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Too many clinicians are missing menopause. Healthcare professionals routinely overlook symptoms like fatigue, mood changes, and sleep disruption in midlife women — often chalking them up to depression or stress rather than hormonal shifts. A gynecologist at the Women in Medicine Summit is calling for menopause education to become a required competency across all medical training pathways.
Too many clinicians are missing menopause — and women are paying the price.
At the Women in Medicine Summit, Dr. Jila Senemar, FACOG, highlighted a persistent gap in medical education: most clinicians, including OB-GYNs and primary care physicians, graduate without adequate training to recognize or manage menopause. The result? Women presenting with mood changes, sleep disruption, and brain fog are frequently dismissed or misdiagnosed — sometimes treated for depression when the root cause may be hormonal.
Dr. Senemar is pushing for systemic change, advocating for menopause to become a required competency in all training pathways — not just women's health specialties. She's working with her local hospital system and medical school to bring that vision to life, and encouraging practicing clinicians to self-educate in the meantime.
By the Numbers:
Why it matters: Menopause affects every woman, yet it remains undertreated and underrecognized in clinical settings. Closing this education gap could improve quality of life for millions of midlife women and reduce significant economic and workforce losses.
