Wulf H. Utian, M.D., Ph.D.

is the Arthur H. Bill Professor Emeritus and former chairman, Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, and former director of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Cleveland. He is also Executive Director of The North American Menopause Society.

Dr. Utian is a well-respected authority in the field of Women's Health. His accomplishments over the last 30 years have made him an expert in Women's Health and a leading proponent of health care research.

Dr. Utian received his MBBCh from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and his Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology. Dr. Utian is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the International College of Surgeons. He is a member of numerous professional societies both in the United States and abroad. He serves on a number of national and international committees, including the Board of Trustees of The North American Menopause Society, and the Medical Health Advisory Board of the Society for the Advancement of Women's Health. He is Chairman of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies, the policy organization of the International Menopause Society.

Dr. Utian is a specialist in the field of gynecological endocrinology and infertility. He has been an innovator in several aspects of advanced reproductive technology. He has studied metabolic and psychosocial aspects of estrogens and menopause for over 30 years. In 1967, he established the Groote Schuur Menopause Research Clinic in Cape Town, the world's first such clinic.

During his career, he has written over 150 papers related to the reproductive system in women and has authored five books on menopause and its effects on women. He is editor for Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society, and editor of Menopause Management. He has served as an advisor to the Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Government) on menopause and testified before Congress on women's health issues. He is the Honorary Founding President of The North American Menopause Society, and Honorary Past President of the International Menopause Society.

A strong advocate for women's health, he has achieved national recognition for his work and is interviewed regularly for publications such as Time, Newsweek, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and in July 1997 was listed by Good Housekeeping as one of America's best physicians in women's health, and in March 1999 as one of the &quot"top ten researchers in women's health" by Ladies Home Journal.