Hormones

Susan Davis, PhD, on the New Consensus Statement on Testosterone Use in Women

01/09/2022

International Menopause Society President Susan Davis, PhD, discusses key points from the latest consensus statement on the use of testosterone therapy in women. The statement has been endorsed by various national and international societies.

Susan R. Davis, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, is an endocrinologist, professor of Women's Health in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University in Australia, and current president of the International Menopause Society.

References:

  1. Davis SR, Baber R, Panay N, et al. Global consensus position statement on the use of testosterone therapy for women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019;104(10):4660-4666. https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/10/4660/5556103.
  2. Islam RM, Bell RJ, Green S, Page MJ, Davis SR. Safety and efficacy of testosterone for women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trial data. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019;7(10):754-766. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(19)30189-5.

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