EVENT OVERVIEW
The PCOS Awareness Symposium presented by PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association is the largest event dedicated to polycystic ovary syndrome. The PCOS Awareness Symposium features world-leading experts on PCOS and brings together clinicians, researchers, patients and their supporters to share their experiences, insights and the latest updates about the condition.
The 2020 Virtual PCOS Awareness Symposium will be a three-day event focused on the following themes:
- Day 1 – Sat, Sep 12th
(Recordings Available)
Fertility, Maternal Health, and Family Building - Day 2 – Sat, Sep 19th
(Recordings Available)
Lifestyle Management of PCOS - Day 3 – Sat, Sep 26th
PCOS Related Disorders, Adolescent Health, Support and Advocacy
PCOS SYMPOSIUM GOALS
For Patients — The PCOS symposium will help people 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
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!”
“One of the best symposia I have attended in my 30 years of doing continuing education.”
“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!”
“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.”
Get Answers from World-Leading Experts on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Featured Speakers - Day 3
PCOS Related Disorders, Adolescent Health, Support and Advocacy
Sasha Ottey, MHA, MT (ASCP)
Day 3 – Speaker
Creating the Solution for the PCOS Problem
Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA
Day 3 – Speaker
Ethnic and Genetic Differences in PCOS Patients and What Do They Mean
Anuja Dokras, MD, PhD
Day 3 – Speaker
Metformin and Birth Control: What You Need to Know
Richard Legro, MD, FACOG
Day 3 – Speaker
PCOS Genetics: What It Means for the Future for Personalized Care
Heather Huddleston, MD
Day 3 – Speaker
PCOS, Exercise, and Insulin Resistance: What Does the Research Show?
Daniel Dumesic, MD
Day 3 – Speaker
PCOS and Endometrial Cancer
Day 3 – Speaker
Risks and Solutions for Lean Women with PCOS
Helena Teede, MBBS, FRACP, PhD
Day 2 – Speaker
International PCOS Guideline
Hillary Wright, RD
Day 3 – Speaker
Using Nutrition and Lifestyle to Prevent and Manage Prediabetes and Diabetes in PCOS
John Barry, PhD
Day 3 – Speaker
Chronic Disorders and Mental Health in PCOS
Katherine Sherif, MD
Day 1 – Speaker
Provider/Patient Relationship: How to Advocate for Yourself and Build the Best PCOS Healthcare Team
Day 2 – Speaker
Lab Tests for PCOS: What is Important and What do They Mean
Day 3 – Speaker
Perimenopause and Menopause in PCOS
Mark Ratner, MD
Day 2 – Speaker
Inositols in PCOS — An Update on the Latest Research
Day 3 – Speaker
Inositols in PCOS — An Update on the Latest Research
Felice Gersh, MD
Day 2 – Speaker
Intermittent Fasting for PCOS
Day 3 – Speaker
Understanding the Role of the Microbiome and Chronic Inflammation in PCOS
Melanie Cree-Green, MD, PhD
Day 3 – Speaker
PCOS 101 For Adolescents and Their Families
Tania Burgert, MD
Day 3 – Speaker
Lifestyle Management of PCOS for Adolescents
