“Women with endometriosis experience real pain, deserve to be heard and believed, and to receive the best possible care. ACOG is committed to equipping our physicians with disease-specific education regarding diagnosis and evidence-based medical and surgical treatment as well as resources to help improve their dialogue and interactions with patients,” stated Ted L. Anderson, MD, PhD, FACOG, FACS, Immediate Past President of ACOG and Betty and Lonnie S. Burnett Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. “We are proud to work with these organizations and the endometriosis community to progress this critically important conversation for women’s health.”
About the Alliance for Endometriosis
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Endometriosis Association, AbbVie, HealthyWomen, the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS), GE Healthcare and Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) have partnered to form the Alliance for Endometriosis with a single goal: to improve the lives of people with endometriosis. By working together, listening to people impacted by endometriosis and understanding what the endometriosis community wants and needs, the Alliance for Endometriosis will create a program that we hope will reduce – or eliminate – the stigma associated with this disease and encourage more productive patient and physician conversations that lead to faster diagnoses and improved treatment options and experiences. If you have endometriosis or endometriosis symptoms, the Alliance for Endometriosis wants you to be heard, believed and supported. Learn more and share your experience with endometriosis at AllianceForEndo.com.
About Endometriosis
Endometriosis, or endo, is a disease where the tissue that forms the inside lining of the uterus grows where it doesn’t belong – sometimes on the ovaries, fallopian tubes and other organs found in the pelvic area – which can cause chronic pain.i Symptoms related to endometriosis vary, and some symptoms are associated with pain that can be debilitating and may interfere with day-to-day activities.ii,vii Common symptoms of endometriosis include swelling and period pain, as well as pain throughout the month and during sex.i Despite affecting one in 10 women of reproductive age in the United States,i endometriosis has been underprioritized as an important women’s health issue.
ACOG Media Contact
Megan Christin
+1 (202) 863-2423
MChristin@ACOG.org
Endometriosis Association Media Contact
Mary Lou Ballweg
+1 (414) 355-2200
MaryLou@EndometriosisAssn.org
AbbVie Media Contact
Raquel Powers
+1 (312) 550-2998
Raquel.Powers@AbbVie.com
HealthyWomen Media Contact
Stefanie Williamson
+ 1 (631) 754-0460
Stefanie@HealthyWomen.org
IPPS Media Contact
Georgine Lamvu, MD, MPH, IPPS Board Chair
Info@PelvicPain.org
GE Healthcare Media Contact
Kate Rodgers
+1 (262) 202-5430
Katlynn.Rodgers@GE.com
BWHI Media Contact
Monica Coleman
+1 (202) 787-5930
MColeman@BWHI.org
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