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

Medical City Dallas—Dallas, Texas

Disclosures: No financial relationships.

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

NYU Grossman School of Medicine—New York, New York

Disclosures: No financial relationships.

Holly N Thomas, MD, MS, MSCP—Secretary

University of Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

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

Mayo Clinic—Jacksonville, Florida

Disclosures: No financial relationships.

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 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, PhD, MPH, BPharm, FAHA

University of Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Disclosures: Grant/Research Support: NIH.

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, 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, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN

Massachusetts General Hospital—Boston, Massachusetts

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

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, CM, MD—Editor-In-Chief, Menopause

Massachusetts General Hospital—Boston, Massachusetts

Disclosures: No financial relationships.

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.