PCOS/PMOS Awareness Symposium 2026 – Boston is a full-day educational program presented by PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association and the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
The symposium brings patient experience, clinical expertise and research insight together to help people affected by PCOS gain clearer answers, practical guidance and resources for navigating care. The symposium also gives healthcare professionals and researchers opportunities to strengthen their understanding of PCOS, examine persistent gaps and better align care and research with patient priorities.
PCOS is an endocrine and metabolic condition with reproductive health consequences that can affect health across life stages. The symposium addresses the need for better-informed care, more comprehensive support, stronger professional education and continued progress in PCOS research and treatment development.
Target Audience
The full-day symposium is designed for patients, supporters, healthcare professionals, researchers and partners interested in PCOS care, treatment, research and access.
A separate half-day adolescent program is designed for teens living with PCOS/PMOS and students interested in health, research, policy and innovation.
Topics Covered
- Patient perspectives and lived experiences
- Nutrition, GLP-1s and other medications
- PCOS across life stages, symptoms and health priorities
- Hair and skin symptoms
- Mental, reproductive and metabolic health
- Questions, care goals and next steps for provider conversations
- The PCOS/PMOS naming transition and its implications
- Patient priorities for care, research and treatment development
Course Directors
Skand Shekhar, MD, MHS
Attending Endocrinologist and Faculty Member, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, Section of Reproductive Health, Aging, and Metabolism, Division of Endocrinology
Sasha Ottey, MHA, MLS(ASCP)
Founder and Executive Director
PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association