Menopause Management Who When How What
Michelle Jacobson, MD, FRCS(C)
Topics: Menopause
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Objectives
- Discuss recent recommendations on prescribing hormone therapy and the impact it has on treatment options for the management of menopause symptoms
- Develop an approach on prescribing hormone therapy and counsel on breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, venous thromboembolism risk
- Describe the role of local estrogen and hormonal therapies for treatment of the genitourinary syndrome of menopause
Faculty
Michelle Jacobson MD, FRCS(C)
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Toronto
Dr. Michelle Jacobson is a general OBGYN and menopause specialist at Women’s College and Mount Sinai Hospitals in Toronto. She did her residency at McMaster university and fellowship in Menopause at the University of Toronto, followed by a Masters of Health Science in translational research. Her research interests include women who are prematurely menopausal because of cancer therapy, and women at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer due to germline genetic mutations. Her goals include translating her research into accessible clinical guidelines to support widespread adoption of evidence-based care. She is the creator and director of the SOGC’s community of practice in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer and the primary author of the guidelines on the Gynaecologic Management of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Breast Cancer and Menopause.