Harvard Women’s Health and Menopause 2025

Women’s Health and Menopause 2025

Dates: Monday, March 24 – Friday, March 28, 2025
Format: In-Person (Harvard) & Live-Streamed Virtual Option

📌 Course Overview

The Women’s Health and Menopause 2025 course is a five-day intensive program developed by Harvard Medical School experts and a multidisciplinary faculty of nationally recognized clinicians. The program provides an evidence-based and comprehensive update in women’s health, midlife, and menopause care.

This conference covers:

Perimenopausal & menopausal transition

Hormonal & non-hormonal menopausal treatments

Use of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone in women

Lifestyle medicine (nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress)

Women’s cardiology, brain health, bone health

Sexual health & intimacy

Oncology, dermatology, gastroenterology, psychiatry & more

All sessions are available for rewatch for 11 months after the course, ensuring long-term access and learning flexibility.

🎯 Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand the phases of a woman’s hormonal lifespan.

Apply clinical reasoning to menopausal symptoms.

Develop management strategies for perimenopause.

Prescribe hormone therapies (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone).

Recognize risks, benefits, and alternatives to menopausal hormone therapy.

Address obesity and weight gain during menopause.

Apply lifestyle medicine for long-term health.

Improve care in sexual health, pelvic PT, counseling, and LGBTQ inclusivity.

Manage women’s cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, dermatologic, metabolic, psychiatric, and oncologic health issues.

👩‍⚕️ Who Should Attend

Internal Medicine Physicians

Family Medicine Physicians

OB/GYN Specialists

Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants

Nurses, Social Workers, Allied Health Professionals

Mental Health Professionals

Specialty Physicians

🗓 Course Schedule Highlights
Day 1 – March 24, 2025

Why Estrogen Matters – Avrum Bluming, MD

Science of Perimenopause & Menopause – Kathryn Martin, MD

Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause – Jan Shifren, MD

Hormone Therapy: Prescribing & Adjustments – Heather Hirsch, MD

Advanced Hormone Treatment Cases (Panel) – Hirsch, Cabeca, Kwolek

Day 2 – March 25, 2025

Migraines & Hormones – Pelin Batur, MD

Cardiometabolic Changes & Treatment – Emily Lau, MD

Cardiovascular Disease in Women – Colleen Harrington, MD

Lifestyle Medicine: Stress, Exercise & Nutrition – Qureshi, Frates, Delichatsios

Weight Gain & Prescribing Weight Loss Meds – Tara Iyer, MD

Day 3 – March 26, 2025

Osteoporosis & Menopausal Bone Loss – Joy Tsai, MD & Heather Hirsch, MD

Infertility & Assisted Fertility – Frances Hayes, MBBCH

Rheumatic Disease & Autoimmunity – Marcy Bolster, MD

Mental Health & Menopause – Hadine Joffe, MD

Estradiol & Brain Aging – Jill Goldstein, PhD

Sleep in Women – Suzanne Bertisch, MD

Trauma-Informed Care & Human Trafficking – Andrea Reilly, MD

Day 4 – March 27, 2025

Comprehensive Women’s Healthcare: Why Sex & Gender Matter – Kwolek & Nwadinobi

Gastroenterology in Women – Kyle Staller, MD

Allergy, Immunology & Women’s Health – Anna Wolfson, MD

Breast Cancer & Menopause Care in Survivors – Isakoff, Iyer

Skin Care, Aesthetics, and Gynecologic Malignancies – Wanner, Bregar, Constantino

Day 5 – March 28, 2025

Oxytocin Science & Intimacy (Non-CME) – Anna Cabeca, DO

Sexual Health, Pain & Pelvic PT – Kling, Rubin, Blake

Sports Medicine & Gender Considerations – Kimberly Templeton, MD

Cosmetic Surgery & Procedures – Amy Colwell, MD

Study Hall (Special Topics):

LGBTQ Issues & Menopause

Human Trafficking Awareness

Orthopedic Examination (PT Focus)

Arousal & Orgasm Approaches

Testosterone & Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

Healthy Cooking for Menopause

📚 Key Benefits

Direct access to Harvard Medical School and nationally recognized faculty.

Evidence-based, practical strategies for clinical application.

Flexible format: in-person or live-streamed with post-course replay access.

Comprehensive coverage of hormonal, lifestyle, and multidisciplinary aspects of women’s health.