Sixth Open Endoscopy Forum (OEF)

Save the Date – Open Endoscopy Forum at MIT Sept. 22-24, 2023

We are excited to announce that the Sixth Open Endoscopy Forum (OEF) will be held in Cambridge, MA, on September 22-24, 2023, after a three-year hiatus due to Covid-19. Please visit the OEF website for more information (updated often). Registration information will be available there soon. It wasn’t a coincidence that we selected today, #WomensHealthResearchDay, to announce the…

Experts take the conversation beyond excision surgery as the treatment for endometriosis

MIT event panelists discuss how science can help doctors better diagnosis and treat women’s diseases A panel of expert clinicians, scientists, and patients from the MIT community recently reacted to a screening of the endometriosis documentary Below the Belt and explained why excision surgery “is not the answer” for patients with endometriosis. Nearly 300 people attended the Sept. 14, 2022,…

MIT Events Illuminate Critical Need for Menstruation Science

Photo credit Ceal Capistrano “AI for endometriosis? If only there were data!” More than 70 MIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered in MIT’s Killian Court recently to “Stand Up and Be Counted (for Women’s Health),” with a strong representation of individuals concerned about gynecology disorders such as endometriosis and adenomyosis. An estimated 20-25 percent of MIT…

WBUR segment discusses ‘life with endometriosis’ and need for research

A recent segment on WBUR’s Radio Boston, called “Two women share what it’s like living with endometriosis,” opens with Boston University student Yaël Krinsky and her father Alvin describing Yaël’s yearslong journey with endometriosis and the toll it has taken on her and their family. The segment continues with host Tiziana Dearing interviewing CGR Director…