About the Authors of OBOS Menopause

Judy Norsigian, executive director and co-founder of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (which does business under the name Our Bodies Ourselves), is a co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause.

Judy speaks and writes frequently on a wide range of women's health concerns, including abortion and contraception, sexually transmitted infections, genetics and reproductive technologies, tobacco and women, women and health care reform, and midwifery advocacy. She has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs, including OPRAH, the TODAY show, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE EARLY SHOW and NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. She served on the board of the National Women's Health Network for 14 years and currently serves as a board member for Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. She is also a member of the Steering Committee for the Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment.

Judy is a founder and longtime board member of Community Works, which raises funds for Boston area social change organizations through payroll charitable giving deduction programs. Her personal recognitions include: the Public Service Award from the Massachusetts Public Health Association (1989); Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from Worcester State College (1994); Radcliffe College Alumnae Association Annual Recognition Award (1995); induction into the Boston YWCA's Academy of Women Achievers (1996); and the 2002 Massachusetts Health Council Award.

Marcie K. Richardson, M.D. :

Dr. Richardson is a board certified clinical instructor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital, and practices medicine at both Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Beth Israel Hospital. She is co-director for the Harvard Vanguard Menopause Consultation Services and the assistant director of OB/GYN for clinical quality. Dr. Richardson is on the executive committee for the department of OB/GYN for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Currently, she is a consultant for Proctor and Gamble on the subject of female sexual dysfunction, and is board liaison for the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) e-newsletter, Menopause Flashes.

Degrees:

M.D., University of California, San Diego
M.A., Biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
B.A., Biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Associations:

Assistant Director of OB/GYN for Clinical Quality, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Co-Director, Harvard Vanguard Menopause Consultation Service
Clinical Instructor, OB/GYN, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital
Associate, OB/GYN, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
Medical Advisory Board, Mass NARAL
Member, Physicians for Reproductive Health Choice and Health
Charter Member, American Academy of Breast Feeding Medicine
Medical Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Abortion and Reproductive Action League
Executive Committee, Department of OB/GYN, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Advisory Board, Harvard Women's Health Watch
Editorial Board, Menopause and Menopause Management
Board of Trustees member and secretary of the board, North American Menopause Society and credentialed NAMS menopause practitioner

Awards:

Fellow, American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Publications:

Author/Co-Author, chapters, editorials, articles Pediatrics, Menopause, Journal of General Internal Medicine, HMO Practice
Contributor to Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause