Amy speaks with Dr. Adam Duke about: —what endometriosis care would look like of he could rewrite the guidelines for care —what it was like to open his own excision practice in a more rural part of the United States —the importance of endometriosis advocacy in improving patient care 🎤WHO IS Dr. Adam Duke?🎤 Dr….
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Amy speaks with Julia Mandeville about: —her research —how a lack of representation affects Black endometriosis patients —her hopes for the future of endometriosis care in the Caribbean. 🎤WHO IS JULIA MANDEVILLE?🎤 Julia is the co-founder of the Barbados Association of Endometriosis & P.C.O.S. She is currently a doctoral student and as part of her…
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Amy speaks with Arti Shah about: —her personal experiences with cultural and social barriers to care —exciting initiatives that are improving body literacy and access to excision. 🎤WHO IS ARTI SHAH?🎤 Arti Shah (she/her) a content creator and a dedicated endometriosis advocate actively engaged in the endometriosis space in Kenya and beyond. Her conviction and…
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Amy speaks with Soha Wahb about: —her perspectives of being both a patient and healthcare professional to talk about the difficulties of accessing expert care —the lack of set criteria and unwillingness among the general medical community to distinguish true optimal care from suboptimal care —how the medical community in the region and worldwide needs…
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Amy and Brittany speak with Lori Johansson about: —gender and gender identity —ways to be more inclusive in our endometriosis advocacy. 🎤WHO IS LORI JOHANSSON?🎤 Lori is a nonbinary endo advocate with both endo and adeno, and as part of their position at public university, they facilitate a community engaged learning course that incorporates discussion…
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Updated 4/2023. Part 4 – But Doctor, It’s Not Psychosomatic! Amy and Brittany talk about: —‘medically unexplained symptoms’ —mental health referrals and stereotypes around being distressed about symptoms —results from a 2018 review which looked into how gender bias and gender norms have affected medical treatment 🔗RESOURCES🔗 For clickable links to the resources below, go…
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Updated 4/2023. Part 3 – Why Is Pain Dismissed in Women and People Assigned Female at Birth? Amy and Brittany talk about: —assumptions and stereotypes specifically related to women, people AFAB, and illness —a brief overview of the history of hysteria and some ways illness in which women were viewed culturally in the past 150…
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Updated 4/2023. Part 2 – Why Science Knows Less About the Bodies of Women and People Assigned Female at Birth. Amy and Brittany talk about: —why less is known about disease presentations and side effects for medications for women and people AFAB —some of the federal regulations in the US that led to this —some…
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Today, Amy speaks with Teniola Ongunro about racial bias: —how it can be one of the most detrimental and undercutting barriers for BIPOC in getting proper diagnosis and treatment —how doctors may have implicit and explicit biases —some ways it can affect healthcare and what we can do about it 🎤WHO IS TENIOLA ONGUNRO?🎤 Teniola…
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Updated 4/2023. Part 1 – It’s Not in Your Head. Amy and Brittany talk about: —how the sex and gender bias may negatively affect us —how it may be partially responsible for the long delay in diagnosis for endo patients —how we can face multiple biases depending on the identities we may hold 🔗RESOURCES🔗 For…
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