Update in Women's Health and Menopause
- Continuing Education
Elevate your expertise in caring for perimenopausal and menopausal women through WHAM, a comprehensive, evidence-based five-day curriculum led by nationally and internationally renowned experts. Gain cutting-edge clinical strategies, in-depth hormone science, and practical case-based learning—available in person or online with extended access.
- Live Online or In Person
This course is taught Live Online and In Person.
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Overview
The Women’s Health and Menopause (WHAM) course provides a comprehensive curriculum for providers to gain expertise in the care of perimenopausal and menopausal women from national and international experts in the field, addressing topics only superficially covered in other courses. WHAM provides detailed evidence-base instruction in the science of menopause, menopausal hormone therapy, women’s sexual health, women’s cardiovascular health, lifestyle medicine for women, the effect of estrogen on the brain, testosterone therapy in women, and the effect of hormones throughout a women’s body during her lifespan. We do not shy away from discussing cutting edge, controversial and off-label uses of hormone therapy to equip providers for the many questions that arise from the 50 million menopausal women in the United States that currently have only partial answers. WHAM 2026 will feature an expanded curriculum with a module on an evidence-based approach to integrative medicine, the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause and complexities in the care of women at risk for or living as breast cancer survivors.
The faculty presentation and case discussions will ignite your passion for excellence in the care of women during midlife and menopause. WHAM invites the very best speakers and most respected experts to deliver an exciting week of instruction. WHAM is a comprehensive five-day course/curriculum/mini-fellowship in women’s health and menopause care designed by a multidisciplinary team of national, international and Harvard Medical School experts. It addresses the need for comprehensive care of women in midlife and menopause utilizing evidence-based knowledge on a broad range of health topics, integrating hormonal changes throughout the body and the treatment of medical symptoms and disorders from midlife and beyond.
Our goal is to enhance your professional expertise in the comprehensive care of women, and the optimal care of women in menopause. This course will improve your confidence and competence as a women’s health clinician and guide you to improved clinical strategies for caring for women. The faculty has been selected from the most experienced clinical educators of Harvard Medical School and its affiliated hospitals, and the top nationally and internationally recognized guest faculty who are renowned in women’s healthcare. In addition to our in-person learning option, the conference is available as a live-streaming and recorded program for synchronous and asynchronous learning. Our virtual learning technical support team will provide outstanding images and sound quality. Presentations are focused, lively, and many are case based. All lectures and materials will be available online for viewing for a full 11 months after the conclusion of the course.
The format for the Women’s Health and Menopause course consists of morning and afternoon lecture sessions, Monday through Friday. With concurrent sessions in the afternoons. Each lecture is 45 minutes in length with another 10 minutes for a supervised question and answer session. Speakers are available at the conclusion of each session for additional questions and via email (email addresses are provided for most speakers). A bonus video library is available with content to supplement the main program.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize an overview of a woman’s lifespan and hormonal phases.
- Discuss new and innovative skills in clinical reasoning and problem solving around menopausal symptoms.
- Develop a deeper understanding of perimenopause and its management.
- Design management plans for prescribing hormone therapies in women including estrogen, progesterone and testosterone as indicated.
- Demonstrate knowledge of weight gain in menopause and the treatment of obesity.
- Describe the safety and risks of menopausal hormone therapy.
- Delineate alternatives to hormone therapy for symptoms of menopause.
- Demonstrate an understanding of Lifestyle Medicine and healthy lifestyle practices including nutrition, exercise, sleep, and stress management.
- Discuss the scientific basis behind current integrative medicine practices in the care of menopausal women.
- Discuss the impact, diagnosis, and treatment of sexual health issues in women including pelvic physical therapy, topical and systemic hormone use, and counseling.
- Discuss the unique considerations of caring for women with cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, metabolic, neuropsychiatric, and oncologic conditions.
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Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Massachusetts General Brigham.
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Monday, March 23, 2026
Welcome to Women's Health and Menopause Introduction
8:00-8:55 am
Break
8:55-9:00 am
Basics of HRT Assessment and Treatment
9:00-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:10 am
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: Individualizing Treatment to Optimize Health and Quality of Life
10:10-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:10 am
The Science of Perimenopause & Menopause,
11:10 am-12:05 pm
Lunch
12:05-1:05 pm
Perimenopause
1:05-2:00 pm
Non-CME: Using the Internet to Help Women
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
Prescribing Hormone Therapy for the High Risk Patient
2:05-3:00 pm
Non-CME: Intimacy and General Health
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Hormone Therapy Adjustments: Getting it Right
3:15-4:10 pm
Cutting Edge Women’s Health in Brazil and Beyond
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Advanced cases in hormone treatment (panel)
4:15-5:10 pm
Starting a Menopause Practice
4:15-5:10 pm
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Women's Heart Health and AI
8:00-8:55 am
BREAK
8:55-9:00 am
Menopausal Cardiometabolic Changes & Treatment
9:00-9:55 am
BREAK
9:55-10:10 am
Cardiovascular Disease in Women: sex-based differences
10:10-11:05 am
BREAK
11:05-11:10 am
Thrombosis in Women & the Effect of Hormones
11:10 am-12:05 pm
LUNCH BREAK
12:05-1:05 pm
Mind-Body-Spirit Management of Menopause
1:05-2:00 pm
Women’s Health and our international sisters- Global Concerns
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
Exercise for Midlife Women for Fitness, Health & Prevention
2:05-3:00 pm
Trauma Informed Care
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Culinary Medicine and Nutrition for Menopause
3:15-4:10 pm
Violence and Abuse Against Girls and Women: An International Scourge
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Mind-Body and Sleep (Sleep Behavioral Therapies)
4:15-5:10 pm
Global Advances in Menopause
4:15-5:10 pm
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Integrative Medicine in Menopause
8:00-8:55 am
BREAK
8:55-9:00 am
Gut Microbiome in Health
9:00-9:55 am
BREAK
9:55-10:10 am
HPA-axis Dysfunction, Testing and Adaptogens
10:10-11:05 am
BREAK
11:05-11:10 am
Dietary Supplements for Menopausal Symptoms
11:10 am-12:05 pm
LUNCH BREAK
12:05-1:05 pm
Mental Health & Menopause 1 - Depression
1:05-2:00 pm
Allergy, Immunology & Women's Health
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
ADD in Menopause and Perimenopause
2:05-3:00 pm
Osteoporosis/Bone Health
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Mental Health: PMS, Rage and Anxiety panel
3:15-4:10 pm
Rheumatologic and Autoimmune Conditions in Midlife and Menopause
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Gynecologic Malignancies and hormones
4:15-5:10 pm
Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome in Menopause
4:15-5:10 pm
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Estrogen and Health
8:00-8:55 am
BREAK
8:55-9:00 am
Estradiol and Impact of Reproductive Aging on the Brain
9:00-9:55 am
BREAK
9:55-10:10 am
Brain Fog
10:10-11:05 am
BREAK
11:05-11:10 am
Women’s Health Considerations in Gastroenterology
11:10 am-12:05 pm
LUNCH BREAK
12:05-1:05 pm
Breast Cancer and menopause
1:05-2:00 pm
Hair Loss & Treatments in Midlife
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
Menopausal Symptom Management in Breast Cancer Survivors
2:05-3:00 pm
Advanced Management of Hair Loss in Women
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Hormones in Breast Cancer Patients and High Risk Patients
3:15-4:10 pm
Skin Care / Aesthetics for Women
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Breast Cancer
4:15-5:10 pm
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy: Painful Sex & Incontinence
4:15-5:10 pm
Breast Cancer and menopause
5:10-6:05 pm
Hair Loss & Treatments in Midlife
6:05-7:00 pm
Menopausal Symptom Management in Breast Cancer Survivors
7:00-7:55 pm
Advanced Management of Hair Loss in Women
7:55-8:50 pm
Hormones in Breast Cancer Patients and High Risk Patients
8:50-9:45 pm
Skin Care / Aesthetics for Women
9:45-10:40 pm
Breast Cancer
10:40-11:35 pm
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy: Painful Sex & Incontinence
11:35 pm-12:30 am
Friday, March 27, 2026
Musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause
8:00-8:55 am
Break
8:55-9:00 am
Women's Health Update 2026
9:00-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:10 am
Optimizing Health and Fitness
10:10-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:10 am
You Are Not Broken: Intro to Sexual Health for Women
11:10 am-12:05 pm
Lunch
12:05-1:05 pm
Navigating Sexual Pain through Physical Exam
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
Testosterone, Arousal and Orgasm
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
My Best Sexual Health Advice
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Advanced Health for Women
4:15-5:10 pm
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Prerecording 1: LQBTQ+ Care at Midlife
8:00-8:55 am
Prerecording 2: Human trafficking: what clinicians need to know
8:55-9:50 am
Prerecording 3: Physical Therapy Orthopedic Examination of the Lumbar Spine, Pelvic Girdle and Hip
9:50-10:45 am
Prerecording 4: Cosmetic Surgery and Procedures
10:45-11:40 am
Prerecording 5: Migraines and Hormones
11:40 am-12:35 pm
Prerecording 6: Weight management and perimenopause
12:35-1:30 pm
Prerecording 7: POI infertility
1:30-2:25 pm
Prerecording 8: Pelvic Floor PT
2:25-3:20 pm
Prerecording 9: An Approach to Addressing Sexual Problems in Women
3:20-4:15 pm
Prerecording 10: Issues in Urology: Incontinence and Pain
4:15-5:10 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
Deborah Kwolek
MD, FACP, FAMWA, MSCP | Course Director
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Lead, Women’s Health and Sex and Gender Medicine Program
- Primary Care Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Director of Harvard CME Courses – Updates in General Medicine for Specialists + Women’s Health & Menopause + Primary Care Medicine
Veasna Ngoun
APC; Course Administrator
- Manager, Continuing Medical Education Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Special Projects Administrator, Sylvie Ratelle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center of New England, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Tara Iyer
MD, DABOM, MSCP | Course Director
- Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Mahmooda Qureshi
MD, MSCP, DipABLM | Course Director
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Mallika Anand, MD
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess
Caroline Apovian, MD
Member of the Faculty of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Allison Baker, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Suzanne Bertisch, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Ami Bhatt, MD, FACC
Chief Innovation Officer | American College of Cardiology
Former Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Chair, FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee Cofounder, Elevate Leadership Program | Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennifer Blake, PT, MS
APTA-CAPP-Pelvic and CAPP-Obstetric Certified Physical Therapist, Mass. General Brigham
Avrum Bluming, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, University of Southern California
Amy Bregar, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, MSCP
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Kelly Casperson, MD
CEO and Founder of The Casperson Clinic
Amy Colwell, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Amy Commander, MD
Medical Director, Mass General Cancer Center-Waltham
Director, Breast Oncology Program at Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Director, Lifestyle Medicine, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Helen Delichatsios, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD
Director of the Northwestern Women’s Bone Health Program in the Department of Ob/GYN, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Ob/GYN at Northwestern, and the University of Chicago.
Beth Frates, MD
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, FOMA
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, the former co-director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, board member of Obesity Action Coalition, founding member of the Massachusetts Coalition for Action on Obesity
Andre Vinicius Florentino, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Gynecology, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
Jill Goldstein, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Claudia Guillen, DNP, MS, AGPCNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Harvard Dental Center, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Massachusetts General Hospital
Colleen Harrington, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Transgender Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Frances Hayes, MBChB
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Heather Hirsch, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Kathie Huang, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Steven Isakoff, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc
Paula Johnson, MD Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School
Jewel Kling, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Emily Lau, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Melissa McNeil, MD
Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator, Brown University
Corinne Menn, D.O., FACOG, MSCP
Director of Clinical Innovation and Education at Alloy Health
Eleandor Nwadinobi, MD
Past President, Medical Women’s International Association
Andrea Reilly, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Melinda Ring, MD, FACP, ABOIM
Tina Trott Professor of Integrative Health
Executive Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University,
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Rachel Rubin, MD, IF, NCMP
Assistant Clinical Professor in Department of Urology at Medstar Georgetown University, Clinical Instructor in Department of Urology at George Washington University
Stephanie Seminara, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Maryanne Senna, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Jan Shifren, MD, MSCP
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Midlife Women’s Health Center, past President of the Menopause Society
Jennifer Siegel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Transgender Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kyle Staller, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Birru Talabi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Associate Program Director, UPMC Rheumatology Fellowship
Joy Tsai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Molly Wanner, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Anna Wolfson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Vonda Wright, MD, MS, FAOA
President of Hughston Orthopedics Southeast in Lake Nona, Florida
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