The Endometriosis Foundation of America strives to increase disease recognition, provide advocacy, facilitate expert surgical training, and fund landmark endometriosis research. Engaged in a robust campaign to inform both the medical community and the public, the EndoFound places particular emphasis on the critical importance of early diagnosis and effective intervention while simultaneously providing education to the next generation of medical professionals and their patients.
My name is Jillian Heaney. I’m 33 years old, born and raised in Staten Island, New York, and currently living in Philadelphia. My boyfriend and I have been trying to have a baby for more than three years. Endometriosis has prevented that…
A young girl, twelve, emerges from the theater mid-movie. She’s crying. She can’t take it anymore. She slides down the wall outside, markedly troubled. We observe scenes like this all the time. In films, they come after the…
I’m 44 years old, a nurse, and have Stage 4 endometriosis. My story is probably a little different than most. I didn’t get my first menstrual period until I was 16. I became pregnant at 18, dropped out of high school, had my son…
In 2014, I went on my seventh-grade field trip to a local science museum. What I thought would be a fun day out of school turned into a disaster. I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen, so intense that I became nauseous and couldn’t…
I got my first period when I was 13. I was at my dad’s house and yelled from the bathroom for my stepmom. I was sitting on the toilet when she walked in. “I started,” I told her. She opened the cabinet, tossed me a tampon,…
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR Dan Martin, MD., Scientific & Medical Director, Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound) PROGRAM DIRECTOR Tamer Seckin, MD., co-founder of Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound) PLANNING COMMITTEE: Piraye…
Recognition of endometriosis - Dan Martin MD
This month is Endometriosis Awareness Month and Women’s History Month. With this, the timing couldn’t be better for me to share my story. I have had painful menses for about ten years, with the most prominent pain in my lower back,…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC Hello everyone. This was a nice prayer of the morning, right? That was good, Lena. Thank you. Leah, thank you so…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC Morning, everybody. Welcome to our 14th Annual Global Patient Symposium. Um, our past three have been virtual,…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC How's everybody doing today? Are you guys okay? Saturday morning, spring is coming today, right? We got 50 degrees,…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC First of all, let me emphasize that there is ate uses as a concept, and truth of the matter is it's a condition…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC So I thank them for, uh, willing to basically start the conversation. They're gonna be speaking for you, so, um,…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC So I thank them for, uh, willing to basically start the conversation. They're gonna be speaking for you, so, um,…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC Hello everyone. I know I am amongst endo Warriors because there's a gluten-free table over there, and I was like,…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC Also have some similar lived experiences. So, um, this is our workshop description. I'm gonna talk you through…
Endometriosis 2023:Global Patient SymposiumTogether for TomorrowMarch 18-19, 2023 - Einhorn Auditorium, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC Hey everyone, how's it going? Uh, let's see this working. Okay, great. Um, thank you for that fantastic introduction…
