AAGL Meeting 2011 - Padma Lakshmi
EFA Co-Founders Tamer Seckin, MD and Padma Lakshmi were prominent guests of the 2011 AAGL 40th Annual Congress on Minimally InvasiveGynecology in Hollywood, FL this past November. As the Jordan M. Phillips Keynote Speaker, Lakshmi addressed over 5,500 delegates on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. Bravely sharing her painful experience with advanced stage disease, Lakshmi encouraged attendees to recognize endometriosis for the growing women's health crisis it is.
EFA President & Founder Tamer Seckin, MD also presented a number of expert presentations, including "Stem Cell Theory & Stemness of Endometriosis: Rationale for Excision" during the AAGL Meet the Professors Roundtable and later, "Endometriosis: a Growing Societal Issue" in an important new session, the AAGL Hospital Administrator's Program. Dr. Seckin's "Critical Analysis of Reoperative Endometriosis" closed out the Congress, wherein he joined other panelists for the Endometriosis Research, Support & Education Panel.
The Foundation is extremely pleased to see endometriosis and surgical excision brought into the spotlight at this year's Global Congress, and is grateful to our friends at AAGL for helping EFA further elevate the disease.
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2nd Annual EFA Medical Conference
Founder Tamer Seckin, MD, Teams Up with Top Medical Professionals to Talk about Sex…and Endometriosis…Seriously!
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Over the weekend, global experts and opinion leaders on endometriosis came together from the realms of molecular science, research, industry, surgery and those struggling with the illness for the Endometriosis Foundation of America (EFA) Second Annual medical conference. Throughout both days of the conference, one significant message was clear: women are suffering, being misdiagnosed and continuously mistreated. Endometriosis is estimated to affect the lives of 1 out of 10 women, and although it may not be fatal, the disease holds devastating effects on the quality of life of a woman and all those in her life, personal and professional.