Linda Bradley, M.D. is an internationally recognized gynecologic surgeon known for her expertise in diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy, endometrial ablation, alternatives to hysterectomy, hysteroscopic sterilization and the evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB).  She is a gynecologist at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio, where she is the Director of The Fibroid and Menstrual Disorders Center and Director of Hysteroscopic Services.  She was recently elected to the Board of Governors at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2006-2010, and has been named as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Bruce Hubbard Stewart Fellow, which honors physicians with compassion and clinical care.  Among other accolades, she received the APGO Award, which honors physicians for resident and fellow teaching.  Dr. Bradley is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG).  Additionally, she is certified in advanced laparoscopy and hysteroscopy.

Dr. Bradley specializes in the evaluation, diagnostic testing, and surgery for uterine fibroids and menstrual disorders.  She has been very active in endoscopy for more than 20 years and her expertise in endometrial ablation technology makes her an innovative leader in the field of hysterectomy alternatives.  Female sexual dysfunction, menopause and contraception are her other areas of clinical and academic interest.  Involved in many multicenter clinical studies, Dr. Bradley is the principal investigator for two new hysteroscopic procedures currently in development for endometrial ablation and operative hysteroscopic myomectomy and polypectomy.

Dr. Bradley currently serves as an Editorial Advisory Board member for the Journal of American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and is President of the OB/GYN section of the National Medical Association (2006-2008).  She is also on numerous advisory boards and has been an invited lecturer at more than 300 local, national and international symposia, conferences and meetings.  Dr. Bradley has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and continuing medical education films, performed live telesurgery for many programs and has been interviewed extensively in radio, print and broadcast media.

Dr. Bradley earned a Bachelor’s degree in biopsychology from Vassar College before attending the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for her M.D.  She completed her residency training at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  She has completed an executive program in practice management from the Weatherhead School of Business, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Serdar E. Bulun, M.D. is the George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology, Friends of Prentice Distinguished Physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director, Division of Reproductive Biology Research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.  Dr. Bulun also serves as co-leader of Women’s Cancers and co-leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University, and is a staff physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois .  Dr. Bulun is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) in obstetrics and gynecology, as well as in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

Regarded as one of the world’s most innovative and effective translational researchers among his generation of physician-scientists in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Bulun has made substantial contributions to the understanding of reproductive endocrinology and particularly to the role of aromatase and COX-2 in the pathophysiology of endometriosis.  Among other noted achievements, he was the first to describe the full aromatase gene structure and was the first to successfully introduce aromatase inhibitors into the treatment of endometriosis.  Since 2003, Dr. Bulun has been serving as the Director of The Division of Reproductive Biology Research at Northwestern University.  Currently, five independent investigators and approximately 40 research scientists work on translational research related to steroid biochemistry, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, women’s cancers and implantation in this new Division that he founded at Northwestern University.  

Dr. Bulun is involved in many multicenter clinical studies as principal or co-investigator, and serves/has served as a regular member or ad hoc reviewer on numerous National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program scientific review panels, including:  Integrative and Clinical Endocrinology and Reproduction (ICER); Reproductive Endocrinology (REN); Biochemical Endocrinology (BCE), and other Special Emphasis Panels; Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR); Tumor Micro-environment (TME) Study Section; NCI-P01 (breast cancer); Specialized Centers of Research (SCOR) on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women’s Health; and, Endocrinology Review Panel.

Dr. Bulun currently serves on several editorial boards including: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism; Steroids; and, Seminars in Reproductive Medicine.  He is also a publication reviewer for numerous international journals such as New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Journal of Clinical Investigation, Lancet, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Molecular Endocrinology, and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, among others.  An elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) and the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS), Dr. Bulun has served as an invited expert, program chair, board examiner (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility) and/or speaker at more than 50 international and national symposia, conferences, workshops, courses and meetings, and his work has resulted in more than 100  publications worldwide.

Dr. Bulun earned his doctor of medicine from Istanbul University School of Medicine in Istanbul, Turkey.  He was trained as a resident in pathology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson .  Subsequently, he completed a four-year residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at State University of New York at Buffalo followed by a subspecialty fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas .   After serving as faculty at Parkland Memorial Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas for six years, he took the position of Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at University of Illinois at Chicago as tenured associate professor in 1999.  In 2003, he moved to Northwestern University as professor and founded the Division of Reproductive Biology Research.   In 2007, Dr. Bulun was invested as the George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology at Northwestern University.  

Steven R. Goldstein, M.D. is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of Gynecologic Ultrasound and Co-Director, Bone Densitometry, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine.  Dr. Goldstein is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) and the American Society of Clinical Densitometrist (ASCD).

Dr. Goldstein’s academic and research interests include:

• Ultrasound in gynecology
• Gender-specific medicine
• Selective estrogen receptor modulation (SERM) for postmenopausal women’s health
• Clinical management of perimenopausal and menopausal women
• Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
• Female sexual dysfunction
• Breast cancer chemoprevention
• Prenatal genetic diagnosis in recurrent pregnancy loss
• Postgraduate education

Dr. Goldstein has served as principal site investigator and/or principal investigator for numerous clinical trials in the area of women’s health.

He currently serves on numerous editorial boards including:  International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fertility and Sterility, Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, Journal of the North American Menopause Society and Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.  Additionally, Dr. Goldstein is a Board Examiner for the ABOG, as well as Chairman, Scientific Paper Review in Gynecology for the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s annual meeting.

Dr. Goldstein is a member of numerous international and national professional and scientific societies including:  the Board of Governors and First Vice President, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine; member of the Board of Trustees and Chair, Professional Education Committee, NAMS; and the Gynecologic Practice Committee, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG).  He has lectured at more than 350 international and national symposia, conferences, courses and meetings, and his work has resulted in more than 150 publications.

Dr. Goldstein graduated with honors from Colgate University with a B.A. in biology and received his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine.  He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York, New York and conducted post-graduate studies at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

Susan L. Hendrix is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a faculty member at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University.  In addition, Dr. Hendrix serves as director and principal investigator of the Women’s Health Initiative at Wayne State.  She is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG).

Dr. Hendrix has served as principal investigator and co-investigator for numerous clinical trials in the area of women’s health, including National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH/NHLBI), National Institutes on Aging (NIA) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) studies.  She is a member of several Data Safety Monitoring Boards as well as an examiner for the ABOG.

She currently serves on numerous editorial boards including:  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Annals of Epidemiology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of Clinical Outcomes Measurement, Menopause and Obstetrics & Gynecology.  Dr. Hendrix has been an invited lecturer at more than 125 local, national and international symposia, conferences and meetings.  She has published more than 200 journal articles, scientific papers, books and/or book chapters, and has appeared extensively in radio, print and broadcast media.

Dr. Hendrix is a member of numerous international and national professional and scientific associations and advisory boards, including:  American Medical Association (AMA), American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), American Urogynecologic Society, North American Menopause Society (NAMS), American Osteopathic Association (AOA), American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) and American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG). 

After receiving her undergraduate degree from Villanova University, Dr. Hendrix conducted graduate studies at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine where she received her Doctor of Osteopathy.  She conducted a post-graduate internship at Lansing General Hospital and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan.  

Richard J. Santen, M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia School of Medicine and the Evan Pugh Professor of Medicine at The Pennsylvania State University.  A noted scholar and researcher, Dr. Santen has received numerous academic awards including:  Special Research Fellowship Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), The Fogarty Senior International Fellowship Award, The Faculty Scholar Award from Pennsylvania State University, The Susan G. Komen Foundation Brinker International Award for Breast Cancer Clinical Research, The Robert H. Williams Distinguished Leadership Award from The Endocrine Society, and The William McGuire Memorial Lectureship, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.  Dr. Santen is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology.

An expert in benign breast diseases, Dr. Santen has contributed to the development of various endocrine treatments of breast cancer, particularly to the development of aromatase inhibitors. Working with a group of National Cancer Institute-sponsored researchers, he showed that estrogen could cause gene mutations that result in breast cancer. He currently investigates the basic mechanisms whereby estrogens cause breast tumor growth and is developing tools with which to evaluate the need for estrogen treatment in menopausal women.  Dr. Santen is currently and has been involved as principal site investigator and/or principal investigator for numerous multi-center clinical trials in the area of oncology, endocrinology and women’s health.  These include studies on behalf of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS), NIH, World Health Organization and the Department of Defense’s Program for Breast Cancer Research, among many others.

He currently serves as the Associate Editor for Breast Cancer Research and serves on the editorial boards for Steroids, Women and Cancer, Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and the Polish Journal of Endocrinology.  Dr. Santen also serves as an Ad Hoc Reviewer for numerous publications including:  Science, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Clinical Endocrinology, Endocrinology, Metabolism, European Journal of Cancer and Oncology, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Physiology (Endocrine Section) and Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Dr. Santen is a member of numerous international and national professional and scientific societies including:  the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR), the American Federation of Clinical Research (AFCR), The Endocrine Society, Fellowship in the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA), the American Society of Andrology (ASA), the American Society of Breast Diseases (ASBD), the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the Association of American Physicians (AAP), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).   Additionally, Dr. Santen currently serves a member of the Women’s Health Council of the Hormone Foundation, and a Council member and member of the International Task Force Committee of The Endocrine Society.  He has lectured at hundreds of international and national symposia, conferences, courses and meetings, served as an editor for many books and chaired and/or participated in numerous medical school activities including the development of the audio-visual teaching program in clinical endocrinology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.  Dr. Santen’s work has resulted in more than 425 publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and medical textbooks.

Dr. Santen graduated from Holy Cross College with an A.B. and received his M.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  After completing his internship and assistant residency at New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center in New York, Dr. Santen completed his senior residency at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Dr. Santen also received fellowship training in endocrinology at the US Public Health Service Hospital in Seattle, Washington. 

James A. Simon, M.D. is Clinical Professor, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.   He is also the President of Women’s Health & Research Consultants , Inc.  Dr. Simon is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), as well as by ABOG’s Division of Reproductive Endocrinology.

Dr. Simon’s academic and research interests include:

• Clinical management of peri- and post-menopausal women
• Female sexual dysfunction
• Osteoporosis
• Clinical densitometry
• Androgens and their clinical application in women’s health
• Clinical trial methods and analysis
• Contraception
• Reproductive endocrinology

He has served as principal investigator or co-investigator for more than 80 clinical trials in the area of women’s health and has received research grants from such noted institutions including National Institutes of Health (NIH), American Heart Association (AHA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

A world-renowned researcher and thought-leader, Dr. Simon has published more than 300 books, chapters, proceedings, original papers and abstracts, and has lectured at more than 400 international and national symposia, conferences, workshops and meetings.  He currently serves as a reviewer or on the editorial boards of numerous journals including :  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Endocrinology, Fertility and Sterility, International Journal of Fertility, Maturitas, Menopause, The Journal of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer, The Journal of Clinical Densitrometry, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Dr. Simon is a member of numerous international and national professional and scientific societies, including:  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American Society for Breast Disease (ASBD), American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), International Menopause Society, International Society for Clinical Densitrometry (Board Member), International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) National Osteoporosis Foundation, North American Menopause Society (NAMS) (Past President), Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR), Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), and the Society of Reproductive Surgeons. 

Dr. Simon graduated Summa cum Laude from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri with a B.A. in Romance Languages .  He received his Doctor of Medicine from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.  Dr. Simon conducted his internship and residency in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C.  In addition, he was a Fellow, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.