Course Director
Deborah Gomez Kwolek, MD, FACP, FAMWA, MSCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Dr. Kwolek is a menopause consultant and primary care physician at Mass General Brigham, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is the founding lead of the Women’s Health and Sex and Gender Medicine Program in the MGH Department of Medicine. She is a nationally recognized leader in women’s health and sex and gender medical education. She co-edited and co-wrote the first textbook in the field of Women’s Health and Sex and Gender Medicine (WHSGM) that serves as a guide and curriculum for primary care clinicians and trainees. She co-wrote competencies in WHSGM that serve as the Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) national curriculum standard and has many publications, funded projects and national presentations in the field of WHSGM. She currently serves as Chair of the Sex and Gender Health Collaborative of the American Medical Women’s Association/Medical International Women’s Association and serves on the International Innovation Equity Forum of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the NIH to promote International Women’s Health and Sex and Gender Medicine. She serves as the Course Director for three HMS Post-graduate CME Courses: Primary Care Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine for Specialists and the newly created Women’s Health and Menopause course.
Co-Director
Mahmooda Qureshi, MD, MSCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Dr. Qureshi is a Primary Care Physician at Mass General Hospital and an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a Women’s Health Fellowship trained expert in women’s health and menopause, and a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. Her additional expertise includes Lifestyle medicine, Mind-Body medicine, and is certified in SMART (Stress Management and Resiliency Training) from the Benson Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine. Her primary care practice is in Bulfinch Medical Group.
Dr. Qureshi is a faculty coach certified through Wellcoaches. In addition to coaching physicians, she has developed programs for coaching faculty. She is the Co-Director for Harvard’s CME Courses: Primary Care Internal Medicine, and this newly created Women’s Health and Menopause course.
Featured Keynote Speakers
Jan L Shifren, MD, MSCP
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Midlife Women’s Health Center, past President of the Menopause Society.
Jan L Shifren, MD, MSCP is the Vincent Trustees Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. She is a reproductive endocrinologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Director of the MGH Midlife Women’s Health Center. Dr. Shifren currently divides her time among patient care, teaching, and research. She focuses her research on menopause, including the effects of estrogens, androgens and alternative therapies on menopausal symptoms and sexual function. Dr. Shifren has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator for several important studies related to menopause. She has published numerous articles, abstracts, and book chapters and has delivered national and international presentations on menopausal hormone therapy, androgens for women, female sexual function, and the genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Dr. Shifren is active in numerous professional societies and is a past President of the Menopause Society.
Anna Cabeca, DO, FACOG, ABAARM
Carpathia Health, Dallas, TX, Private practice
Dr Cabeca is triple-board certified and a fellow of gynecology and obstetrics, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She has special certifications in functional medicine, sexual health, and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She is known for her work using natural alternatives and traditional healing modalities for managing menopause successfully. She is the creator of the highly acclaimed virtual transformation programs Women’s Restorative Health, Sexual CPR, and Magic Menopause. She is known by her clients as “the girlfriend” doctor.
Heather Hirsch, MD, MS, MSCP
CEO and Founder of Health by Heather Hirsch
Dr Hirsch is the CEO and founder of Health by Heather Hirsch, one of the premier educators of women and women’s health providers about menopause through media and continuing education courses. She founded the menopause and midlife clinic at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital while serving as faculty at Harvard Medical School in 2020, and most recently launched her private telemedicine-focused practice while co-founding a technology company seeking to revolutionize healthcare for millions of women. She is boarded in Internal Medicine, certified as a Menopause Specialist, and is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH).
Avrum Bluming, MD, MACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, University of Southern California
Dr Bluming is one of the best-known voices in the field of the safety of estrogen therapy. He has served as Director of Oncology, Chief of Medicine and Chief of Staff and was a practicing hematologist and medical oncologist for many years. He organized the first study of lumpectomy for the treatment of breast cancer in Southern California in 1978; he was a co-investigator on the original study evaluating the relationship between the timing of initial breast cancer surgery within the menstrual cycle and prognosis, and for the past 3 decades, he has been studying and publishing the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy administered to women with a previous history of treated breast cancer. He has taught at academic institutions around the country and is an invited speaker at national and international conferences.
Jewel Kling, MD, MPH, FACP, MSCP
Professor of Medicine and Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Dr. Jewel Kling is a Professor of Medicine, Chair of Women’s Health Internal Medicine, Assistant Director of the Mayo Clinic Women’s Health Center and Dean of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dr Kling’s clinical and research expertise are in menopause, sexual health, LGBT care, education, as well as expanding the discipline of Sex and Gender specific medicine. Dr. Kling is recognized as an institutional and national leader in menopause, speaking and published extensively in the field. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, a Fellow and board member of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and member of the American Medical Women’s Association Sex and Gender Health Collaborative.
Faculty
Amy Bregar, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School | Gynecologic Oncology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Suzanne Bertisch, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine I Harvard Medical School
Sleep Medicine | Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jennifer Blake, PT, MS
APTA-CAPP-Pelvic and CAPP-Obstetric
Certified Physical Therapist | Spaulding Rehabilitation Center
Marcy Bolster, MD
Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Rheumatology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Amy Colwell, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery | Harvard Medical School
Plastic Surgery | Massachusetts General Hospital
Christina Costantino, MD
Member of the Faculty of Surgery | Harvard Medical School
Thoracic Surgery | Massachusetts General Hospital
Helen Delichatsios, MD, MS, DiplABLM
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
General Internal Medicine | Massachusetts General Hospital
Beth Frates, MD, DiplABLM, FACLM
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Harvard Medical School
Past President I American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Jill Goldstein, PhD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry | Harvard Medical School
Director ICON-X I MGH
Coleen Harrington, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Women’s Heart Health Program & Cardiology Fellowship Program Director Massachusetts General Hospital
Frances Hayes, MB BCH, BAO
Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Reproductive Endocrinology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Kathie Huang, MD, FAAD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology | Harvard Medical School
Dermatology I Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Steven Isakoff, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine I Harvard Medical School
Medical Oncology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Tara Iyer, MD, MSCP
Instructor in Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Director, Menopause and Midlife Clinic I Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSCP
Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Women’s Health
Harvard Medical School
Director, Connor’s Center for Women’s Health and Sex and Gender Biology I Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Emily Lau, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Director, Cardiometabolic Health and Hormones Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital
Kathryn Martin, MD, MSCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Reproductive Endocrinology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Andrea Reilly, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Director, HOPE Clinic I Massachusetts General Hospital
Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Hematology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennifer Siegel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Director, Transgender Health Program I Massachusetts General Hospital
Kyle Staller, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Gastroenterology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Joy Tsai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Endocrinology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Molly Wanner, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Harvard Medical School
Dermatology | Massachusetts General Hospital
Anna Wolfson, MD, AAAAI
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Allergy and Immunology I Massachusetts General Hospital
Visiting Faculty
Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, MSCP
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Melissa McNeil, MD, MPH, MACP
Professor of Medicine I Brown University
Eleanor Nwadinobi, MD
Past President, Medical Women’s International Association
Kimberly Templeton, MD, FAAOS,
FAOA, FAMWA
Professor & Vice Chair of Orthopedic Surgery
Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education
University of Kansas Medical Center
Course Administrator
Veasna Ngoun
Manager, Continuing Medical Education
Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital