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.
Course Director
Mahmooda Qureshi, MD, MSCP, DipABLM
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.
Course Co-Director
Tara Iyer, MD, DABOM, DipABLM
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.
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
Mallika Anand, MD
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology | Beth Israel Deaconess
Caroline Apovian, MD
Member of the Faculty of Surgery | Harvard Medical School
Allison Baker, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry | Harvard Medical School
Suzanne Bertisch, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Ami Bhatt, MD, FACC
Chief Innovation Officer | American College of Cardiology
Former Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Chair, FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee Cofounder, Elevate Leadership Program | Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennifer Blake, PT, MS
APTA-CAPP-Pelvic and CAPP-Obstetric Certified Physical Therapist
Mass. General Brigham
Amy Bregar, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, MSCP
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Kelly Casperson, MD
CEO and Founder of The Casperson Clinicl
Amy Colwell, MD
Professor of Surgery | Harvard Medical School
Amy Commander, MD
Medical Director, Mass General Cancer Center-Waltham
Director, Breast Oncology Program at Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Director, Lifestyle Medicine, Instructor in Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Helen Delichatsios, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD
Director of the Northwestern Women’s Bone Health Program in the Department of Ob/GYN, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Ob/GYN
at Northwestern, and the University of Chicago
Beth Frates, MD
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, FOMA
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, the former co-director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, board member of Obesity Action Coalition, founding member of the Massachusetts Coalition for Action on Obesity
Andre Vinicius Florentino, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Gynecology, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Jill Goldstein, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Claudia Guillen, DNP, MS, AGPCNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Harvard Dental Center | Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner | Massachusetts General Hospital
Colleen Harrington, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Transgender Health Program | Massachusetts General Hospital
Frances Hayes, MBChB
Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Kathie Huang, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology | Harvard Medical School
Steven Isakoff, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Jewel Kling, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine | Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Emily Lau, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Melissa McNeil, MD
Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator | Brown University
Corinne Menn, DO, FACOG, MSCP
Director of Clinical Innovation and Education at Alloy Health
Eleandor Nwadinobi, MD
Past President | Medical Women’s International Association
Andrea Reilly, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Melinda Ring, MD, FACP, ABOIM
Tina Trott Professor of Integrative Health
Executive Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Social Sciences | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Rachel Rubin, MD, IF, NCMP
Assistant Clinical Professor in Department of Urology at Medstar Georgetown University, Clinical Instructor in Department of Urology at George Washington University
Stephanie Seminara, MD
Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Maryanne Senna, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology | Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Jennifer Siegel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Director, Transgender Health Program | Massachusetts General Hospital
Kyle Staller, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Birru Talabi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Associate Program Director, UPMC Rheumatology Fellowship
Joy Tsai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Molly Wanner, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Dermatology | Harvard Medical School
Anna Wolfson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Vonda Wright, MD, MS, FAOA
President of Hughston Orthopedics Southeast in Lake Nona, Florida
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