For too long, women’s health problems have been a mystery in the medical field. Often they are under-researched or just brushed off as part of the normal female experience. But with the help and expertise of our wonderful guest today, Dr. Andrew Goldstein, we are gaining massive insight and making large strides towards solving many of the issues that affect women’s bodies. 

Dr. Goldstein is the Director of the Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders and is currently a Clinical Professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine. On the show today, Dr. Goldstein chats with us about the plethora of research and clinical work he has done over the years on vulvar and vaginal pain. He discusses his diagnostic tool, his treatment options, and how a collaborative team approach can help catapult a patient's recovery. 

Dr. Goldstein is the Past-President of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH). He is the founder and President of the Gynecologic Cancers Research Foundation. He has co-authored/co-edited 8 books, is actively involved in research and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters on female sexual dysfunction, sexual pain disorders, lichen sclerosus, vulvodynia, vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (vestibulodynia), and cervical cancer. 

He has lectured extensively on the subjects of vulvodynia, vulvar disease, and female sexual dysfunction, and has been interviewed by many media outlets and publications including 20/20, The View, Dr Oz, Good Morning America, Katie, Dr. Drew, The Discovery Channel, BBC, local affiliates of CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox, New York Times, Washington Post, Allure, Cosmopolitan, Essence, Women’s Health, and Prevention.

Dr. Goldstein has a strong commitment to global medicine and in 2015-16 spent a year in South America and South-East Asia volunteering, along with his family, with 11 different NGO’s providing medical care. He frequently travels to rural China, Cambodia and Peru where he is collaborating with the National Cancer Institute to develop a rapid, high-volume, and low-cost cervical cancer screening protocol. 

Connect with him:

www.vulvodynia.com 

Buy his latest book:

https://www.amazon.com/When-Sex-Hurts-Understanding-Healing-ebook/dp/B09ZB714DQ?ref_=ast_author_mpb

Resources:

https://www.isswsh.org/