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Scientific Advisors Mary Lake Polan, M.D. Ph.D.
Gynecology and Obstetrics Dr. Polan is the Chair and Professor of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. She
is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Polan also serves on numerous medical and health committees, including the Institute of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, the American Society for
Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA). Dr. Polan holds a bachelor's degree from Connecticut College, and a doctorate in molecular biophysics and biochemistry and an M.D. from Yale
University. Dr. Polan completed her residency and Reproductive Endocrine Fellowship in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale University School of Medicine. Beverly Whipple, Ph.D., RN, FAAN Certified Sex Educator, Certified Sex Counselor, Certified Sex Researcher, Certified Sexologist Dr. Whipple is the coauthor of the international bestseller, The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality, which has been translated into 19 languages. Her most recent
books are Safe Encounters: How Women Can Say Yes to Pleasure and No to Unsafe Sex, and Smart Women, Strong Bones. Dr. Whipple has appeared on over 250 radio and TV programs. She has been featured in magazines including Time,
Glamour, Self and Readers Digest. She has delivered over 350 professional talks, presentations and keynote speeches, published over 100 journal articles and book chapters. She is also a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific
Study of Sexuality and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Whipple is a Professor Emeritus at Rutgers, The State University of NJ in Newark, New Jersey. She received a Bachelors Degree in Nursing from Wagner College, a
Masters Degree in Counseling and a Masters Degree in Nursing from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in Psychobiology, with a major in neurophysiology, from Rutgers University. Thomas Ito, M.D. Urology Dr. Ito is a specialist in the field of Urology. He is Assistant Professor of Surgery at
the University of Hawaii, a member of the Board of Directors for the Pacific Health Care Health Maintenance Organization, Chairman for the Medical Oversight Committee, and Medical Director for the Kidney Stone Center of the
Pacific. Dr. Ito is a graduate of the University of Chicago Medical School and received his post-graduate training in general surgery and urology at the University of California, Irvine. Walter Chien, M.D. Cardiology
Dr. Chien is an expert in the field of Cardiology and a specialist in the study of heart rhythm disturbances. He is also clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and visiting
Professor at the Peking Union Medical College of the Chinese Academy of Medical Science. Dr. Chien has published extensively in the field of cardiology and electrophysiology, and is board certified in the fields of Internal
Medicine, Cardiology, and Electrophysiology. Dr. Chien is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Kaye K. Kawahara, M.D. Oncology Dr. Kawahara is a specialist in the field of Medical Oncology. He is an
expert in bone marrow and stem cell transplantation and is Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation at the Queen's Medical Center and St. Francis Medical Center in Honolulu. In addition, Dr. Kawahara is Chief of Oncology Research at
Queen's Medical Center. Dr. Kawahara is a graduate of Northwestern University Medical School and completed his specialization in Cancer Medicine at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Jerome Hahn Kim, M.D.
Infectious Diseases Dr. Kim is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute of Human Virology. Dr. Kim is also medical director to the Evelyn
Jordan Clinical Center's Institute of Human Virology in Baltimore, MD. An expert in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and in HIV research, Dr. Kim has authored and co-authored chapters in over 50 scientific and medical
publications and studies. A fellow of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Kim has won numerous awards in the fields of medicine and science. |
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