Do you keep getting UTIs or have constant urinary leakage, frequency, and bladder pressure? Is sex so painful that you opt for Netflix every night?
You are not alone. These symptoms are part of what is known as the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM). GSM is the umbrella term for the genital, sexual, and urinary symptoms and physical changes caused by an estrogen deficiency, mainly in the vagina, vulva, urethra, and bladder.
What far too many women AND their healthcare practitioners don’t know is there is a simple, safe treatment for GSM symptoms: Local vaginal estrogen. Dr. Rubin will discuss what we need to know about local vaginal estrogen, including what it treats, the multiple forms of delivery, and how it may not only improve the quality of our lives but also save them. She will also address the barriers to vaginal estrogen’s widespread use—including its cost, boxed warning, and medical training—and what she, Let’s Talk Menopause, and many other women’s health leaders are doing to significantly expand access and use of vaginal estrogen.
Dr. Rachel S. Rubin is a board-certified urologist and sexual medicine specialist. She is one of only a handful of physicians with fellowship training in sexual medicine for all genders. Dr. Rubin is a clinician, researcher, and passionate educator. In addition to being the former education chair and current Director-at-Large for the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), she serves as associate editor for the journal Sexual Medicine Reviews. Dr. Rubin completed her medical education at Tufts University, her urology training at Georgetown University, and her sexual medicine fellowship training with Dr. Irwin Goldstein in San Diego.
