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ADVANCING THE ART & SCIENCE OF ENDOMETRIOSIS:
CO-FOUNDERS • TAMER SECKIN, MD & PADMA LAKSHMI
INVITE YOU TO THE EFA'S FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The Endometriosis Foundation of America cordially invites you to attend this symposium targeted toward a multi-disciplinary field of researchers, academics, scientists, surgeons and industry professionals to discuss initiatives and discovery as it pertains to Endometriosis. It is the mission of our Foundation to increase Endometriosis medical literacy and facilitate awareness with academia and individuals worldwide.
ESTEEMED FACULTY*
Presenters, Session Chairs, Moderator & Panel Members Include:
- Professor Mauricio S. Abrao, MD - Internationally renowned Laparoscopic Surgeon; Founding member, Brazilian Society of OB/GYN in Infancy & Adolescence; Member of Executive Board, International Society of Gynecological Endoscopists (ISGE); Director of Health Services, School of Medicine, University of San Paulo, Brazil.
- Joel Batzofin, MD, FACOG - Internationally recognized author, expert and pioneer in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology; Founder & Medical Director, Batzofin Fertility Services.
- Louise A. Brinton, Ph.D, MPH - Chief of the Hormonal & Reproductive Epidemiology Branch and Senior Investigator at the National Institutes of Health NIH Cancer Institute.
- Michael Y. Divon, MD, FACOG - Chairman & Program Director of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Lenox Hill Hospital; Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
- Professor Linda G. Griffith, Ph.D - School of Engineering Teaching Innovation Professor of Biological & Mechanical Engineering; Co-Founder & Director, the Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Ms. Lone Hummelshoj - International advocate and Chief Executive Officer, World Endometriosis Research Foundation; Secretary General, World Endometriosis Society; Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Endometriosis.org.
- Keith Isaacson, MD - Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital; Scientific Co-Director, Center for Gynepathology Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Pinar H. Kodaman, MD, Ph.D – Renowned author; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale University Medical Center; Co-Director, Hygeia Advocate Physician Network, Hygeia Foundation.
- Ms. Padma Lakshmi - Co-Founder, Endometriosis Foundation of America; Emmy-nominated Host, “Top Chef”; international model and award-winning author.
- Ms. Cindi Leive - Editor-in-Chief, Glamour Magazine; Member of the Board of Directors, the International Women’s Media Foundation; President ex-officio, American Society of Magazine Editors; EFA Second Annual Blossom Ball Co-Chair.
- Tanmoy Mukherjee, MD, FACOG - Renowned Reproductive Endocrinologist & Gynecologist and Co-Director, Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York; Associate Director, Mount Sinai Division of Reproductive Endocrinology; Recipient of prestigious Society of Reproductive Surgeons Award for Outstanding Research.
- Camran Nezhat, MD, FACOG, FACS - Internationally renowned laparoscopic surgeon and robotics expert, scientist and innovator; Stanford University Medical Center & El Camino Hospital of Silicon Valley.
- Farr Nezhat, MD, FACOG, FACS - Chief of Gynecologic Minimally Invasive Surgery & Robotics and Fellowship, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals; Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
- Elizabeth Poynor, MD, Ph.D, FACOG - Renowned gynecologic oncology surgeon and scientist; expert commentator, MSNBC, the Today Show and WCBS; former Director of Translational Research, Gynecology Services, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
- Harry Reich, MD, FACOG, FACS - Internationally renowned laparoscopic surgery pioneer; founding member, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons; Board Member, Foundation of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL).
- Adam Romoff, MD, FACOG – renowned author and gynecologist; Associate Chairman, Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency, Lenox Hill Hospital.
- Tamer Seckin, MD, FACOG – Founder & President, Endometriosis Foundation of America; renowned laparoscopic surgeon and Associate Attending Physician and Clinical Instructor, Lenox Hill and New York Methodist Hospitals; Chief of Gynecology, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center; Executive Board Member, International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy (ISGE); member, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy (AAGL) and many other prestigious professional societies.
- Michael Strongin, MD, FACOG - Associate Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Director of Gynecology at Lenox Hill Hospital; Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; prominent Obstetrician/Gynecologist, New York Metropolitan area.
- Diana L. Taylor, MBA, MPH - Managing Director, Wolfensohn & Co.; former New York state Superintendent of Banks; member of the Board of Sotheby’s, Brookfield Properties, Citigroup, New York Women’s Foundation, International Women’s Health Coalition, ACCION International, amFAR: the foundation for AIDS research, Columbia School of Business, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and Dartmouth College; EFA Second Annual Blossom Ball Co-Chair.
- Professor Hugh S. Taylor, MD - Director of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility; Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Sciences, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Director of Yale Center for Endometrium and Endometriosis, Yale University.
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