Dr. Noemie Elhadad, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, is spearheading the mission to close the doctor patient gap in endometriosis care. Get to know Dr. Elhadad’s work with the Citizen Endo project, which aims to give individuals with endometriosis the tools to advance research and manage their disease, in this exclusive interview.

Endometriosis patient, advocate, and writer Elle Hurley pens this urgent piece on why trauma-informed care should be the medical standard—especially for endometriosis patients. “For patients with chronic pelvic pain,” Elle writes, “exams can be clinically normal despite underlying conditions. For me, doctor appointments cause an anxiety spike because they are a continuation of this sense that my body does not belong to me.” Trigger warning: sexual assault. 

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