What You Need To Know About Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

#MountSinaiLive: In honor of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month in September, Andrea Dunaif, MD, System Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease at Mount Sinai, joins us to discuss the common symptoms and treatment options of PCOS.

Andrea Dunaif, M.D., is System Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease for the Mount Sinai Health System and the Lillian and Henry M. Stratton Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. She obtained her M.D. degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her training in Internal Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and her subspecialty training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Dunaif has held a number of leadership positions in academic medicine, including the inaugural Director of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Director of Harvard Medical School’s Center of Excellence in Woman’s Health. At Northwestern University, she served as the Charles F. Kettering Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine. She was Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported Northwestern University Specialized Center of Research on Sex Differences.