Medical Advisory Board

We gratefully thank our board members for their participation.

The Medical Advisory Board is represented by noted experts from many different clinical and scientific disciplines related to menopausal health. This board’s primary focus is the development and implementation of specific program content—to translate the most advanced medical information into practical recommendations. As always, the Medical Advisory Board is committed to presenting a fair and unbiased view.

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS

Director, The Center for Facial & Nasal Plastic Surgery
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA
Beverly Hills, CA
Michael Bergman, MD, FACP

Clinical Professor of Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
New York, NY
Vera Bittner, MD, MSPH

Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Linda Burdette, MPAS, PA-C

Past President of the Association of Physician Assistants in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Clinician, Central Cascade Women’s Health, Yakima, WA
Clinical Lecturer, University of Washington Medex Program
Yakima, WA
Daniel Cassuto, MD

Professor of Plastic Surgery
University of Catania, Italy
Milano, Italy
Henry HL Chan, MBBS, MRCP, MSc, MD, PhD, FRCP, FHKCP, FHKAM

Dermatologist
Central, Hong Kong
Peter Collins, MA, MD (Cantab), FRCP, FESC, FACC

Professor of Clinical Cardiology
Imperial College London
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Michael Craig, MBBS, MRCOG, MRCPsych

Lecturer of Reproductive and Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry
Department of Psychological Medicine
Institute of Psychiatry
London, United Kingdom
Michele G. Curtis, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Dept. Ob/Gyn, UT-Houston Medical School
Co-Director, Ob/Gyn Ambulatory Care Clinic, LBJ Hospital
Houston, TX
Pamela Ellsworth, MD, FACS, FAAP

Associate Professor of Urology/Surgery
The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University
Providence, RI
Bruce Ettinger, MD

Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Adjunct Investigator, Division of Research
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern
California Region
San Francisco, CA
James Fiorica, MD

Clinical Professor of Ob-Gyn
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Director, Gynecologic Oncology
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, FL
J. Chris Gallagher, MD

Professor of Medicine and Chief, Bone Metabolism Section
Creighton University Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Jane Guiltinan, ND

Clinical Professor
Bastyr Center for Natural Health
Seattle, WA
Tracey Hotta, RN, BScN, CPSN

Nursing Manager
Past President, American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses ASPSN
Ontario, Canada
Carolyn Jacob, MD

Chicago Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology
Chicago, IL 60654
Jeffrey P. Levine, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Master Educators’ Guild
Director, Women’s Health Programs
Department of Family Medicine
UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
Pauline Maki, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
Center for Cognitive Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Ellen Marmur, MD

Chief of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Michael McClung, MD, FACP

Founding Director
Oregon Osteoporosis Center
Portland, OR
Declan Murphy, MBBS, FRCPsych, MD (USA)

Professor of Psychiatry and Brain Maturation
Head of Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences
Department of Psychological Medicine
Institute of Psychiatry
London, United Kingdom
Karen L. Noblett, MD

Associate Professor and Director,
Division of Urogynecology
Fellowship Director, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of OB/GYN
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Judy Akin Palmer, PhD, RN, CPSN, PHN

Certified Plastic Surgery Nurse
Nurse/Patient Educator
Education Consultant
Newport Beach, CA
Carmine M. Pariante, MD, MRCPsych, PhD

Reader, MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow, and Head of the Section
and Laboratory of Stress, Psychiatry and Immunology (SPI-Lab)
Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
London, United Kingdom
Neeta Patel, MD

Consulting Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Honorary Consultant, Holy Spirit Hospital
Borivili West, Mumbai, India
Anne Peters, MD, FACP, CDE

Director, USC Clinical Diabetes Programs
Beverly Hills, CA
Donna M. Polk, MD, MPH

Director, Preventive Cardiology
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD

Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean, School of Medicine
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN
Giuseppe M. C. Rosano, MD, PhD

Director, Centre for Clinical and Basic Research
Department of Internal Medicine
IRCCS San Raffaele
Rome, Italy
Philip Sarrel, MD

Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Joel Schlessinger MD, FAAD, FAACS

Board Certified Dermatologist and Cosmetic Surgeon
President Emeritus, American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery
President, LovelySkin.com
Omaha, NE
Lynne T. Shuster MD, FACP

Director, Women’s Health Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Dean Vafiadis, DDS

Prosthodontist
Program Director Full Mouth Rehabilitation CE NYUCD
Clinical Associate Professor NYUCD
New York Smile Institute
New York, NY
George W. Vetrovec, MD

Kimmerling Professor of Medicine and Chair of Cardiology
VCU Pauley Heart Center
Medical College of Virginia Campus
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Maureen Whelihan, MD, FACOG

Center for Sexual Health and Education
West Palm Beach, Florida
Charlotte, NC
Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP, FAANP

President and CEO
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
Washington, DC