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Impact Report
Board of Directors

Chair
Denise Faustman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Immunology Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital

Immediate Past Chair
Gloria Sarto, MD, PhD
Professor, OB/GYN
Co-Director, National Center
of Excellence in Women’s Health
University of Wisconsin

Vice Chair
Nanette Wenger, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine

Secretary/Treasurer
Irma Goertzen, RN, MA
President and CEO
Magee-Women’s Hospital
Magee-Women’s Research Institute

Janet Belle, RN
Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Mary Berg, PharmD
Professor, College of Pharmacy
University of Iowa

Colleen Conway-Welch, RN, PhD
Professor and Dean
Vanderbilt University
School of Nursing

Kathleen B. Drennan
Chief, Global Marketing &
Strategic Business Development
Patient Quest, an Omnicom company
Gail Evans
Atlanta, Georgia

James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD
Senior Scientific Officer
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Florence Haseltine, PhD, MD
Founding President
Bethesda, Maryland

Janet Henrich, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine and OB/GYN
Yale University School of Medicine

Ellen Leibenluft, MD
Clinical Associate Professor Psychiatry
Georgetown University Medical Center

Celia Maxwell, MD, FACP
Assistant Vice President, Health Affairs
Director, Women’s Health Institute
Howard University

Carmen Sapienza, PhD
Professor
Temple University Medical School



Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Patient and Physician Surveys
The Physical Impact of IBS
IBS and Quality of Life
The Economic Impact of IBS
The Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment
Bridging the Gap Between Patients and Physicians: A Prerequisite for Progress
Educational Needs: Many Gaps
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Adivsory Panel
About the Society for Women’s Health Research
Board of Directors
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