The Menopause Society’s
2023 Annual Meeting
Midlife Women’s Health in the Era of Precision Medicine
Marriott Downtown Philadelphia, PA
September 27 – 30, 2023
for the 2023 Annual Meeting OnDemand
Overview
The 2023 Opening Symposium addressed Precision Oncology for Midlife Women. The program included interactive panel discussions and Q&A with the audience.
The main program focused on Midlife Women’s Health in the Era of Precision Medicine and provided comprehensive and exciting updates on today’s most relevant issues related to menopause and midlife women’s health. A new session that included interactive case presentations tested attendees’ women’s healthcare knowledge.
In addition to the main program in 2023 there were two pre-courses; Menopause 101 and Medical Breast and Genetics 101.
For those who were unable to join us for the in-person meeting in Philadelphia, you can still access the content from the Annual Meeting main program and Opening Symposium, the Menopause 101 course, and the Medical Breast and Genetics 101 course virtually through OnDemand.
2023 Annual Meeting Abstracts
Abstracts from the 2023 Annual Meeting were published in the December 2023 issue of Menopause. These include speaker abstracts, including those for the Menopause 101 and Breast and Genetics 101 courses, and those for oral and poster presentations. They are available below.
Award and Scholarship Recipients
Recognition Awards
Outstanding Educator Award
This award recognized a member’s excellence in menopause-related education of clinicians or the general public.
Recipient:
Sara Looby, PhD, ANP-BC
Boston, Massachusetts
Menopause Best Paper Award
This award recognized the best paper published in Menopause in 2022. The recipient is selected by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Dr. Issac Schiff.
Recipient:
Makeba Williams, MD, MSCP, FACOG
St. Louis, Missouri
A review of African American women’s experiences in menopause. Menopause 2022;29:1331-1337.
New Investigator Awards
These awards recognized the outstanding abstract submissions of four investigators who have achieved their degree within the past 7 years.
Recipients:
Meenakshi Goel, MD
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Ms. Annika K. Houge
Northampton, Massachusetts
Haley Miles-McLean, PhD
Baltimore, Maryland
Anita Pershad, MD
Silver Spring, Maryland
Endowment Scholarships
In 2023, the Irwin J Kerber Scholarship, established through a generous endowment to The Society in 2011, provided one medical student and one licensed nurse practitioner working in women’s health each with a 1-year Society membership for 2024 and complimentary registration to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting either virtually or in-person.
Recipients:
Erin R Dwyer, MS
Spokane, Washington
Casey G Foster, WHNP
Kingwood, Texas
Poster Prizes
The top poster prize was presented to Dr. Danette Conklin for the poster Racial Disparities Among Menopausal Women With Psychiatric Conditions.
Two runners-up were also awarded: Información Es Poder (Information Is Power): Menopause Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences in Midlife Latinas presented by Yamnia I Cortés, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA; and The Menopause-related Gut Microbiome: Associations With Metabolomics, Inflammatory Protein Markers, and Cardiometabolic Health in Women With and Without HIV presented by Yi Wang, PhD.
CME Information
The Menopause Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The 2023 Annual Meeting Main Program, Opening Symposium, and Menopause 101 and Medical Breast and Genetics 101 courses offer opportunities to earn continuing education credits or certificates of participation by attending the events in person or by participating in the OnDemand virtual offering. For nurses and other learners who need to report contact hours of pharmacotherapeutic education, there also will be the option to earn pharmacotherapeutic credits.
See the credit opportunities available for the 2023 OnDemand Annual Meeting.
Scientific Program
The 2023 Scientific Program Committee was chaired by Lisa C. Larkin, MD, FACP, MSCP. The Annual Meeting with the theme Midlife Women’s Health in the Era of Precision Medicine, was held September 26-30, 2023, at the Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There were two premeeting courses, including the highly successful Menopause 101 course and a new Medical Breast and Genetics 101 course and the topic for the Opening Symposium was Precision Oncology for Midlife Women. A new session included interactive case presentations to test attendees’ women’s healthcare knowledge and provided an opportunity to discuss various cases.
Menopause 101 Course
The 2023 course provided clinicians with a strong foundation in managing all aspects of menopause, from vasomotor symptoms and genitourinary symptoms to sleep, mood disturbances, and sexual function. The course focused on evidence-based treatment strategies for managing these menopause-related symptoms and provided attendees with information on how and when to prescribe hormone therapy, along with alternate nonhormone options including integrative medicine modalities.
Medical Breast and Genetics 101 Course
This new course addressed questions commonly faced by healthcare professionals about breast cancer risk estimation, options for average-risk screening, supplemental screening in women with dense breast tissue, and high-risk management strategies.
Opening Symposium and Main Program
The 2023 Annual Meeting provided comprehensive and exciting updates on the most relevant issues related to menopause and midlife women’s health. Topics included: cardiovascular health and obesity; bone health and osteoporosis; sexual health; nonhormone management of vasomotor symptoms; dermatology; rheumatology; selective estrogen-receptor modulators and the tissue-selective estrogen complex; dementia; providing trusted truths to menopausal patients in an online world of misinformation and disinformation; and much more.
For more information on the topics and speakers presented during the 2023 Annual Meeting, please review the entire Scientific Program here.
2023 OnDemand Access
For those who were unable to join us in Philadelphia at the in-person meeting, you can register and earn CME credit for the Annual Meeting main program and Opening Symposium virtually through OnDemand. You also can register for the optional Menopause 101 and Medical Breast and Genetics 101 courses through OnDemand. Access is available until September 26, 2024.
THIS SECTION IS HIDDEN: Featured Speakers
The Annual Meeting included presentations from the world’s experts on menopause and midlife women’s health topics including:
Monica M Christmas, MD, FACOG, MSCP—
Menopause 101 Course
Associate Professor, Director of Menopause Program Section of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences
Chicago, Illinois
Chrisandra L Shufelt, MD, MS, FACP, MSCP—
2023 Nonhormone Therapy Position Statement
Professor and Chair, Division of General Internal Medicine Associate Director, Women’s Health Research Center Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida
And many more – see the full speaker and topic list.
Registration Options
Think you missed out? There is still an opportunity to register for the 2023 Annual Meeting virtually through OnDemand. Members of The Menopause Society receive a discounted fee when registering. There is also a discount available to those “In-training” defined as those full-time students, residents, and fellows at a university or other tertiary educational institution.
Register today for the 2023 Annual Meeting OnDemand.