Abby G. Abelson, MD, is interim chair of the Department of Rheumatology at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the rheumatology program director, chair of Workforce and Training at the American College of Rheumatology, and a course director of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Born in Cleveland, Dr. Abelson earned her degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed her internship and residency in Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland,…

Tommaso Falcone, M.D., FRCS(C), FACOG, is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He is presently Chief of Staff, Chief Academic Officer, Medical Director. Cleveland Clinic London. He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in general obstetrics and gynecology, as well as Reproductive Endocrinology. He is also certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Royal College…

Nancy Foldvary-Schafer, DO, is director of the Sleep Disorders Center and Fellowship Program at Cleveland Clinic. She is associate professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and staff member at the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute with a joint appointment in the Cleveland Clinic Center for Specialized Women’s Health. Born in Chicago, Dr. Foldvary-Schafer is certified by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology and…

Brooke Gurland, MD is a general laparoscopic and colorectal surgeon in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic. She has a special interest in evaluating and treating patients with functional bowel and complex pelvic floor disorders, including women with incontinence.She is board certified in general and colon and rectal surgery. Dr. Gurland is a recipient of the Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award by the American Geriatric Association for a multidisciplinary approach to…

Michelle Inkster, MD, PhD, is a staff gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic's Digestive Disease Institute. She is board certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine. A wife and mother, Dr. Inkster feels women's gastrointestinal issues have been downplayed over the years, largely because most gastroenterologists were male and as a result she has seen that female gastro health issues were not receiving the attention that they deserved. As a female gastroenterologist, she sees patients…

Margaret McKenzie, MD is an assistant professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. She is the director for Medical Student Education, clerkship director in the Department of Ob/Gyn, and a staff member in in Cleveland Clinic's Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Institute. Dr. McKenzie maintains a busy clinical practice, yet maintains active in student education and residency as well as community education. Her passion is health care for mid-life…

MaryAnn Mays, MD, is the Director of the Neurology Residency Program and a physician at the Headache and Facial Pain Clinic within the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic. She has many clinical interests, including migraine, menstrual migraine, women’s health issues pertaining to headache including pregnancy and menopause, tension headaches, cluster headaches and chronic daily headaches. Dr. Mays received her medical degree at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. She returned to…

Adele C. Viguera, MD, MPH, is director of research for women’s mental health of the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute. In addition to her research efforts, this mother of three continues to dedicate her time to teaching and mentoring psychiatric residents, fellows, medical students, and junior faculty. She enjoys listening to classical music and spending time with her family. Years of research, teaching and clinical activities have led Dr. Viguera to recognize that women have unique…

Andrea Sikon, MD, FACP, is the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and started the Primary Care Women’s Health Program for the Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic where she also started the enterprise’s Staff Mentorship Program. She is a National Certified Menopause Practitioner and Certified Densitometrist, practicing in both Internal Medicine and the Center for Specialized Women’s Health with clinical interests in Women's Health, osteoporosis, menopause, diabetes and…

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Those of you tanning or burning your skin this summer should stop — seek the shade, wear a hat and some sunscreen and, whatever you do, stay out of indoor tanning salons. It's a familiar skin-cancer prevention message, but it's coming from a new source: the office of the U.S. Surgeon General. Nearly 5 million people in the United States are treated for skin cancer each year, at a cost of $8.1 billion, the report says. About 63,000 cases are the most serious kind, melanoma, and about 6,000 of…

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