Every year, the Endometriosis Foundation of America hosts a patient conference designed to equip patients with all the tools and information they need to live their best lives with endometriosis.
Join a weekend of expert panels and patient discussions on the science and management of endometriosis.
Sample Session Topics:
- Menopause & Endo: Hormonal and Non-Hormonal Approaches
- Hysterectomy: When it Works and When it Doesn't
- Debunking Endometriosis Myths
- Talking to Your Employer about Endo: How to Request Reasonable Accommodations
- Surgery-first or IVF-first for Embryo Banking & Egg-Freezing?
- Inflammation & Food as Medicine
- New Research for Future Patient Care (Panel Discussion)
- Providers with Endometriosis: Advocating for Change from Within (Panel Discussion)
- Mothers & Sons: Having the Endo Conversation with Boys (Panel Discussion)
- ENPOWR Program Update: Adolescent Endometriosis Education
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15th Annual Patient Symposium
Endometriosis 2024
SPEAKERS
March 2-3, 2024 - 4W43 Building - 4 West 43rd St. NYC
KATHERINE BURNS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
ROBERTA KLINE, MD
ObGyn Physician, Functional Genomics, and Integrative Personalized Medicine Specialist
CHRISTINE METZ, PHD
Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
WHITNEY ROSS, MD
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgeon, Assistant Professor of OBGYN at Washington University
TAMER SECKIN, MD
Attending physician Lenox Hill Hospital, Founder and President of Endometriosis Foundation of America
Agenda
15th Annual Patient Symposium
Endometriosis 2024
UNDERSTAND YOUR ENDO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE !
DAY I: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Breakfast & Check-In | |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Opening Remarks: Why are we here today? Background & Introduction of Speakers | Tamer Seckin, MD |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Debunking Endometriosis Myths | Amanda Chu, MD |
| 10:00 am - 10:40 am | Multi-Organ Symptoms: Listening to the Voices of Endo | Patient Panel: McCall Huey, Liesel Lewis, Nicole Notar Moderaters: Tamer Seckin, MD, Dan Martin, MD |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Endometriosis Essentials with Excision | Tamer Seckin, MD |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Break | |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 pm | Endometriosis Treatment: When Surgery Works & When it Does Not! | Ted Lee, MD |
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | When to Preserve Eggs and Embryos? | Tomer Singer, MD |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | KEYNOTE: What I Wish We Knew in 1974: 50 Years of Change in Endometriosis Research and Care | Dan Martin, MD |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:45 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch with Lawyers: "Reasonable Accommodations: Understanding Your Legal Protections with Endo" | Laurie Berke-Weiss JD, MA, Alex Berke JD, Rosa Aliberti JD |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | How to Read and Understand Scientific Articles | Whitney Ross, MD |
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| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Endo Black: Empowering Endo Sistas | Speaker: Lauren Kornegay (Founder of Endo Black, Inc.) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Physical Therapy Q&A with Solstice | Panel: Kara Mortifoglio DPT, Erica Azzaretto Michitsch DPT, Emma Codman DPT, Claire Hamnett DPT, Rebecca Arkin OTD Moderator: Amanda Chu, MD |
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Endo at the Dinner Table: A Discussion with Patients and Their Loved Ones | Patient Panel: Ciji & Miguel Castro, Tracy & Stryker Lewis, Troone & Jill Marchak Moderator: Tamer Seckin, MD |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | "Together for Tomorrow" Social | |
*Program subject to change
DAY II:
Sunday, March 3rd, 2024
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Breakfast & Check-In | |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Starting from Breakfast: Food & Inflammation for Endo | Semir Beyaz, PhD |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | The ENPOWR Project: Adolescent Endo Education and Advocacy | Carolyn Mayer, Milcah Macatiag, Jacqueline Cecil |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Socially Endo: Promoting Education, Awareness, & Connection | Samantha Cohen, Ayesha Shand, Sydney Yiu |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Break | |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | Unlocking the Mystery of Your Genes: The Role of Genomics and Epigenetics in Endometriosis | Dr. Roberta Kline |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Keynote: The Science of Happiness | Daniel Lerner, MAPP |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:45 pm - 1:15 pm | (Presentation) Beyond the Taboo: Improving Care for Menstrual Disorders and Endometriosis in India | Georgina Harding, Tirukurungudi Santhanam Padmapriya (The Cycle & Sanitation First India) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:55 pm | Adenomyosis & Fertility | Pinar Kodaman, MD PhD |
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| 3:10 pm - 3:15 pm | Break | |
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Connecting the Dots: Closing Remarks | Tamer Seckin, MD |
*Program subject to change
15th Annual Patient Symposium
Endometriosis 2024
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