Presidential reflections: how we got here, where we might go.
Climacteric
; 26(3): 173-181, 2023 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2260858
ABSTRACT
Pieter van Keep was a founder and the third president of the International Menopause Society (IMS). He died, sadly, in 1991. Since then, every retiring president of the IMS has delivered the Pieter van Keep Memorial Lecture. This is an edited version of that lecture delivered at the 18th World Congress of the IMS in Lisbon, Portugal in 2022. In the article, President Steven R. Goldstein describes the path he followed that led him to the presidency of the IMS, including his original entry into transvaginal ultrasound, then gynecologic ultrasound and, ultimately, menopausal ultrasound. His was the first description of the benign nature of simple ovarian cysts, the ability of transvaginal ultrasound to exclude significant tissue in patients with postmenopausal bleeding and the significance of endometrial fluid collections in postmenopausal patients, just to name a few. However, it was his description of the unusual ultrasound appearance in the uterus of women receiving tamoxifen therapy that allowed his entry into the world of menopause. This, ultimately, led to leadership positions, and ultimately the presidency of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the North American Menopause Society and, finally, the IMS, all chronicled in this article. In addition, the article describes in detail the activities of the IMS during the COVID pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Climacteric
Journal subject:
Gynecology
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
13697137.2023.2166823
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