Reproductive Endocrinology

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
• Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
• Vice President Women's Health
• Associate Dean Women's Health Research

EDUCATION:
• Echols Scholar, University of Virginia; undergraduate thesis on hormones and human behavior
• Medical School: University of Virginia
• Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology, under the direction of Dr Samuel SC Yen at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

EDITORIAL POSITIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
She is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and Menopause and serves on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She is a past President of the International Society for Advancement of Humanistic Studies in Medicine and a former Director-at-large of the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

AWARDS AND HONORS:
• Board of Directors, Emory Healthcare, 2006-2009
• Board of Directors, University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association, 2007-2010
• Member of the Editorial Board of Endocrinology, 2010-2013
• Atlanta's Top Doctors, Atlanta Magazine, 2009, 2010

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Understanding the impact of psychological and metabolic stresses on the reproductive system and as a cause of infertility, as well as on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of her primary research interests. Another research focus is elucidating the genesis of the aberrant GnRH drive responsible for anovulation in women with PCOS. In addition, she is an investigator for the Women's Health Initiative. More recently, in an effort to better understand the panoply of effects sex steroids have upon brain function, she and her team have begun to define the impact using state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques. She is also clinically active in treating couples with infertility, women with endocrine disorders, and menopausal women.