EVENT OVERVIEW
The PCOS Awareness Symposium presented by PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association is the second major event during PCOS Awareness Weekend in Orlando. The PCOS Awareness Symposium follows the Rise to the Challenge Gala on Friday, September 20th and proceeds the PCOS Challenge 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, September 22nd.
The PCOS Awareness Symposium features world-leading experts on polycystic ovary syndrome and brings together clinicians, researchers, women with PCOS and their supporters for a day of sharing experiences, insights and the latest updates about the condition.
PCOS SYMPOSIUM GOALS
For Patients — The PCOS symposium will help women and girls affected by PCOS become proactive about their health and discover strategies and resources to help overcome their symptoms and reduce their risk for life-threatening related diseases.
For Scientific, Medical and Healthcare Professionals — The PCOS symposium will help improve competence in the field of PCOS and address seven identified education and practice gaps. The PCOS symposium will also help improve performance relating to quality of care for women and adolescents with PCOS and patient outcomes.
PRESENTATIONS WILL COVER
- PCOS Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle Management
- Improving Fertility in Women with PCOS
- Preventing Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Other Complications in Women with PCOS
- Creating a PCOS Treatment Plan
- Integrative Care Approaches to PCOS
- Hair and Skin Treatment Options for Women with PCOS
- PCOS Awareness and Advocacy
- And more
Featuring World-Leading Experts on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
The PCOS Awareness Symposium Changes Lives
“This conference was the best resource of information for PCOS yet. Between the doctors, researchers, the advocacy, the information and all the pamphlets…Totally worth the price…
Very, very thankful I went!”
“This picks up and answers the questions your doctors can’t.
Don’t think twice, come to the PCOS Symposium. You will not regret it!”
“Thank you so much for a great event! I am grateful to have found PCOS Challenge and to attend the event. I learned more one day than in over 20 years of having PCOS.”
“PCOS Challenge and this symposium helped me learn so many new things about PCOS and how I can change my lifestyle to live a fulfilling life that is not inhibited by my symptoms.
I now have hope! Thank you!”
“One of the best symposia I have attended in my 30 years of doing continuing education.”
Meet Some of Our PCOS Symposium
Featured Speakers
Sasha Ottey, MHA, MT (ASCP)
Patient/HCP Topic:
The PCOS Movement: Creating Change Together
Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA
Patient Topic
PCOS and Hirsutism —
Understanding the Best Treatments
HCP Topic:
Preventing Cardiometabolic Complications in PCOS
Katherine Sherif, MD
Patient Topic:
Understanding PCOS, Diagnosis and Treatment Options
Mark P. Trolice, MD, FACOG, FACS, FACE
Patient Topic:
PCOS and
Your Fertility —
Bringing Baby Home
HCP Topic:
Addressing Infertility in PCOS Patients
Bruce I. Rose, MD, PhD
Patient Topic:
PCOS Hormones, Your Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation
Melanie Cree-Green, MD, PhD
Patient Topic:
Strategies for Managing PCOS in Teenagers
HCP Topic:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents —
The Time for Care is Now
Fiona McCulloch, ND
Patient Topic:
PCOS and Genetics — Taking on PCOS As a Family
Martha McKittrick, RD, CDE, CHWC
Patient Topic:
Demystifying Nutrition for PCOS
Angela Grassi, MS, RD, LDN
Patient Topic:
Cooking Tips, Healthy Recipes, and Creating a Meal Plan for PCOS
Julie Duffy Dillion, RD
Patient Topic:
Health at Any Size for PCOS — The Body Positive Approach to PCOS Wellness
Amy Medling, CHC
Patient Topic:
Practical Tips for Healthy Lifestyle Changes for PCOS
