Endometriosis Specialist & GYN Surgeon Co-Founder of @endofound Advancing care through expert excision surgery, research, and education
New York, NY
Joined October 2009
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Hope is powerful. For many of my patients, it arrives long before any diagnosis or surgery, in the simple moment of being believed.
So many come to me after years of being dismissed or told their pain was normal. My first job is to listen. Your pain is real. Your symptoms matter.
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An incredibly profound event!
Your story and the latest research, in one room. That’s where change begins. 💛
Mark your calendars: EndoFound’s 18th Annual Patient Day returns March 6–7, 2027 in New York City and via livestream.
This year’s theme, #Endometriosis Across the Body: From Science to Lived Experience, brings patients, advocates, physicians, and scientists together.
Saturday is hands-on, with interactive workshops. Sunday is a full day of talks. Both days are built around you.
Make it a full weekend: our Medical Conference runs alongside Patient Day on Saturday, and the Blossom Ball closes things out on March 8.
Early registration saves you up to $60, but only through January 15. Can’t make it to NYC? Join us virtually.
🔗 Learn more and register: app.endofound.org/patientday
#endometriosisawareness #endosupport #womenshealth #endo
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I could not be prouder of our @endofound Team EndoStrong runners.
You came together and raised more than $400k for endometriosis & every one of you carried this cause through the five boroughs.
You ran for every patient still waiting to be heard. Thank you.
#NYCMarathon
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#Endometriosis got its moment in Parliament. Good.
Now I want less talk and more action: real funding, real training, real access to care.
Our patients have waited long enough.
#endometriosisawareness #womenshealth #endowarrior #endofound
“Unexplained infertility” Some of the patients I see were given that label before anyone looked for #endometriosis.
Normal tubes & normal bloodwork don’t rule it out. The inflammation I describe here can be present even when early tests look fine & endo is often missed on imaging
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If you’ve been trying without answers, and your periods have always been painful, ask your doctor directly: has endometriosis been considered?
Ask before you accept “unexplained.”
#infertility #fertilityjourney #endowarrior
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For more than 30 years, I have listened to women tell me their pain was dismissed.
That is why we started @Endofound & why evenings like this one mean so much to me. Last week we gathered as a small group of advocates, researchers, and doctors to begin something new.
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On the way to Blossom Ball in March, we are not just planning a party. We are building something together, one seed at a time.
Thank you to our hosts, #ElsieHewitt, Gracie Cashman + everyone in the room who made the pledge to plant seeds of change for the endo community.
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Ever wonder what #endometriosis researchers talk about when they’re off the clock? 👀
At EndoFound’s Seeds of Change event in NYC, @LilahPate got curious about where #endoresearch stands right now. We got to listen in as researchers from the @DrSeckin Endometriosis Research Center at @CSHL shared what they’re seeing in the lab.
Their answer: for years, the technology to truly study this disease didn’t exist. Now it does, and the team is ready.
One small seed of change doesn’t look like much. Thousands of them become a movement for awareness, research funding, education, and advocacy. That’s what Seeds of Change is about.
The event kicked off our six-month road to the Blossom Ball on March 8, 2027, and we can’t wait to watch what blooms. 💛
#endometriosisawareness #endo #endometriosissupport
Incredible week! So much progress is being made for endometriosis care.
We were honored to bring EndoFound to the ESGE Congress in Kraków!
Thank you to the gynecologic surgeons, clinicians, and researchers from around the world who stopped by our booth to connect and talk about the future of endometriosis care.
Our co-founder @DrSeckin also took the stage to give a talk, sharing his decades of expertise with colleagues from 85 countries.
Every conversation brings us closer to earlier diagnosis and better care for those living with endo.
#ESGE #endometriosis #endometriosisawareness #womenshealth #ESGE2026
Such an important reminder.
Healing begins long before the operating room. It starts with being heard.
For so many with #endo, the hardest part of the journey is not the diagnosis or the surgery. It’s the years of feeling dismissed. As physicians, we have to listen first.
Grateful to share this message with my colleagues at the 35th Annual @ESGEorg Congress in Kraków, Poland.
#ESGE2026 #endometriosisawareness #endosupport #endometriosis #ESGE
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You’ve probably seen the headlines about new tests that claim to diagnose endometriosis without surgery.
I get a lot of questions about them, so I was glad Maggie Astor of @nytimes asked me and my esteemed colleagues to weigh in.
Full story: nytimes.com/2026/09/29/well/…
A test can look impressive when it’s studied mostly in patients who already have #endometriosis. The real challenge is the patient in my office whose pain could be #endo or other conditions.
Until the evidence catches up, trust your symptoms & find a specialist who listens.
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T. Albertini asked a great question on my last post: why does #adenomyosis cause GI symptoms?
Many patients don’t mention their GI symptoms to their gynecologist because they assume it’s a separate problem. It isn’t.
If your pelvic pain comes with GI symptoms, they’re connected
Painful periods. Heavy bleeding. Pain w/ intimacy. GI symptoms.
This is what that can look like inside. My patient's scan shows extensive adenomyosis: a thickened, uneven uterine wall with heavy blood flow. She also had 2 children, both by C-section.
Your symptoms have a source
Not so long ago, women came through our doors in pain, asking for help, and were made to feel as though they had a sexually transmitted disease. Instead of answers, they were met with shame and suspicion.
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