Expertise:  Surgical Program Director, Center for Endometriosis Care / Member, Executive Board of Directors, Endometriosis Research Center / Extensively published women's health writer and consultant to major biotech, health and clinical research corporations.
Heather Guidone is a certified Health Educator who holds additional various medical and professional certifications, including in Medical/Surgical Technology and Anatomy & Physiology, from such respected universities as Rutgers and Columbia. She is also a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the International PAX Society, the American Medical Writer's Association, the World Endometriosis Society, and the World Endometriosis Research Foundation, among many other acclaimed foundations and organizations. In addition to serving as the Surgical Program Director of the Center for Endometriosis Care and a member of the Executive Board of Directors for the International Endometriosis Research Center, she is also an extensively published freelance medical writer and women's health consultant. Her diverse works involve authorship of extensive clinical and consumer materials utilizing peer reviewed sources; interaction with patient, physician, professional and media networks; liaising with industry representatives on various activities and opportunities, including grants, funding, education, research, and lobbying efforts for awareness; and so much more. She also attends and reports on various global medical symposia, including the World Congresses on Endometriosis and the International Controversies in GnRH Agonists; networks with medical, biopharmaceutical, medicolegal and related industry professionals to establish research projects, product focus studies and clinical trials; and presents frequently as a guest speaker to advocacy groups, health professionals, and students. Previously, she was among the nominees considered for appointment to the United States Food & Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research's (CDER) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Board. Ms. Guidone serves as a professional liaison to, and has worked on behalf of, many of the world's leading biotech, medical device and technology, clinical research and health care marketing firms, developing original content on a myriad of topics, including original presentations, CME and health practitioner education materials, slide kits and speaker content, marketing materials, newsletters, website content, substantive edits, slides and graphics, proof of concept efforts, book reviews and critiques, sales sheets, press releases, branding development, monographs, white papers, training materials, investigational case studies, and much more. She is also the author of countless Endometriosis, reproductive, and general education materials in both the consumer-oriented and professional sectors of the health industry. She is often sought after by various media sources and advocacy groups for her expertise in women's reproductive health, Endometriosis, and chronic pelvic pain conditions, and has authored various additional content contributions and forewords in several prominent books and publications on such topics. **She will neither diagnose nor offer medical advice,** but is fully able to share two decades of professional experience in the women's health arena as well as personal perspective through a 25 year battle with Stage IV Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Infertility, Fibroids and Pelvic Adhesive Disease.