12 October, 2002 Mr. Paul Hoeffel Chief, NGO Section United Nations New York, NY 10017 Dear Sir: Please accept this letter of recommendation for the Women’s Health and Education Center of Springfield, Massachusetts. I have met with Dr. Rita Luthra on several occasions and understand the mission of the Center. It is my judgment that the Center is well qualified to be an accredited NGO to the DPI of the United Nations. Dr. Luthra has attended and participated in meetings of the UNA/USA and the Connecticut Division of our national organization. The Center is developing a useful and ambitious worldwide ob/gyn information system. If you have any questions, I would be pleased to respond. Sincerely, Irving Stolberg President, Connecticut Division UNA/USARead More

Associate Director for Education Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030, USA Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., has been Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and a Faculty Associate of the Huffington Center on Aging at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, since July 1988, and Associate Director for Education of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy since 2004. He is Adjunct Professor of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Public Health at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, and holds medical staff appointments at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Texas Children’s Hospital. He won an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for 1995-1996 and was elected a Fellow the Gerontological Society of America in 1997 and of the Hastings Center in 2003. Dr. McCullough is a past president of the Society for Health and Human Values (1987-88), now the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. McCullough teaches in the Progressive Care Unit of Texas Children’s Hospital, in the Medicine and Surgery services of The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and in Baylor’s Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Psychiatry. He is Director of the third-year elective in clinical ethics of Baylor’s national-award-winning four-year elective Ethics Track, the first of its kind among American medical schools. Dr. McCullough teaches the ethics courses in the certification and degree programs of the American College of Physician Executives. Dr. McCullough has published more than 275 peer-reviewed articles and 10 books. Medical Ethics: The Moral Responsibilities of Physicians, co-authored with Tom L. Beauchamp (Prentice-Hall, 1984), has been translated into Spanish (Barcelona, 1987) and Japanese (Tokyo, 1992). With Frank A. Chervenak, M.D. (Given Foundation Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University), he is co-author of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oxford University Press, 1994). He is co-editor with Nancy L. Wilson of Baylor’s Huffington Center on Aging of Long-Term Care Decisions: Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995). His Leibniz on Individuals and Individuation appeared in 1996 (Kluwer Academic Publishers). In 1998 his John Gregory and the Invention of Professional Medical Ethics and the Profession of Medicine and (as editor) John Gregory’s Writings on Medical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine appeared (Kluwer), as well as Surgical Ethics (Oxford), co-edited with Baruch A. Brody and James W. Jones. He is also co-editor with Baruch A. Brody, Mark Rothstein, and Mary Anne Bobinski of Medical Ethics: Codes, Opinions, and Statements (Bureau of National Affairs, 2000) and co-author with them of a companion volume commenting on these documents (BNA, 2001). With Robert B. Baker of Union College (Schenectady, New York) as co-editor, Dr. McCullough is presently preparing A History of Medical Ethics and The Cambridge Dictionary of Bioethics for Cambridge University Press. He is also preparing a second edition of Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology with Drs. Chervenak and John Coverdale, a Baylor psychiatrist. In addition, Dr. McCullough has published more than 40 original book chapters in scholarly volumes and 65 chapters in textbooks. Since coming to Baylor, Dr. McCullough has been or is Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator for grants and contracts from the NIH, Veterans Health Affairs, National Endowment for the Humanities, private foundations, and Baylor affiliated hospitals. He was Principal Investigator for “Enhancing the Autonomy of Vulnerable Subjects of Research,” funded by the NIH as part of the NIH, DOE and VA Consortium on Informed Consent Research (R01 04736) (1997-2002) and Co-Principal Investigator for “A History of Medical Ethics,” funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (RZ-20525) and four private foundations (1999-2002). He is a member of the Ethics Committees of four of Baylor’s primary affiliated hospitals in the Texas Medical Center: St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, The Methodist Hospital, and Texas Children’s Hospital. Since 1999, he has also served as Director of the Ethics Consultation Program at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. Dr. McCullough received his A.B. in Art History from Williams College (1969) and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin (1975) and held a post-doctoral fellowship at The Hastings Center (1975-1976). He has held prior appointments on the medical and philosophy faculties at Texas A&M University (1976-1979) and Georgetown University (1979-1988), where he was a Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He is married to Linda J. Quintanilla, Ed.D., who teaches history at North Harris College in Houston, .Read More

The Internet as a Classroom in Women’s Health By Rita Luthra, MD DR. LUTHRA is President of the Women’s Health and Education Center, which is associated with the Department of Public Information of the United NationsRead More

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Administrative Title: Chief, Pathology Director, CytopathologyNew England Pathology Associates, P.C. Education: Undergraduate: Bates College, B.S., 1968 Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, M.D., 1976 Post Doctoral Training: Internships and Residencies: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, Residency in APStrong Memorial Hospital 1976-1978 Residency in AP Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 1978-1979 Licensure and Certification: American Board of Medical Examiners- 1972 Massachusetts Medical License No. 44997- 10/79 American Board of Pathology (Anatomic Pathology)- 6/82 American Board of Pathology (Cytopathology)- 7/97 Academic Appointments: Assistant Professor (Clinical), Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine – March 2000 Hospital Appointments: 2002-Present Chief of Pathology Mercy Medical Center 2002-Present Director of Cytopath New England Pathology Associates, P.C. 1997-2002 Associate Pathologist Department of Pathology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 1989-1992 Chief of Cytopathology Life Laboratories Mercy Hospital, Springfield, MA 1979-1988 Chief of Fine Needle Aspirates and AutopsyService Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA Awards and Honors: 1971 National Competition for Cytotechnologist Research (2nd) American Society of Cytopathology 1976 Outstanding Student in Pathology Univ. of Connecticut School of Medicine 1978 National Competition for Resident Research (2nd) American Society of Cytopathology 1979 Resident Research Competition (2nd) New England Cancer Society Professional Societies: 1992-Present American Medical Association 1992-Present Massachusetts Medical Association 1992-Present Hampden County Medical Society 1992-Present American Society of Cytotechnology 1992-Present New Hampshire/Vermont Society of Cytology 1996-Present American Pathology Foundation Committee Assignments in Professional Societies: Board of Trustees and Program Committee, American Pathology Foundation Major Research Interests: Cytopathology – Fine Needle Aspiration; Fluid-Based Monolayer Preparations Teaching Responsibilities: Faculty member of Baystate Medical Center Department of Pathology Residency Program and Cytopathology Fellowship Program responsible for teaching cytology and fine needle aspiration to senior Pathology residents and Cytopathology fellows. Research Support: 1. Title: A Multi-Center Clinical Trial to Demonstrate the Utility of the ThinPrep 3000© Processor™ for the Preparation of ThinPrep Slides Funding Agency: Cytyc Corporation Amount: $75,000 Role: Principal Investigator 2. Title: Multi-Center Trial Evaluating the Primary Screening Capability of the ThinPrep™ Imaging System Funding Agency: Cytyc Corporation Amount: $52, 000 Role: Principal Investigator Editorial Boards and Activity: Editor, APF Review (American Pathology Foundation) Military Service: 10/68-8/72 Unites States Army; Honorable Discharge Community Service: Chairman, Board of Health Ludlow, MA School Physician Ludlow, MA Bibliography: Articles 1. March DE, Walker MT, Bur M, Coughlin BF, Dziura B, Lorenzana R, Makari-Judson G: Touch-Preparation Cytology of Breast Core Biopsy Specimens: Accuracy in Predicting Benign or Malignant Core Histology, 1999; Acad Radiol 6(6):333-338. 2. Richard K, Dziura B, Hornish A: Cell Block Preparation as a Complementary Diagnostic Technique to Fluid-Based Monolayer Cervicovaginal Specimens, 1999; Acta Cytol 43(1):69-73. 3. Dziura B, Beith K: Improved ASCUS Diagnosis: Clinical and Financial Implication for Follow-up Care. OB GYN supplemental to Ob. Gyn. News, 1999. 4. Nicastri G, Reed W, Dziura B: The Accuracy of Malignant Diagnoses Established by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytologic Procedures of Mammary Masses. Surg Gynecol Obstet, 1991;72(6):457-60. 5. Dachs R, Clement RE, Dziura B, Berman J: A Paraprosthetic-Enteric Fistula Associated With A Duodenal Tumor. Ann Vasc Surg, 1990;4(1):65-8. 6. Dziura RB: Fine Needle Aspiration of the Lung: A Pathologist’s Perspective. J Thorac Imaging, 1987;2(2):49-51. 7. Dziura B: Fine Needle Aspiration of the Breast: Intraductal Hyperplasia vs Ductal Carcinoma. Acta Cytol, 1979;23(4):332-340. 8. Dziura B, Bonfiglio T: Needle Cytology of the Breast. A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of the Cells of Benign and Malignant Ductal Neoplasia. Acta Cytol, 1979;23(4)332-40. 9. Dziura B, Otis R, Hukill P, Goldblatt P, Damjanov I: Gastric Brushing Cytology: An Analysis of Cells From Benign and Malignant Ulcers. Acta Cytol, 1977;21(2):187-90. 10. Cooney W, Dziura B, Harper R, Nash G: The Cytology of Sputum From Thermally Injured Patients. Acta Cytol, 1972;16:433-437. Published Abstracts: 1. Dziura B: Comparison of the ThinPrep Pap With the Detection of Glandular Abnormalities. Acta Cytol, 1999;43(5):902. 2. Dziura B: Morphologic Evaluation of Increased Detection of High Grade SIL With the ThinPrep Pap. Acta Cytol, 1998;42(5):1241. 3. Dziura B: Evaluation of the Effect of the ThinPrep Pap on the Diagnosis of ASCUS and Its’ Financial Implications in Follow-Up Care. Acta Cytol, 1998;42(5):1244. Other: 1. Dziura B: Mediastinal Fine Needle Aspiration of Metastatic Nonsemenomatous Testicular Germ Cell Tumor. A.S.C.P. Check Sample, May, 1987. Invited Lectures/Presentations: 2001 Workshop: ASCUS and the ThinPrep Pap New Jersey Society of Cytology 2001 The ThinPrep Pap in the Detection of Gynecologic Malignancies Baystate Medical Center Cytopathology Seminar 2001 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Southern Main Medical Center Bangor, ME 2001 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening New Haven Area OB/GYN New Haven, CT 2000 Workshop: Advanced Thin Prep Morphology Manchester, NH 2000 Workshop: Advanced Thin Prep Morphology Philadelphia, PA 2000 Workshop: Advanced Thin Prep Morphology Manchester, CT 2000 Workshop: Advanced Thin Prep Morphology Boston, MA 2000 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA 2000 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Ann Arbor Area OB/GYN Ann Arbor, MI 2000 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Minneapolis/St. Paul Area OB/GYN St. Paul, MI 2000 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Tulsa Area OB/GYN Tulsa, OK 2000 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Rochester Area OB/GYN Rochester, NY 1999 Selling Anatomic Pathology Services to Physician Offices: Using the Pathologist on the Marketing Team. Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management New Orleans, LA 1999 Marketing Anatomic Pathology to Physician’s Offices Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management New Orleans, LA 1999 Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Difficult and Unusual Breast Lesions Presented at the Vermont/New Hampshire Cytology Society Bartlett, NH 1999 An Employer’s Eye View of the Cytotechnology Graduate – What We are Looking for in a New Hire Society of Cytology Educators of the Northeast Pittsfield, MA 1999 ThinPrep Potpourri 16th Annual Baystate Medical Center Cytopathology Workshop Springfield, MA 1999 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Tulsa Area OB/GYN Tulsa, OK 1999 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Glens Falls Hospital Glens Falls, NY 1998 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Nashville Area OB/GYN Nashville, TN 1998 Cytomorphology in the Gynecologic ThinPrep Pap Present at the 15th Annual Baystate Medical Center Cytopathology Workshop Springfield, MA 1998 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Pittsburgh Area OB/GYN Pittsburgh, PA 1998 Advances in Cervical Cancer Screening Littleton General Hospital Littleton, NH 1998 Cell Block Preparation as a Complementary Diagnostic Technique to Fluid-Based Monolayer Cervicovaginal Specimens American Society of Cytopathology Nashville, TN 1993 The ThinPrep Experience in the Laboratory Baystate Medical Center Cytopathology Seminar 1991 The Use of Fine Needle Aspiration of the Breast in the Management of Nonpalpable Lesions 10th Annual State of the Art Cytopathology Seminar 1990 Fine Needle Aspiration of the Breast – Problems and Pitfalls New Hampshire/Vermont Society of Cytology 1987 Problems in Pulmonary Cytopathology Rhode Island Society of Cytology 1983, 1984, 1985 Workshop: Fine Needle Aspiration of the Lung American Society of Clinical Pathologists 1982, 1983, 1986 Workshop: Fine Needle Aspiration of the Lung Rhode Island Society of Cytology 1985 Workshop: Fine Needle Aspiration of the Lung Ohio Society of Cytology 1987 Fine Needle Aspiration of the Lung Maine Society of Cytology 1981 Cytology for Histotechs Connecticut Histology Society 1980 Workshop: Gynecologic Cytopathology Connecticut Society of Cytology 1979 The Causes of False Positive and Negative Diagnosis in Pulmonary Fine Needle Cytology New England Cancer Society 1978 Breast Needle Cytology: Intraductal Hyperplasia vs Ductal Carcinoma American Society of Cytology 1971 Sputum Cytology of Thermally Injured Patients American Society of CytologyRead More

30 June 2003 Dear Mr. Baker, The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations of the Department of Public Information (DPI) met in June to consider new applications from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for association with DPI. I am pleased to inform you that the Committee approved Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) for association with the Department, effective immediately. This association constitutes a commitment on the part of your organization to disseminate information and raise public awareness about the purposes and activities of the United Nations and issues of global concern. Associated NGOs are expected to focus a portion of their publications and information activities on the work of the United Nations. You are encouraged to cooperate with the United Nations Information Centres or Services in your country and with representatives of other parts of the United Nations in the area of your expertise. You are also expected to keep the DPI/NGO Section informed of the activities you undertake and to send us relevant publications and other materials. In the case of an amendment to your organizational structure or bylaws, please send us a copy of the amended documents. Also, you should inform us of all changes in your name or address or representatives to this Department. In this regard, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that as an associated NGG, you are entitled to designate one main and one alternate representative, who will be granted United Nations photo grounds passes which are renewable annually. Please fill out and return the enclosed 2003 Accreditation Form. Please note that your representative(s) should come to the NGO Resource Centre in person to receive the grounds pass. The pass will give your representative(s) access to United Nations facilities and to all open meetings of the United Nations bodies, which they can attend as observers. Representatives are also invited to attend the Thursday NGO briefings organized by the Department, featuring United Nations officials, Government delegates and other experts, including NGOs. Mr. Benton Baker III President Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) 300 Stafford Street, Suite 265 Springfield, MA 01104 Your organization will also be listed on our Directory of NGOs associated with DPI, which is disseminated in print form and via our web site noted below. Your representatives are welcome to consult United Nations print, audio and video materials at the NGO Resource Centre. The NGO Section also offers an annual orientation programme for newly accredited NGO representatives. We will inform you of the dates of the next programme. Your organization will start receiving monthly mailings of relevant United Nations materials and information on United Nations conferences, seminars, briefings and other events. These materials will be sent to your Headquarters unless you instruct us to send them elsewhere. Information on these events is also available on our Web site at: www.un.org/dpi/ngosection. I would like to inform you that association of NGOs with DPI does not constitute their incorporation into the United Nations system, nor does it entitle associated organizations or their staff to any kind of privileges, immunities or special status. Please also note that only the United Nations can use the UN emblem. The UN emblem may not be used unless approval has been granted by the Legal Office of the UN. You may refer to your association with DPI in the following way: the name of your organization followed by a phrase such as “associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations”. On your business cards, please refer to yourself as representative of your organization associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations. It would be incorrect to refer to yourself as a’ delegate or representative to the UN since these terms can only be used by Member States. Again, it is my pleasure to welcome your organization among NGOs associated with DPI and to assure you that myself and the staff of the DPI/NGO Section, look forward to a productive partnership in the pursuit of our common goals. Yours sincerely, Paul Hoeffel Chief NGO Section Department of Public Information cc: Mr. Sommereyns Mrs. J. Levy, Chairperson, NGO/DPI Executive Committee UNIC WashingtonRead More

16 February, 1994 Dear Dr. Luthra, On behalf of the IYF Coordinator, I would like to acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of your letter to him of 9 February 1994. We are very pleased to learn that you have established close contacts with Dr. Belsey of WHO and have made good progress on your plans and activities on health and status of women in developing countries, as a specific contribution to the International Year of the Family. The IYF Coordinator and his Secretariat will continue to be of assistance whenever possible. As regards the proposed dates for the conference on the Year, kindly note that a major international event is planned to be held in Montreal from 12 to 15 October, held in cooperation with the IYF Secretariat, and on 18 October the General Assembly is scheduled to hold a special conference on families. I am attaching, by fax, relevant pages of the Calendar of events related to the Year, which you may find useful in your planning. A copy of the Calendar is sent by mail. I look forward to our continued and mutual beneficial cooperation. With best wishes, Yours sincerely, George Puthuppally Social Affairs OfficerRead More

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Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) denounces scam e-mails falsely implying association or affiliation with WHEC. Various scam e-mails purporting or implying to be from or associated with the Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) or its e-learning Project: WomensHealthSection.com, have been circulating on the Internet. Some of these e-mails request detailed information and/or money from individuals, businesses or non-profit organizations with the promise that they will receive funds or other benefits like posting on WomensHealthSection.com, in return. Other e-mails ask for registration fees for conferences/CME courses allegedly sponsored by WHEC. These e-mails sometimes carry the WHEC logo, and emanate from or refer to an e-mail address which is made to look like a WHEC address. These e-mails do not emanate from WHEC, and are not in any way associated with WHEC projects or events or CME courses. WHEC wishes to warn the public of these misleading practices, and suggests that recipients of invitations such as those described above (whether sent by e-mail or communicated in any other way) verify their authenticity before sending any response. In particular, WHEC suggests that recipients do not send money or personal information in response to invitations from anyone who claims to be awarding funds, grants, scholarships, certificates, lottery winnings, or prizes, and/or who requests payment for registration fees and hotel-rooms reservations, in the name of WHEC. It is not WHEC policy to charge for attendance at meetings. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of an e-mail, letter or phone call purportedly from, for or on behalf of WHEC, please contact us. WHEC is trying to put a halt to these misleading practices, and we would therefore greatly appreciate your help in bringing suspect communications to our attention.Read More