FDA Expert Panel on Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women

Background: ‘Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has long been an important treatment option for women to alleviate symptoms of menopause, among other potential health benefits. Over the last two decades, however, HRT has been surrounded by confusing narratives about potential risks.’

Panelists: Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D. — Director, Center for Innovation in Brain Science, Regents Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Neurology, College of Medicine – Tucson, University of Arizona Kelly Casperson, M.D. — Board Certified Urologist, Expert and Advocate for Sexuality and Hormones Heather Hirsch, M.D., M.S., NCMP — Board-Certified Internist  , Founder and CEO, Health by Heather Hirsch MD Collaborative Howard N. Hodis, M.D. — Harry J. Bauer and Dorothy Bauer Rawlins, Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine and Population and Public Health Sciences, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Director, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Barbara Levy, M.D., FACOG, FACS, MSCP — Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Voluntary Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Diego Health Sciences, Chief Medical Officer, Visana Health JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., Dr.PH., MACP — Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School Mary Jane Minkin, M.D. — Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine JoAnn V. Pinkerton, M.D., MSCP, FACOG — Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division Director Midlife Health, The University of Virginia Health System, Past President and Emeritus Executive Director, The Menopause Society, Chair 2017 NAMS PS on Hormone Therapy Rachel S. Rubin, M.D. — Urologist and Sexual Medicine Specialist, Assistant clinical professor in Urology at Georgetown University Hospital Philip Sarrel, M.D. — Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine James A. Simon, M.D., CCD, NCMP, IF — Clinical Professor, George Washington University, Founder and Medical Director, IntimMedicine Specialists Vonda Wright M.D., M.S. — Orthopaedic Surgeon, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Central Florida, Founder & CEO- Precision Longevity