Course

Dana Corriel, MD

Internist, founder of SoMeDocs, and chair of the SoMeDocsMenopause event. SoMeDocs is a omnimedia healthcare platform that amplifies healthcare’s brightest minds through content, directories, and lectures. The ultimate goal is to promote autonomy and empowerment in healthcare.

The Psychology of Menopause Transitions

Susan J. Baumgaertel, MD FACP lectures about the psychological changes associated with peri/menopause including relationship, identity and life changes, body image challenges, and the psychological impacts of loss of reproduction. 

Invisible to Invincible: Conquer Menopause, Defeat Entropy, and Reclaim Your Vitality

Sarah Bonza MD, MPH addresses menopause, medical research pitfalls, and lifestyle impacts on aging, offering strategies for healthcare professionals and women to overcome menopause and thrive.

Vaginal Pain, UTI and The Magic of Topical Estrogen

Amy Capoocia, DO FACOFP demystifies the vaginal area and encourages physicians and other health care professionals to engage patients with questions on pelvic floor health, discomfort, and causes of recurrent UTI and vaginal pain.

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Revolutionizing Menopausal Weight Management

Sejal Desai, MD explores how GLP-1 receptor agonists effectively manage peri and postmenopausal weight gain by targeting metabolic changes, and offers safe, evidence-based treatment options for healthcare professionals.

We Can’t Ignore the Pelvic Floor During Menopause

Niva Herzig, PT believes that pelvic health physical therapy plays a significant role in menopause; she addresses the changes and talks about issues women feel embarrassed or scared or ashamed to ask or are not being asked in their health visits.

Positive Review of Symptoms? Could It Be Perimenopause?

Beverly Joyce, MD, FACOG teaches what perimenopause is and when to consider referring out to a menopause specialist.

Back to the Bedroom in Midlife: Menopause and Sexual Health

Becky Kaufman Lynn, MD, MBA talks about the changes that occur during midlife that can lead to sexual dysfunction, and provides evidence-based treatments to restore sexual function.

Integrative Menopause Symptom Support: An Expanded Menopause-Care Toolkit

Shelly Latte-Naor MD talks about mindfulness-based interventions, hypnotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of hot flashes, sexual function and sleep, and the position of The Menopause Society.

Estrogen’s Role in Cardiovascular Health

Salomé Masghati, MD lectures on current myths surrounding hormone replacement therapy in menopause, as well as its benefits.

Sleep Across the Lifespan: How Sleep Impacts All Phases of Life

Andrea Matsumura, MD lectures on how menopause affects sleep and how new literature on HRT affects how it may help people sleep (and how it doesn’t).

Navigating Menopause, Breast Cancer Risks, and HRT

Tiffany Troso-Sandoval, MD shares her knowledge, experiences, and some practical advice to help women not just survive menopause but thrive through it.

Personal Experience from 3 Aspects—Physician, Patient, Daughter/Caregiver

Sulagna Misra MD BCMAS shares her personal experience with peri-menopause, treating it as a physician, how she navigated, and why she does DPC and integrative menopausal care.

Flipping the Script on Menopause at Work

Lauren Glazer, ACC and Salima Valji, PCC host an interactive session—part game show, Master Class, stitch & bitch—that will help women take charge of “the change” and bring their best to the table, in the board room and beyond.

The Evolving Role of the Women’s Health Specialist in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship

Mercedes Castiel, MD delivers an overview of the pertinent information needed to help patients navigate a risk for cancer or an existing cancer diagnosis, from prevention to survivorship.

Embracing the Change: Natural Ways to Support Your Body During Menopause

Galit Steinberg, MD, FACOG explains what happens to your body during menopause and how you can naturally help yourself not only feel better but become healthier and symptom free. 

Why Everything Hurts: The Hidden Musculoskeletal Effects of Menopause

Tammy J. Penhollow, DO explores how estrogen loss accelerates joint pain, muscle loss, bone fragility and injuries—plus strategies for prevention and treatment.

Hormones Gone Wild: Sorting Fact From Fiction

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Aoife O’Sullivan, MD MSCP

Jila Senemar, MD FACOG 

Heidi Snyder Flagg, MD MSCP  

Rebbecca Hertel, DO MSCP

Defy Menopause with Your Microbiome: Gut Health as Your Secret Weapon

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Tracy Verrico, DO FACOOG

Irina L. Weil, MD 

Niva Herzig, PT 

Jessica Cording, RD CDN IFNCP