Leadership

Sandra Carson MD

Sandra is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island.  Dr. Carson is a Diplomat of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is Head of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Division and a Director of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has been President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and a past Vice-President of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). She has been a consultant to the FDA Center of Devices and Radiological Health since 1987 and is the Chairman of the FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee.

Bertha Chen MD

Bertha is the Co-Director of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, an Associate Professor in the Department of Ob/Gyn and Associate Professor, by courtesy, in the Department of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine. In addition to being a clinical urogynecologist, she also has extensive research experience on extracellular matrix metabolism of the female pelvic floor. She has published extensively on the molecular abnormalities in collagen and elastin metabolism in pelvic floor disorders.

Sheryl A. Kingsberg Ph.D.

Sheryl is Chief, Division of Behavioral Medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, MacDonald Women's Hospital and is Professor, Department of Reproductive Biology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is the Immediate Past President of ISSWSH, International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. From 2006-2009 she served on the Executive Council of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART) and is past Chairman, Sexuality Special Interest Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).

Leah Millheiser MD

Leah is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of OB/GYN at Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Women’s Sexual Health Program at Stanford University Medical Center. Leah has received several honors and awards in her field, including ACOG/Boehringer Ingelheim Research Award in Female Sexual Dysfunction, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2008), Excellence in Education, Stanford University School of Medicine (2008), and received a Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholarship from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Children Health and Human Development NIH/NICHD (2004-2008)

Rachel Pauls MD

Rachel N Pauls, MD, FACOG, is a Urogynecologist and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeon. In addition to her practice with Cincinnati Urogynecology Associates, she is Co-Director of the Women’s Center for Specialized Care, and Director of Clinical Research, Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Pauls' research is widely published and cited; she is a peer-reviewer for 7 journals and sits on the editorial board of The Journal of Sexual Medicine.