Dr. Risa Kagan, MD, FACOG, CCD, MSCP is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and a leading expert in menopausal care and research. As a menopause consultant for the Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), she specializes in gynecology with a focus on menopause-related health issues, bone and female sexual health, and female cancer survivorship. Dr. Kagan has been published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and serves on the editorial board of Menopause and the Journal of The Menopause Society previously called the  North American Menopause Society (NAMS). She is also an ad hoc reviewer for numerous other peer-reviewed journals, contributing significantly to the field of women's health.

Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg is the chief of the division of behavioral medicine at MacDonald Women’s Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Professor in Reproductive Biology, Urology and Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. Her areas of clinical specialization include female sexual disorders, menopause, pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders, and psychological aspects of infertility.

Dr. Kingsberg’s primary research interests are in treatments for female sexual disorders, genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and reproductive mental health. She is an Associate Editor for Sexual Medicine Reviews and sits on the editorial boards of the journals Menopause and Climacteric.  She has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and numerous book chapters and has co-edited a multidisciplinary textbook on treating female sexual disorders.

Dr. Kingsberg is a past president of The Menopause Society and The International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. She currently serves as the Advocacy Committee Chair for both of these organizations.

Dr. Soares is a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Queen’s University School of Medicine in Kingston, Ontario – Canada. He currently serves as Director for the Centre for Psychedelic Heath and Research at Providence Care Hospital & Queen’s University, Executive Lead for the Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression (CAN-BIND) and Regional Lead for Mental Health and Addictions, Ontario Health East.

Dr. Soares trained as a psychiatrist, completed his Ph.D. on estrogen effects for the management of depression in midlife women and pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

His research has focused on the design and implementation of clinical trials in depression, with a primary focus on novel hormonal and non-hormonal options for midlife women experiencing mood and anxiety disorders, vasomotor symptoms, and sleep problems.  He is currently the president of the  Menopause Society.

His work has also explored  digital health technologies for treatment monitoring and relapse prevention in depression and sleep disturbances, and the role of psychedelics for the management of psychiatric disorders and existential distress in late-stage cancer.

He is a sought-after educator with more than 240 presentations at national and international meetings and more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of mood disorders and women’s mental health, including JAMA, Nature, American Journal of Psychiatry, among others. His body of work has more than 13,000 citations to date.

Dr. Denise M. Millstine, MD, is a physician specializing in women's health and integrative medicine at Mayo Clinic. Her expertise spans menopause management, narrative medicine, and using literature to enhance health understanding and empathy. As Director of the Section of Integrative Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Dr. Millstine researches various topics, including non-hormonal menopause treatments, integrative oncology care, and mind-body approaches in healthcare. She is also passionate about public health education, contributing to the Mayo Clinic Health Letter, directing the Women's Health blog for Mayo Clinic Press, and hosting the "Mayo Clinic Read. Talk. Grow." podcast. Dr. Millstine's work combines traditional medical practices with integrative therapies, emphasizing a holistic approach to patient care and shared decision-making.

Dr. Annie Fenn is a physician, chef, and author of The Brain Health Kitchen: Preventing Alzheimer’s Through Food (Artisan 2023), a science-based cookbook and care manual for the brain. She founded the Brain Health Kitchen, the only cooking school of its kind focused exclusively on helping people prevent cognitive decline through food and lifestyle. After twenty years as a board-certified ob-gyn, she traded in her stethoscope for an apron to pursue her passion for the culinary arts. But it was her mother's diagnosis with dementia that helped Fenn find her path and her new calling, one that enabled her to not only help her mother but also create significant and meaningful impact for others.

Dr. Fenn hosts Brain Health Retreats in Italy, Mexico and Costa Rica. She writes Brain Health Kitchen, a twice-weekly newsletter on Substack to a large community of food-loving brain health enthusiasts where she provides cooking classes, in-depth lifestyle guides, and recipes. Dr. Fenn is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Cincinnati and Harvard University where she lectures young adults and medical students about brain health. Fenn lives in Jackson, Wyoming where she enjoys skiing, cycling, foraging for mushrooms and berries, and exploring the Teton mountains with her husband and dogs.

Dr. Chrisandra L. Shufelt, MD, MS, FACP, NCMP, is a women’s health internist and certified menopause practitioner with fellowship training in vascular biology and women’s health. She is chair of the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Women’s Health Research Center associate director at Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Shufelt has specific research interests in hypothalamic amenorrhea in young women and its impact on immune and vascular health. She has published more than 200 articles in the area of women’s health and co-authored several scientific position statements on menopause and hormone therapy.

Sydney Larkin Proffer MD, MS is a current Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cosmetics Fellow at Northwestern Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Middlebury College in neuroscience and mathematics, and her Master's degree in Health Care Delivery from Arizona State University. She completed her medical degree at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, internal medicine internship at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and dermatology residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She is a peer reviewer for several Dermatologic Surgery journals and has numerous peer-reviewed publications which span her research expertise in dermato-oncology, cosmetics, exosomes, hair loss, and skin cancer reconstruction. She is an active member of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery, American Academy of Dermatology, and others. She serves in numerous leadership positions including the Board of Directors of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and Advocacy, and is previous board member to the Mayo Clinic O'leary Society, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, and American Medical Women’s Association. She serves as an ASDSA advocacy ambassador, Fellow Lead to the ASDS International Traveling Mentorship & Fellowship Recognition committee, and frequently volunteers her time through the Women’s Derm Society. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and playing tennis.

Mary Jane Minkin, MD, FACOG is a clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine. She has been in private practice in New Haven (CT) for more than 40 years and is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She practices at Yale-New Haven Hospital.