Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees are elected by the membership as leaders in the field of midlife women’s health. The Board is responsible for setting strategy and goals and ensuring The Society’s financial stability. Board members are required to disclose all financial relationships currently or within the past 24 months.

Group of three healthcare professionals reviewing information.
Claudio Soares

Claudio N Soares, MD, PhD, FRCPC, MBA—President 

Queen’s University School of Medicine—Kingston, Ontario, Canada 

Disclosures: Consultant/Advisory Board: Bayer, Diamond Therapeutics, Eisai, Otsuka, Idorsia, Pfizer; Grant/Research support: Ontario, Brain Institute, Clairvoyant Therapeutics, Eisai; Executive Committee Member: Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression. 

Cheryl Kinney

Cheryl Cox Kinney, MD, FACOG, MSCP—President-Elect 

Medical City Dallas—Dallas, Texas 

Disclosures: No financial relationships.  

Laurie Jeffers

Laurie S Jeffers, DNP, FNP-BC, MSCP—Treasurer 

NYU Grossman School of Medicine—New York, New York 

Disclosures: No financial relationships.

Holly Thomas

Holly N Thomas, MD, MS, MSCP—Secretary 

University of Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

Disclosures: Consultant/Advisory Board: Astellas; Grant/Research Support: NIH.  

Lisa Larkin

Lisa C Larkin, MD, FACP, MSCP, IF—Immediate Past-President 

Ms.Medicine—Cincinnati, Ohio 

Disclosures: Consultant/Advisory Board: Astellas, Bayer, Pfizer, Grail, Johnson & Johnson, Mayne; Board Member: HealthyWomen. 

Stephanie Faubion

Stephanie S Faubion, MD, MBA, FACP, MSCP, IF—Medical Director 

Mayo Clinic—Jacksonville, Florida 
 

Disclosures: No financial relationships.    

Monica Christmas

Monica M Christmas, MD, FACOG, MSCP—Associate Medical Director 

UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences—Chicago, Illinois 

Disclosures: Consultant/Advisory Board: FDA Bone, Reproductive, and Urologic Products Committee; Speaker Honoraria: Fertility IQ.  

Yamnia Cortes

Yamnia Cortés, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, FAHA 

The University of Iowa College of Nursing—Iowa City, Iowa 

Disclosures: Grant/Research Support: NIH, Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation. Advisory Board: Women Living Better (unpaid). 

Samar R El Khoudary

Samar R El Khoudary, PhD, MPH, BPharm, FAHA 

University of Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

Disclosures: Grant/Research Support: NIH.  

Carolyn Gibson

Carolyn Gibson, PhD, MPH, MSCP 

University of California, San Francisco—San Francisco, California 

Disclosures: Grant/Research Support: University of California Office of the President Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Systems Research, NIH/NCCIH; Consultant/Advisory Board: Astellas (unpaid). 

Ekta Kapoor

Ekta Kapoor, MBBS, FACP, MSCP 

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine—Rochester, Minnesota 

Disclosures: Consultant/Advisory Board: Astellas, Bayer, Estetra SRL, Exeltis, Womaness; Grant/Research Support: NIH/NIA. 

Sara Looby

Sara Looby, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN 

Massachusetts General Hospital—Boston, Massachusetts 

Disclosures: Grant/Research Support: NIH, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard.  

Holly Pederson

Holly Pederson, MD, MSCP  

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine—Cleveland, Ohio 

Disclosures: Consultant/Advisory Board: Myriad Genetics, International Women’s Health Academy. 

Isaac Schiff

Isaac Schiff, CM, MD—Editor-In-Chief, Menopause 

Massachusetts General Hospital—Boston, Massachusetts 

Disclosures: No financial relationships.  

Makeba Williams

Makeba Williams, MD, FACOG, MSCP 

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine—St. Louis, Missouri 

Disclosures: Consultant/Advisory Board: Astellas; Board of Directors/Trustees: Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Society of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology; Stock/Ownership: Bend Health.