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

Treasurer 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 Robert S. Lyons is Senior Vice President of Wealth Management with Merrill Lynch where he has been employed since 1998. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Lyons served as Executive Director of the University of Massachusetts Foundation for 10 years. He has more than thirty years of progressive experience in investments, finance, and accounting. Mr. Lyons is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), has an undergraduate degree in accounting, and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He participates in numerous community activities, and resides in Townsend, MA and Harwich, MA with his wife and three children. Robert has been financial adviser for The Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) and The Women’s Health and Education Organization, Inc. (WHEO, Inc.) since 2008.Read More

Professor Division of Gynecologic Oncology Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, a member of Catholic Healthcare West 500 W. Thomas Road, Suite 660 Phoenix, AZ 85013 (USA) Tel #: (602) 406-6000 Fax #: 602-406-9921 Email: Bradley.monk@chw.edu Biographical Summary Dr. Monk received his medical degree from the University of Arizona in 1988 where he graduated at the top of his class. He then underwent training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles between 1988 and 1992, and Gynecologic Oncology at the University of California Irvine (UCI) between 1992 and 1995. In 1995, he was appointed the Director of Gynecology Oncology at Texas Tech University and Associate Director of the Southwest Cancer Center where he served until 1998. Since 1998, he has been a member of the faculty at UCI where he currently is Associate Professor (with Tenure). He is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He is also an active full member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Association of Cancer Research. Dr. Monk has been an Investigator for the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) since 1995 and is the Chair of the Cervical Committee along with serving on the Tissue Utilization and Publications Committees. He is the Co-Principal Investigator for the GOG at UCI and Study Chair for both group wide phase III trials in cervical carcinoma and also serves as the study chair or co-chair for seven other trials investigating new therapies in cervical and ovarian cancer. Dr. Monk has received career development funding (K-23) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to investigate new strategies against HPV related illnesses and, in addition, is funded by the NCI to study therapeutic HPV vaccines. Dr. Monk has over 90 peer-review publications predominantly dealing with the areas of cervical and ovarian cancer prevention, therapeutics as well as issues related to quality of life. He has also published fifteen book chapters and is on the Editorial Board for Gynecologic Oncology and The American Journal of Hematology/Oncology and is a past President of the Orange County OB-GYN Society.Read More

أستاذة فخريّة علم قبالة و [جنكلوج] وطبّ نفسيّ [يل ونيفرستي] مدرسة الالطبّ [نو هفن] ، [كت] ([أوسا]) [در.] فيليب [م.] [سرّل] ، [مد] حاليّا أستاذة فخريّة من علم قبالة و [جنكلوج] وطبّ نفسيّ في [يل ونيفرستي] مدرسة الالطبّ في [نو هفن] ، كونكتكت. هو كان عيّنت إلى [يل] كلية في 1969 ويبقى في [يل] طوال مهنته ، يرتفع إلى الرتبة من يشبع أستاذة في 1988. بعد يستلم ه أعزب ’ [س] درجة من [درتمووث] كلية في [هنوفر] ، [نو-همبشير] ، ودرجته طبيّة من نيويورك جامعة مدرسة الالطبّ في نيويورك ، أتمّ [در.] [سرّل] فترت تدريبه في الجبل سيناء مستشفى في نيويورك ومقره في علم قبالة و [جنكلوج] في ال [يل-نو] مأوى [مديكل سنتر] في [نو هفن]. بعد تعيينه إلى [يل] كلية في 1969 ، مع [لورنا] [سرّل] ، أسّس هو [يل] جنس [كونسلينغ] خدمة. في 1971 ، درّبت هو و [مرس.] [سرّل] كان في جنس معالجة بوليام [مسترس] وفيرجينيا جونسون وفي 1975-1976 ؛ استلم [در.] [سرّل] [مسي] أساس كلية طالبة مكافأة لواحدة سنة في [أإكسفورد ونيفرستي] في إنكلترا ، حيث هو عمل مع جون [بنكروفت] في القسم الطبّ نفسيّ. في 1976 ، بدأ [در.] [سرّل] [يل] سنّ يأس برنامج وفي 1982-1983 ، هو كرّس سنة [سبّتيكل] إلى الدراسة من السنّ يأس يعمل مع [در.] مالكولم [وهيتهد] في الأملاك [كلّج] [هوسبيتل] في لندن. هو كان روّجت إلى الرتبة من يشبع أستاذة في 1988 في [يل]. في 1989-1990 مكّن تعيينه في الطبّ قلبيّة في الوطنيّة قلب ورئة معهد في لندن سنة من علم قلب بحث داخل التأثيرات من هرمونات مبيضيّة على عمل شريانيّ. أيضا في 1990 ، بدأ [در.] [سرّل] توله ك [ك-ديركتور] من [يل] مصحة [نيورو-جنكلوج] ، أيّ يستمرّ اليوم. في ال 1996-1997 سنة أكاديميّة ، مكّن تعيين ك يزور أستاذة في القسم من الطبّ داخليّة في المستشفى [كلومبي-برسبترين] في نيويورك دراسة سنة يكرّس إلى يفهم الأعمال المنشطون. هو قد خدم كمستشارة إلى المركز ل [ألترنتيف مديسن] في [مديكل سنتر] [كلومبي-برسبترين] ، نيويورك ، [ني] ، منذ 1997. يخدم هو يتلقّى أيضا كمستشارة إلى المركز ل [ألترنتيف مديسن] في [يل-غريفّين] مستشفى ، [دربي] ، كونكتكت منذ 1998 ، ومنذ 2000 يتلقّى يكون يحضر مستشارة في القسم من الطبّ وقائيّة في [يل-غريفّين] مستشفى. في [يل] ، قد كان [در.] [سرّل] [ك-ديركتور] من الجنس [كونسلينغ] خدمة منذ 1969 ومديرة من ال [ميد-ليف] دراسة برنامج منذ 1984. [در.] [سرّل] المؤلفة أو [ك-وثور] من على 200 طبيّة مواد وفصول لنصوص طبيّة وأيضا ال [ك-وثور] من ستّة كتاب مدرسيّ يرتبط إلى سنّ يأس وإلى يفهم جنسيّة تصرف وإستجابة. هو قد كان المستلمة من أربعة بحث منح من المعاهد وطنيّة صحة [أس ولّ س] كثير أخرى بحث منح من أسس والصناعة صيدلانيّة. قد [فوكسد] بحثه أثناء السابقة 17 سنون على دراسات من تأثيرات شريانيّة من هرمونات وإصدارات يرتبط إلى جنس وشيخوخة. هو حاليّا تضمّنت في دراسات من تدخلات حمييّة ، ويعمل [سرمس] و [فتوستروجنس] وتأثيراتهم على خلية مبطّن للأوعية. هو كان واحدة من ال [ك-ينفستيغتورس] من النساء ’ [س] نزوين لإصابة وقاية محاكمة يموّل بالمعاهد وطنيّة من مرض [نيورولوجكل] وإصابة. [در.] [سرّل] حاليّا المحررة ال [متثريتس] ، الجريدة من الدوليّة سنّ يأس مجتمعة ؛ سنّ يأس ، الجريدة من ال [نورث-مريكن] سنّ يأس مجتمعة ؛ الجريدة من جنس بحث ؛ الجريدة من جنس ومعالجة زوجيّة ؛ والجريدة من الطبّ [جندر-سبسفيك]. هو أيضا مخطوطة مراجعة ل [نو نغلند] جريدة الالطبّ ، الجريدة أمريكيّة من علم قبالة و [جنكلوج] ، [إندوكرين] مراجعات ، بحث قلبيّ وعائيّ ، الجريدة من سريريّة علم الغدد الصّم وأيض ، والجريدة أمريكيّة علم قلب.Read More

Chairman, Maimonides Medical center Distinguished Professor, SUNY Health Center Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Brooklyn, NY (USA) Dr. Minkoff is a nationally recognized leader in the field of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, specializing in the field of high-risk pregnancies. His work and research in HIV and sexually transmitted diseases is known nationally and internationally both. He has authored more than 200 scientific articles, book chapters, research abstracts, clinical presentations, and multimedia educational tool. He is currently chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, since 1997. In 1992 he had received distinguished service professor award from SUNY HSCB. Other noteworthy awards were given for his work and research is, Assistant Secretary of Health Awards in 1991 and Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Minkoff received his medical degree for Pennsylvania State Medical School in 1975. After his residency he then entered the highly regarded fellowship in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at SUNY HSCB KCHC in Brooklyn, New York. He is the editorial consultant for 20 journals and Chairs a study section on HIV for the National Institute of Health (NIH). He is also involved in the development of programs for Doctors of the World. Dr. Minkoff’s current interests include research and teaching on prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV transmission, high- risk pregnancies, development and strategy planning of the projects and programs to improve maternal health at local, national and international level.Read More