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Publications:

Media appearances include:

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Speaking engagementsContact us for your conference needs, or to schedule a presentation or a training seminar:

2023

  • Managing Sexpectations After Breast Cancer.  Webinar by the Friedman Center, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY.  September 14, 2023.
  • Reclaiming Sexuality Before and After Cancer Treatment or Risk-Reducing Surgery.  The Be Informed lecture series by NYBRA.com, May 1, 2023
  • Embracing My Healthy Sexual Self.  Alpha Sigma Alpha Gamma Clio Chapter.  State University of New York (SUNY), Cortland, NY.  March 27, 2023
  • Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in the OBGYN Setting.  Grand Rounds, NuvanceHealth, Poughkeepsie, NY.  March 09, 2023.

2020

  • Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in the OBGYN Setting.  Grand Rounds, Northwell Health, Huntington Hospital, Huntington, NY.  December 18, 2020.
  • Emotional, Physical, and Legal Issues of Intimate Relationships and Sexuality: Sexual Dysfunction, Pain Disorders, and Impact of Dating and Sexuality in Separation and Divorce.  Webinar, from New York, April 20, 2020.

2015

  • Sexuality, Intimacy and Relationships. The Mount Sinai Women-to-Women Program.  Mount Sinai University Hospital, New York, NY, September 16, 2015
  • Women, Wisdom & Wellness (breast cancer support group).  The Tisch Cancer Institute.  Mount Sinai University Hospital, New York, NY, September 16, 2015
  • Sexuality, Intimacy and Relationships. The Mount Sinai Breast Health Resource Program.  Mount Sinai University Hospital, New York, NY, January 29, 2015

2014

  • Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in the OBGYN Setting.  Grand Rounds, OBGYN Department, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, December 2014
  • Sexuality, Intimacy and Relationships. The Women, Wisdom and Wellness Program.  Mount Sinai University Hospital, New York, NY, August 5, 2014
  • Sex and Multiple Sclerosis.  The Winthrop Neuroscience Medical PC, Women’s Multiple Sclerosis Support Group . Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY, February 6,  2014

2013

  • Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in the OBGYN setting.  Suffolk County OB/GYN Society Inc., Smithtown, NY, May 15, 2013
  • Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in the OBGYN setting.  Nassau County OB/GYN Society Inc., Mineola, NY, March 18, 2013

2012

  • Sex and Our Body After Gynecologic Cancer.  Women-to-Women, Gynecologic Oncology Support Program at the Mount Sinai Hospital.  New York, NY, September 29, 2012

2009

  • Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in the OBGYN setting.  Grand Rounds, OBGYN Department, Huntington Hospital.  Huntington, NY, November 20, 2009
  • Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in the OBGYN setting.  Annual Symposium: Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Winthrop University Hospital, Department of of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Mineola, NY, November 13, 2009
  • Managing Female Sexual Dysfunction in the psychiatric setting. Clinical Training Lecture Series.  Payne Whitney Women’s Program. Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, October 29, 2009
  • Managing Female Sexual Health in the Medical Setting.  Grand Rounds, Family Medicine Residency Program.  Mount Sinai Schoold of Medicine, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica NY, January 8, 2009

2008

  • Sexuality and Vaginismus.  Guest lecture, Human Sexuality course, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 3 December 2008
  • S-MID: Sexuality and Media Identity Disorder.  Presented at the XVIII. DGSS Conference on Social Scientific Sexuality Research.  Munich, Germany, November 7-9, 2008

2006

  • Vaginismus and Female Sexual Health. Presented to the staff at the Sex and Couple Therapy Services of the McGill University Health Center. McGill University, Montreal, Canada, November 21, 2006
  • Vaginismus and Female Sexual Health. Presented to undergraduate students taking a Human Sexuality course at the Department of Psychology, McGill University McGill University, Montreal, Canada, November 21, 2006
  • Female Sexual Health – a Clinical Perspective. Presented to the Women’s Evaluation Clinic of Payne Whitney Women’s Program, Psychiatry Department, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, May 4, 2006
  • Female Sexual Dysfunction – a Clinical Perspective. 29th Annual Clinic Day Symposia – Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Suffolk County, April 12, 2006, Islandia (Long Island) NY
  • Female Sexual Dysfunction. Presented at the quarterly meeting of the Long Island Nurses. Farmingdale, NY, March 23, 2006

2005

  • Vaginismus, Dyspareunia, and Vulvodynia. Presented to the Women’s Evaluation Clinic of Payne Whitney Women’s Program, Psychiatry Department, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, January 13, 2005

2004

  • Female Sexual Health. In-service presentation to the Women’s Health Interest Group, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. New York, NY, April 26, 2004
  • Perineal Health Before, During, and After Vaginal Radiation. In-service presentation to the Radiology-Oncology staff of Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, January 30, 2004

2003

  • Female Sexual Dysfunction: presented at the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) meeting titled “The Female Patient” in New York, NY, November 15, 2003.

Women’s Sexual Health: a presentation to Family Medicine Interest Group at Stony Brook School of Medicine. Stony Brook, NY. April 8, 2003

2002

  • Annual Conference, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Miami Beach, FL. May 2-5, 2002
  • Grand Round presentation to the OBGYN staff, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY. April 24, 2002

2001

  • 15th World Congress of Sexology: Back to the Future. Paris, France. June 24-28, 2001
  • ACOG Annual Clinical Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 28-May 2, 2001

2000

  • International Symposium: Chronic Perineal And Pelvic Pains In Women And Men, Lyon, France, December 13-15, 2000
  • Private Pain, NBC’s Nightly News segment about Vaginismus, May 9, 2000
  • Annual Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, Indianapolis, IN, June 14-17, 2000

1999

  • Dying to be thin: A conference on body image and eating disorders, Barnard College/Columbia University, New York, New York, October 8, 1999
  • National Conference of the National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists, Chicago, IL, July 9-11, 1999
  • 1st Mediterranean Meeting on the Pelvic Floor, Marseilles, France, November 19-20, 1999

1998

  • Combined Section Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association
  • The International Conference on the Pelvic Floor in Montreal, Canada
  • Workshops to professionals in Israel
  • Training seminars throughout the USA

1996-1997

  • Grand Round Presentation to the OBGYN staff of New York University/Bellevue Obstetrical & Gynecological Society
  • The Urogynecologic Association of Physiotherapy in Israel
  • The International Convention of Clinical Social Workers in Private Practice (I-CAPP)
  • The Brooklyn Chapter of the New York State Society of Clinical Social Workers
  • Numerous local professional meetings

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