Why PCOS Patients and Family Members Should Attend

Sasha Ottey, MHA, MT (ASCP)

Sasha Ottey is Founder and Executive Director of PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association. PCOS Challenge is the world’s leading support and patient advocacy organization advancing the cause for women and girls with PCOS. Since its programs started in 2009, PCOS Challenge has quickly grown to nearly 45,000 members and has helped many women find answers that have helped them overcome their struggles with infertility, weight gain, anxiety and depression and reduce their risk for life-threatening related conditions. Sasha is a Clinical and Research Microbiologist. She is also Executive Producer of the national award winning cable television series, PCOS Challenge®, host of the PCOS Challenge radio show and Editor-In-Chief of PCOS Challenge magazine. Prior to founding PCOS Challenge, Sasha was a contract research microbiologist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Katherine Sherif, MD

Dr. Sherif is a leading expert on PCOS. As an internist in the 90’s, she was studying insulin resistance when she discovered a special group of women with exaggerated insulin resistance: women with polycystic ovary syndrome. She started prescribing insulin sensitizers in the 90’s based upon the work of Italian clinical investigators. In 2000, she co-founded the first academic center for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with Dr. Shahab Minassian. Dr. Sherif is also a top speaker and a writer in a number of areas including menopause, hormone replacement therapy, omega-3 fatty acids, and heart disease in women. She is author of Women’s Health in Clinical Practice: A Handbook for Primary Care and Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook.

Fiona McCulloch, ND

Dr. Fiona is one of the leading naturopathic physicians specializing in PCOS. She has been in naturopathic practice since 2001, after graduating from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and the University of Guelph (Biological Science). In 2002, Dr. Fiona founded White Lotus Naturopathic Clinic and Integrated Health. She author of 8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS and is the Naturopathic Doctor advisor to IVF.ca, Canada’s premier online fertility community. Her research based blog is featured by the American College for Advancement in Medicine. Her articles on the naturopathic treatment of autoimmune infertility and luteal phase defect were published in NDNR, one of the leading journals for naturopathic doctors and she has presented to other health care professionals on evidence-based acupuncture and fertility treatment. In the media, Dr. Fiona was featured in an hour long special on natural fertility on Wylde on Health, has appeared on A Channel News, a CBC Documentary, and has been interviewed by FLARE and Wish magazines.

Mary Spivey-Just, CPE

Mary Spivey-Just is an electrologist in Charleston, South Carolina and delegate for the American Electrology Association (AEA), the largest international professional membership organization for practitioners of electrolysis. She is a member of the AEA Advertising and Publications Committee. Mary is a 2015 AEA Gold Probe Recipient. Mary graduated from the Electrology Institute of New England in Tewksbery, Massachusetts and holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting from the University of South Carolina. Mary has transitioned from corporate accounting to become a proud and productive electrologist. Working with PCOS clients on a regular basis has allowed her to hear their stories, discuss their desires and perform treatments to assist them in eradicating unwanted hair. She endeavors to empower clients with information to make informed decisions. Mary’s motto is Educate, Educate and Educate.

Maria Horstmann, MBA, CPT, PNL1, IRC

Maria Horstmann is a Health and Insulin Resistance Coach, a Personal Trainer, and a Corporate Wellness Consultant. She left the corporate world to start Be Fab – Be You LLC to follow her passion to empower others to get their lives back by identifying what is on their way while taking sustainable and holistic health steps. Maria spent most of her life compromising her health until she realized her ticket to reaching full potential in life was a “healthy lifestyle.” She turned her lifestyle 180º; overcame pre-diabetes and chronic digestive and gastrointestinal. Maria creates personalized experiences and programs for single clients, groups, and organizations. Her programs, including a Blood Sugar Balancing Program, help people struggling with weight, fatigue, brain fog, blood sugar and hormonal imbalances, digestion, depression and more.