International Medical Conference
Endometriosis 2025:
Your Mother Should Know,
Your Doctor Should Know Better!
Einhorn Auditorium - Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City
131 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10075
This year’s theme, "Your Mother Should Know," inspired by The Beatles, highlights the critical need for early detection and diagnosis. Over the course of three days, we will explore the latest breakthroughs in diagnosing, managing, and treating endometriosis, with a focus on cutting-edge topics such as imaging, artificial intelligence, immunological markers, the microbiome, gut symptoms, family awareness, genetics, epigenetics, and the impact of family history.
Whether you are a medical professional, patient, caregiver, or advocate, this event offers a valuable opportunity to expand your knowledge, connect with others who share your concerns, and contribute to meaningful change in the field of endometriosis care.
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
- Dan Martin, MD., Scientific & Medical Director, Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound)
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
- Tamer Seckin, MD., co-founder of Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound)
2025 EndoFound Harry Reich Award Recipients
Paolo Vercellini, MD
Academic Center for Research On Adenomyosis and Endometriosis, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università Degli Studi Di Milano
Milan, Italy
Ceana Nezhat, MD
Nezhat Medical Center, Atlanta Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery and Reproductive Medicine, Atlanta Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery & Reproductive Medicine- Fellowship Director
Atlanta, GA
Faculty
DAY I: SCIENCE
Friday, February 28, 2025 (7:30 AM - 5:30 PM ET)
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderators |
| 07:30 am - 08:00 am | Registration | ||
| 08:00 am - 08:10 am | Welcome: Creating Mass Awareness: Why and What Mothers and Others Should Know! |
Tamer Seckin, MD Dan Martin, MD |
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| Session: Causes of Endometriosis Molecular Pathways to Explore | Dan Martin, MD Tamer Seckin MD |
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| 08:10 am - 08:30 am | We Can Work It Out: Ethical Challenges in Multi-Generational Endometriosis Care |
Frank Chervenak, MD | |
| 08:30 am - 08:50 am | Reproductive Justice and Endometriosis: Discrepancies Through Cultures |
Bruno Van Herendael, MD | |
| 08:50 am - 09:10 am | Transcriptomic Changes in Superficial Peritoneal Endometriosis | Asgi Fazleabas, PhD | |
| 09:10 am - 09:30 am | Development of Endometriosis | Dan Martin, MD | |
| 09:30 am - 09:40 am | Discussion | ||
| 09:40 am - 09:50 am | Break | ||
| Session: Familial and Hereditary Penetrance of Endometriosis | Sun-Wei Guo, PhD Rula V. Kanj, MD |
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| 09:50 am - 10:10 am | The Familial and Hereditary Aspects of Endometriosis | Krina Zondervan, MSc, DPhil, FRCOG (V) | |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | What Your Mother and Doctor Can't Yet Know | Stacey Missmer, SC.D. | |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Decade Long Multi-omics Initiative Leading to Revolutionary Discovery Guided by JNK Inhibition | Piraye Beim, PhD | |
| 10:50 am - 11:10 am | Diminished Estrogen Signaling Concordant With Increased Extent of Fibrosis in Ectopic Endometrium | Sun-Wei Guo, PhD | |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion | ||
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Break | ||
| 11:30 am 12:00 pm |
Keynote: Adolescent Endometriosis, a Call to Action on Early Detection | Ceana Nezhat, MD | Tamer Seckin, MD introduction |
| 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm | Lunch | ||
| Session: Science in Endometriosis Part I | Katherine Burns, PhD Danielle Luciano, MD |
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| 12:45 pm - 01:05 pm | Immunology of Endometriosis | Hugh Taylor, MD | |
| 01:05 pm - 01:25 pm | Single Cell Transcriptomics in Microenvironment of Endometriosis Lesions | Danielle Luciano, MD | |
| 01:25 pm - 01:45 pm | The Role of Neutrophils in the Onset of Endometriosis | Katherine Burns, PhD | |
| 01:45 pm - 02:05 pm | Decoding Menstrual Transcription: Insights into Endometriosis | Ridhi Tariyal, MBA, BS | |
| 02:05 pm - 02:15 pm | Discussion | ||
| 02:15 pm - 02:25 pm | Break | ||
| Session: USG and Early Detection | Amanda Chu, MD | ||
| 02:25 pm - 02:45 pm | Pelvic Anatomy on Ultrasound and Methodology of Ultrasonographic Exam | Anna Stepniewska, MD | |
| 02:45 pm - 02:05 pm | Peritoneal Endometriosis-Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE) Technique | Fernanda Okita, MD | |
| 03:05 pm - 03:25 pm | A Multidisciplinary Approach to Severe Dysmenorrhea in Young Females (16-24y.o.a.) After App-based Stratification | Sylvia Mechsner, MD | |
| 03:25 pm - 03:35 pm | Discussion | ||
| 03:35 pm - 03:50 pm | Break | ||
| Session: Science in Endometriosis Part II | Linda Griffith, PhD Amanda Chu, MD |
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| 03:50 pm - 04:10 pm | Mice, or microfluidics? How Multi-omics Analysis Guides Us to Build the Most Useful Models of Endometriosis Patient | Linda Griffith, PhD | |
| 04:10 pm - 04:30 pm | Iron Meets its Match: Endometriosis Cells' Pro-Fibrotic Counterattack | Polona Safaric Tepes, PhD | |
| 04:30 pm - 04:50 pm | Transcriptomic Mapping of Endometrium and Endometriosis | Semir Beyaz, PhD | |
| 04:50 pm - 05:00 pm | Discussion - End of the Day | ||
| 07:00 pm | FACULTY DINNER | ||
DAY II: SURGERY
Saturday, March 1, 2025 (7:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET)
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderators |
| 07:30 am - 08:00 am | Networking & Registration | ||
| Session: Endometriosis For all: Anatomy -DIE- Peritoneal Profibrotic Disease | Harry Reich, MD Dan Martin, MD |
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| 08:00 am - 08:20 am | What is Ahead of Us for Surgery? | Harry Reich, MD | |
| 08:20 am - 08:40 am | Understanding Peritoneal Endometriosis - Towards New Medical Treatment | Andrew Horne, MD | |
| 08:40 am - 09:00 am | Progressive, Regressive, or Persistent Endometriosis/Multiorgan Surgery Including Thoracic Endometriosis | Tamer Seckin, MD | |
| 09:00 am - 09:20 am | Anatomy for Precision Endometriosis Surgery | Shaheen Khazali, MD (V) | |
| 09:20 am - 09:40 am | Tailoring Surgical Strategy of Bowel Endometriosis: Preoperative Accurate Imaging Help the Surgeon to Take the Most Conservative Choice | Mario Malzoni, MD (V) | |
| 09:40 am - 09:50 am | Discussion | ||
| 09:50 am - 10:00 am | Break | ||
| Session: Bridging the Mind and Pelvis | Michael Herzog, MD Adi Katz, MD |
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| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Violence in Adolescence: Sexual Abuse, Incest, and Their Possible Role in Symptoms Suggestive of Endometriosis | Michel Canis, MD, PhD (V) | |
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | Nature of Panic in Endometriosis Patients | Arnold Wilson, PhD | |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Ovulatory Menses and Endometriosis | Serdar Bulun, MD | |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Robotic Surgery in Endometriosis Surgery: Is It Worthwhile? | Horace Roman, MD, PhD | |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Adenomyosis-induced Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Its Pathophysiology and Possible Intervention | Sun-Wei Guo, PhD | |
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion | ||
| 12:00 pm 12:30 pm |
Keynote: A Neo-evolutionary Approach to the Secondary Prevention of Adenomyosis and Endometriosis | Paolo Vercellini, MD (V) | Tamer Seckin MD introduction to Paolo Vercellini, MD |
| 12:30 pm - 01:15 pm | Lunch | ||
| Session: Evolving Perspectives and Evidence on Endometriosis | Ayse Ayhan, MD, PhD Latia Lee MA, RN, CPN |
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| 01:15 pm - 01:35 pm | Review of Recent Increased Risk of Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer: How Real Is It? | Farr Nezhat, MD | |
| 01:35 pm - 01:55 pm | Endometriosis Should Be Updated for the Limitations of Trial Evidence, the Multivariability of Decisions, Collective Experience, Heuristics, and Bayesian Thinking | Philippe Koninckx, MD, PhD (V) | |
| 01:55 pm - 02:15 pm | Pain Perception in Young Women With Dysmenorrhea: Observations in a Novel Multiprofessional Treatment Setting | Sylvia Mechsner, MD | |
| 02:15 pm - 02:35 pm | Good Sonogram is Best for Guidance for Successful Endometriosis Surgery | Alessandra Di Giovanni, MD (V) | |
| 02:35 pm - 02:45 pm | Discussion | ||
| 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm | Break | ||
| Session: Endometriosis Surgeon Between a Rock and a Hard Place | Juan Salgado, MD A. Taner Usta, MD |
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| 03:00 pm - 03:20 pm | How I Became an Endometriosis Surgeon: My Journey and Insights | Juan Salgado, MD | |
| 03:20 pm - 03:40 pm | Between Too Much and Too Less: Extramucosal and Lateral Excision in Colorectal Endometriosis | Elvira Bratila, MD, PhD | |
| 03:40 pm - 04:00 pm | Bladder Endometriosis- Wide Range of Difficulty. How Does Location and Size Impact Management? | Ted Lee, MD (V) | |
| 04:00 pm - 04:20 pm | Mastering the Maze: Navigating the Challenges of Neuropelvic Surgery in Endometriosis | A. Taner Usta, MD | |
| 04:20 pm - 04:40 pm | Unintended Consequences of Endo Surgery | Tamer Seckin, MD | |
| 04:40 pm - 04:50 pm | Discussion | ||
| 04:50 pm - 05:00 pm | Closing Remarks | ||