm characteristics matter? ASRM Oral Presentation. San Antonio Texas. October 2003. Bankowski B, Bracero N, King J, Garcia J, Wallach EE, Vlahos N. Ovulation triggering of oocyte maturation with leuprolide acetate versus Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG). Scientific Program, Berlin, Germany, June 27-30, 2004.Read More

UN Solution Summit; Global Innovation Exchange– 07 2019 THE WHITE HOUSE; President Donald J. Trump– 29 November 2018 THE WHITE HOUSE; President Donald J. Trump– 13 November 2018 UNDPINGO – Invitation & RSVP – Tuesday Chat Series, End Child Marriage2:30 – 4:00 PMDPI NGO Resource Center801 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor,New York, NY 10017– 17 April 2018 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); United Nations Commission on Populationand Development; E/CN.9/2018/NGO/2– January 2018 THE WHITE HOUSE; President Trump– January 2018 United Nations; Secretary General António Guterres– January 2018 THE WHITE HOUSE; Holiday Greetings, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump– January 2018 UN Documents, DPI-NGO-Announcements-Page-4– February 2017 THE WHITE HOUSE; Holiday Greetings, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama– January 2017 WHEC Commitment to Every Woman Every Child– November 2016 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; Dr. Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director-General, Family, Women’s and Children’s Health– August 2016 THE WHITE HOUSE; President Obama– July 2016 UN Partnerships For SDGs: WHEC Initiative Statement– July 2016 Statement to the UN Economic and Social Council – E/2015/NGO/2– May 2015 UNITED NATIONS; Secretary-General of the United Nations BAN Ki-moon– December 2014 THE WHITE HOUSE; Holiday Greetings, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama– December 2014 Statement to the UN Economic and Social Council – E/2014/NGO/53– May 2014 UN Secretary General’s Acknowledgement– December 2013 Yale OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT– October 2013 UN Secretary General’s Acknowledgement– December 2012 UN Secretary General’s Acknowledgement– December 2011 Analysing Commitments to Advance the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health: – The PMNCH 2011 Report– December 2011 UN Secretary General’s Invitation – Every Woman Every Child – The Effort to Advance the Global Strategy– September 2011 Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (World Health Organization) – PMNCH Member– Since May 2011 CSO Net, ECOSOC Civil Society Network: Projects on World Map– December 2009 UN-NGO-IRENE Best Practices Network: Continuing Medical Education Initiative for the Globalized World– 30 March 2009 WHO | e-Learning Publication: WomensHealthSection.com– 2008 NGO SECTION, DESA: Special Consultative Status granted– July 2008 (pdf) NGO Section, DESA: Recommendation to Special Consultative Status– June 2008 (pdf) DPI-NGO Letter of Association– June 2008 (pdf) Letter of Academic Partnership Unit of UN– February 2008 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION– November 2007 UNITED NATIONS– October 2007 Bulletin of the World Health Organization– November 2006 (pdf) Sign Out: Insights and reflections from thought leaders in Obstetrics and Gynecology – Contemporary OB/GYN– September 2006 Department of Public Information, Non-Governmental Organizations (DPI-NGO)– 23 June 2006 United Nations University– 7 December 2005 UNITED NATIONS– 25 August 2005 UNITED NATIONS– 29 July 2005 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION– 1 July 2005 (pdf) Department of Public Information, Non-Governmental Organizations (DPI-NGO)– 7 April 2005 UNITED NATIONS– 23 February 2005 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organziation (UNESCO)– 9 November 2004 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION– 25 October 2004 The Executive Committee of Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information– 8 January 2004 UNITED NATIONS– 30 June 2003 British Journal of Anesthesia– 2003, Barclay 90 (6): 816 (pdf) Postgraduate Institute Of Medical Education And Research, Chandigarh -160 012 (India)– 27 November 2002 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists– 15 November 2002 United Nations Association of the United States of America and the Business Council for the United Nations– 12 October 2002 UNITED NATIONS Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development– 16 February 1994 تحتوي هذه الصفحة على وثائق في شكل الشعبي. سوف تحتاج قارئ أدوبي لعرض هذه الوثائق.Read More

النساء صحة وتربية تلقّى مركز الشرف أن يطلق هذا [إ-لرنينغ] مشروع ([وومنشلثسكأيشن.كم]) [إين سّوسأيشن ويث] القسم من معلومة عامّة من الالأمم المتّحدة في 24 أكتوبر – تشرين الأوّل 2002. نحن نركب على عصر جديدة في الطبّ و [هلثكر]. مهمتنا أن يجعل [إفيدنس-بسد] الطبّ يتوفّر إلى وطنيّة واستماع دوليّة. أن يبلغ الجماعة شاملة وأن يخدم وطنيّة وحاجات دوليّة ، النص يتوفّر في ستّة لغات: [أربيك] ، صينيّة ، [(وس)] اللغة الانجليزية ، الفرنسيّون ، روسي ، والإسبان. صمّمت ال [سلّبوس] من مشروعنا أن يضغط عاديّة ، يوميّة [هلث-كر] إصدارات في نساء صحة. [موست وف لّ] ، مهما ، يأمل نحن أنّ ال [كنتنتس] سيحثّون بحث مقبلة أنّ أبعد سيحسن التفهم من صحة مولدة. تربية الهبة جيّدة في حياة على حدّ سواء أن يعطي وأن يستلم. عرفان جميل عبّر عن إلى [مر.] بول [هوفّل] ، رئيس ، [نغو] قسم قسم من معلومة عامّة من الالأمم المتّحدة لصداقته ، دعم وإرشاد. هو يصدق [بسّيونتلي] في الحكمة أساسيّة في الآراء من ال [هلثكر] مزودات من [ألّ وفر ث وورلد] ، فكرة أنّ هو تتبّع مع نزاهة وطاقة ، استغناء عن ضوء على شخصيّة ، جانب روحانيّة من حياة إنسانيّة. إلى ه يستدين أنا ديني عظيمة كالشهيق ل هذا [إ-لرنينغ] مشروع. أنا قد كنت جدّا محظوظة أن يعمل مع صولّ [أك] ، معلومة ضابطة ، [نغو] قسم قسم من معلومة عامّة من الالأمم المتّحدة. نحن شاكرة إلى ه لدعمه مستمرّة إلى هذا مشروع. أنا شاكرة إلى كلّي صديقات وزميلات من مختلفة محترمة يعلم مستشفيات وجامعات من [ألّ وفر] ال [أوسا] وأخرى بلاد ، الذي يكون تضمّنت مع ي في هذا مشروع. هم قد جعل صداقة ودعم هذا [وب-لرنينغ] مشروع نجاح عظيمة. نحن نّظر إلى الأمام أن يعمل مع أيّ شخص الذي يكون راغبة في يحسن أموميّة و [شلد هلث]. أنا قد كنت جدّا محظوظة أن يعمل مع فكتوريا [أ.] أبيض ، المدير التنفيذيّ ، [إكلكتشس] وفريقه خارق للعادة على هذا [إ-لرنينغ] مشروع. [تثرن ووت] شخصيّا ، بما أنّ أنا أكون يوقن في تقريبا عموما الحالة ، يكتب جريدة أن يكون كثير أكثر مهمة صعبة من كان في البداية توقّعت. هناك خليج ضخمة بين يتلقّى أفكار وأفكار والتحدي من يحصلهم ينظّم ، يكتب على ورقة ، وبعد ذلك دون شفقة يحرّر ويشكّل داخل متماسكة كاملة. أنا بعد أتذكّر اليوم [فري فيرست] عندما تناقش أنا هذا مشروع مع فكتوريا ؛ هو سألني: ماذا [وب-ست] ك أحبّ أن يتمّ ؟ أنا آمل يحضر هذا سعادة وإرادة في العالم. نحن نأمل أن يجعل فرق. شكور ثانية Rita Luthra, MDRead More

I underwent my basic medical training at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, at the time considered to be the leading medical center in Africa. I subsequently rotated through the specialties of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Emergency Room, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. After initial training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Nigeria, I proceeded to the United Kingdom for training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, obtaining Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in 1997 Working as Registrar to Professor Stuart Campbell, a pioneer and leading authority in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, I had training in the management of high-risk pregnancies. In my years of training, I have had the opportunity of working closely with such leaders in the field as Anthony Vintzileos, M.D., Yves Ville, M.D., Anthony Scialli, M.D., Stuart Stanton, M.D., Tom Bourne, M.D., Ph.D., John T. Queenan, M.D., John C. Smulian, M.D., and Cande V. Ananth, Ph.D., M.P.H. I have authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading obstetrics and gynecology journals. In addition, I have contributed seven chapters in major maternal-fetal medicine, obstetrics and ultrasound textbooks. I am a referee and reviewer for seven leading journals in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Imaging. I have been ranked by Obstetrics & Gynecology, the most prestigious journal in the field, with a circulation in excess of 46,000 and an impact factor of 3.512, among the top 10% of reviewers for the journal. I am also rated among the top 5% of reviewers for Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, considered the most respected journal in obstetrical and gynecological imaging. My work has been cited in virtually every major obstetric text as well as in numerous journal articles. My work is also cited in the practice guidelines of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the official educational guide (Prolog) in Obstetrics of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. I was invited to write editorials for Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology and American Family Physician (readership in excess of 190,000). I have had front cover articles in two of the leading journals. I have been interviewed for numerous newspaper articles (Dallas Home News, The Greenville News, the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Pregnancy Today, Boca Raton News, Intellihealth.Com, the Statesman, and Prevention magazine). My primary area of interest is Maternal-Fetal Medicine, with particular interests in abnormalities of the placenta and umbilical cord, prenatal diagnosis, ultrasound, and intrapartum and operative obstetrics. I enjoy teaching medical students and other residents and have been recognized with numerous teaching awards. My research presentations have won the First Prizes at the New Jersey Maternal-Fetal Medicine Society in 2003, 2004, and 2006 as well as the New York Perinatal Society in 2005. As a Chief Resident at Georgetown University Medical Center, I received the First Place award at the Resident Research Day. I have also presented my work at numerous National and International conferences including the World Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, World Congress of Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Course on Audit. Recently, my focus of research has changed to basic science. In collaboration with Dr Morgan Peltier, PhD, Director of the Perinatal Biology Laboratory at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical School, I am examining the effect of progesterone at a cellular level on the mediators of preterm labor and cervical ripening. The first of these experiments “Effect of progesterone on Nitric oxide production by bacteria-stimulated endocervical and vaginal epithelial cells” and “Effect of experimental preterm premature rupture of the membranes on fetal weight “were presented at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 26th Annual Clinical Meeting in Miami, Florida in February 2006. Further experiments are being prepared for publicationRead More

Assistant Clinical Prof. Of Ob/Gyn, Univ. of Texas Academic Chief & Program Director, CHRISTUS St. Joseph Hospital, 1819 Crawford Street, Suite 1708 Houston, TX. 77002 USA Tel: 713-757-7478 Fax: 713-657-7191 E-mail: Eugene.Toy@stjoe.sch.orgRead More

President: Dr. Rita Luthra President, The Women’s Health & Education Center (WHEC) The Women’s Health & Education Organization (WHEO, Inc.) E-mail: rita@womenshealthsection.com Secretary: Dr. Nicole H. Boudreau The Women’s Health & Education Center (WHEC) The Women’s Health & Education Organization (WHEO, Inc.) 1180 Beacon Street 2C, Brookline, MA 02446 USA Tel: 617-232-0440 Fax: 617-562-7021 E-mail: NHBoudreauMD@aol.com Treasurer: Robert S. Lyons The Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) The Women’s Health and Education Organization, Inc. (WHEO, Inc.) 11 West Elm Street West Townsend, MA 01474 Telephone: 508-361-3721 Fax: 508-525-4506 E-Mail:rslyons73156@hotmail.com Dr. Robert L. Barbieri Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASB1-3, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 USA Telephone: 617-732-4265 Fax: 617-277-1440 E-mail: rbarbieri@partners.org Dr. Howard L. Minkoff Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maimonides Medical Center Distinguished Professor SUNY Health Science Center 967 48th Street Brooklyn, NY 11219 (USA) Tel: 718-283-7973 or 718-283-3000 Fax: 718-283-8468 E-mail: hminkoff@maimonidesmed.org WHEC By-LawsRead More

In 2006, Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) began developing scientifically based practice guidelines / Practice Bulletins. The guidelines are derived from the best available evidence of clinical efficacy and consideration of costs, with recommendations explicitly linked to the evidence. These evidence-based practice guidelines are intended to be a means of improving the quality of healthcare, decreasing its cost, and diminishing professional liability. They are proscriptive in nature and, therefore, directive in approach. Our physician’s board identifies, evaluate, and synthesize evidence from the medical literature to produce practice guidelines. It is provided to serve as a readily available introduction to and overview of the topic. WomensHealthSection.com is designed as a resource for healthcare providers and general public to offer a better understanding of reproductive health and cultural understanding. The articles in e-learning publication WomensHealthSection.com provide an overview of current clinical management guidelines in Women’s Health, focusing on the components integral to providing optimum care. The articles are designed for all members of the interdisciplinary team: physicians, physician’s-assistants, nurse practitioners, midwives, nurses, social workers, therapists and other members seeking to enhance their knowledge of women’s health and appropriate care and management. WomensHealthSection.com is a vision for the Globalized World. The use of information science and telecommunications to support the practice of medicine when distance separates the caregiver from the patient is the way forward to make medical care more affordable and more accessible in every country. Our goal is to promote excellence in the clinical practice of obstetrics and gynecology and closely related fields. The emphasis on evidence-based medicine has taken on new and greater importance as the environment of clinical medicine grows more diverse, with increased access to more information by both physicians and patients and the changing allocation of resources. Practice guidelines are a formal synthesis of evidence, developed according to a rigorous research and review process. Each section is devoted to a particular series. These series are developed by committees of experts and reviewed by leaders in the specialty and the editorial board of the Women’s Health and Education Center. The contribution of the many groups and individuals who participate in the process is gratefully acknowledged. As the practice of medicine evolves, so too do WHEC Practice Bulletins. WomensHealthSection.com educates health care professionals about conditions that are exclusive to women, more prevalent in women, or are diagnosed or treated differently in women versus men. This publication presents unbiased, comprehensive, concise, and clinically relevant review articles and practical sections. The articles are peer reviewed to maintain the highest quality and to verify clinical relevance, medical accuracy, and clarity of presentation. The most insightful and thought-provoking articles are now available in a single portal. All WHEC Practice Bulletins are reviewed 18 to 24 months after publication and are revised, reaffirmed, or withdrawn. Welcome to the Working Group of WHEC!Read More

MARIO PRETI born in Arona (Italy) June 5th 1960. Specialization in Gynecology and Obstetrics in 1990 at the University of Turin, Italy. Specialization in Medical Oncology in 1994 at the University of Turin. From 1992 Assistant then, up to now, Deputy Director at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, University of Turin-St. Anna Hospital (the second greatest Gynecological Hospital in Europe). Head of Urodynamic Unit of the Department of Gynecology. Regional Referent for diagnosis and treatment of lower genital tract neoplasia In the Colposcopy Unit at the same Department. Doctor Mario Preti belongs to the Faculty of the Specialization School in Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Turin since 1992 and of the School of Midwifery since 1986. At present he is holding a course on “Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Female Genital Tract Neoplasms” and a course on “Surgical operation in Obstetrics”. Fellow of the ISSVD (International Society for the Study of Vulvo-vaginal disease) from 1990. He is Chair of the Oncological Committee on Superficially invasive carcinoma. Founding Member of the Italian Interdisciplinary Society of Vulvology (SIIV), Assistant Secretary from the foundation in 1996 up to 2004, and then Treasurer. Fellow of the Italian Society of Colposcopy and Cervico-Vaginal Pathology (SICPCV) since 1985. He is member of the Scientific Committee since 1998 and he is National Referent for Vulvar Pathology. Member of Scientific Committee of IFCP (International Federation of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology) since 2005. Doctor Mario Preti has participated as invited speaker to 25 International Congresses on vulvar and cervico-vaginal diseases. He published more than 200 scientific papers. Some of them have been published on International Journals: British Journal of Dermatology, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Journal Lower Genital Tract Disease, Journal of Surgical Oncology, The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology (in press). As attested by his scientific publications doctor Mario Preti collaborates with: European Institute of Oncology (Milan Italy), National Cancer Institute (Milan, Italy), Regional Cancer Center (Aviano, Italy), National Cancer Institute Regina Elena (Rome, Italy), Department of Gynecology University of Bologna (Bologna Italy), Department of Pathology University of Gainesville (Florida, USA), Department of Gynecology, Academic Medical Center/NKI-AvL, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Erasmus University M.C., Rotterdam, (The Netherlands), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre Hospitalier de Creteil, (France).Read More

ثل قد خدم مسؤولة من حلول دوليّة للسابقة ستّة سنون ، [إيرفينغ] [ستولبرغ] بما أنّ ديموقراطيّة مستشارة إلى يتعدّد حكومات حول العالم ، خصوصا في مكتب رئيسيّ و [إسترن يوروب]. هو قد أتمّ عمل في أكثر من 90 بلد طوال العالم. قد حوى عمله بنية برلمانيّة وعملية ، قواعد و [مولتي-برتي] يزوّد ، لامركزيّة حكوميّة ، علم خلق ، بيئة ، نزاع قرار ، دستور مراجعات ، وإنتخاب [مونيتور]. في 1995. عيّنت هو كان برئيس [كلينتون] إلى الولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة عمولة لالعمليّة حفظ من ميراث أمريكيّة في الخارج. على العمولة ، قد تلقّى هو الرصاص مسؤولية لعلاقات مع سلوفاكيا ، [مولدوفا] ، وأوكرانيا. هو كان [ر-بّوينتد] إلى العمولة في 1998 وفي 2002 برئيس بوش. هو قد استشار في بلغاريا على يتعدّد مناسبات. تحت التكهن من تلفزيون بلغاريّة والأكاديميّة بلغاريّة أعلام قد ساهم هو في جلسات على سياسيّة وإصلاح اقتصاديّة. هو قد خدم كإنتخاب مدربة هناك مع المعهد وطنيّة ديموقراطيّة. [مونيتور] هو يتلقّى أيضا إنتخابات في [إست جرمني] ، سلوفاكيا ونيكارغوا. في المبكّرة 1990 ’ [س] استشار هو مع زعيمات [بوليش] على إنتقال سياسيّة وحقوق الإنسان. في ال [كزش ربوبليك] قد ساهم هو في جلسات على ديموقراطيّة [برتيسبيتوري] وكان دعات بالحكومة تشيكيّة كضيفة خاصّة ل ال [50ث] ذكرى إحتفالات من [ف] يوم. لمعونة قد أتمّ هو يدرّب جلسات لمحافظات وأخرى حكومة محلّيّة زعيمات في سلوفاكيا. نذ 1999 قد عمل هو بشكل واسع في الصين ، يطوّر [ترينينغ بروغرم] ل [بوبليك وفّيسل] ووفود رئيسيّة إلى الصين [أن بهلف وف] الالأمم المتّحدة جمعية. و الرئيس من كونكتكت تقسيم من الالأمم المتّحدة جمعية. في مبكّرة 1998 ، كان هناك أربعة فصل ضمن كونكتكت تقسيم. جاوزت ينشط التقسيم ’ [س] ، [ستولبرغ] يلد أربعة فصل نشطة جديدة ، أن يجعل كونكتكت تقسيم حركيّة من ال [أون-وسا]. في 1999 انتخبت هو كان إلى ال [أونا] [بوأرد وف ديركتور] وطنيّة. ستولبرغ] خدم ل 22 سنون في كونكتكت [هووس وف ربرسنتتيف] ، بما في ذلك اثنان عبارات كالمتحدث من المنزل وواحدة كمنزل أقلية زعيمة. هو خدم على كلّ لجن كبريات من ال [جنرل سّمبلي] ، وترأّس عدّة من هم ، بما في ذلك خدمات إنسانيّة ، طبيب متمرّن ، إدارة تشريعيّة ومالية. هو أيضا خدم على الدولة رابطة عمولة. كرئيس من المؤتمر وطنيّة [ستت لجسلتثر] ، أمسك هو ال [هيغست] دولة مكتب تشريعيّة في الأرض. يتلقّى [مر.] [ستولبرغ] [ب.] في علاقات دوليّة من [أوكلا] ؛ [م.] ويتمّ مسلك عمل وامتحان ل [ف.د.] في جغرافيا وإفريقية دراسات من بوسطن جامعة ؛ و[جوريس]. [در.] [هون]. من الجامعة هارتفورد. هو قد كتب مواد ل ال [إنسكلوبديا] [بريتنّيك] وأخرى نشر. هو قد استلم علامات من مكافآت وشرف وذكرت في الذي يتلقّى الذي في أمريكا وأخرى نشر. قد كان [ستولبرغ] مندوبة إلى ستّة [نأيشنل كنفنأيشن] ديموقراطيّة ول عدّة سنون كان عضوة من اللجنة ديموقراطيّة وطنيّة.Read More

Ms. Upasana Chauhan UN Women Member & International Advisor UN Representative, Communications and Public Relations New York, NY (USA) Karen G. Cheng, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles, CA (USA) James F. Phillips Heilburnn Department of Population & Family Health Columbia University New York, NY (USA) Marilyn Rice, MA, MPH, CHES Leader, Urban Health and Health Determinants Team Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Washington, DC (USA)Read More