Special Programs: Menopause and Hormonal Disorders

Longevity has reached an all time high for women. Although this has generally been welcome news, degenerative, chronic and often painful conditions are increasingly a part of aging with infringement on independence and quality of life.

The Center for Menopause, Hormonal Disorders and Women's Health is founded to evaluate and treat women at a critical time of medical need with a team of experts who are knowledgeable in the most up to date treatment. These interventions are increasingly important for women because so many effects of aging may be delayed. Menopause has become the adolescence of old age.

The Center for Menopause, Hormonal Disorders and Women's Health provides the following clinical services:

• Treatment of women with hormonal problems from adolescence through the childbearing years, menopause and beyond.

• Management of menstrual irregularities, lack of periods, excessive bleeding, management of hormonal or alternative therapies prior, during, and after menopause, with particular expertise in the area of premature and surgical menopause.

• Treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome, hormone dependent acne and excessive hair growth, exercise and diet related menstrual problems, evaluation of heart disease, osteoporosis, urinary incontinence and related problems.

The Menopause and Hormonal Disorders Program is led by:

Michelle P. Warren, MD Director Click here for office hours, insurance information, and more. Dr. Michelle P. Warren earned her medical degree from Cornell University Medical College. She is board-certified in internal medicine, with a subspecialty in endocrinology and has trained in reproductive endocrinology. Dr. Warren is the founder and Medical Director of the Center for Menopause, Hormonal Disorders and Women's Health since 1997. A pioneer in the effects of eating disorders and athletics on the menstrual cycle, Dr. Warren was the first to identify skeletal problems, including scoliosis and stress fractures that occur in young women as a result of menstrual irregularities. Over a lifetime of practice focusing on women's health, she has written numerous articles and textbook chapters and lectures and teaches extensively on menopause, oral contraceptives, anorexia nervosa, menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea in athletes, and osteoporosis.  She offers individualized treatment for perimenopause and menopause. She has published a book on sports and hormones. She conducts clinical trials and medical research and has been twice named best doctor by NY Magazine and named best doctor in America for 2004-2005.